Wow, the State Department really doesn’t like WikiLeaks

Check out this summary from State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley’s press briefing today: Release of this Volume of Documents has had an Impact / Downloading and Passing on this Material to an Unauthorized Person is a Crime / Will Hold People Responsible Fully Accountable / Have Taken Steps at State Department and Continue to Review ...

Check out this summary from State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley's press briefing today:

Check out this summary from State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley’s press briefing today:

Release of this Volume of Documents has had an Impact / Downloading and Passing on this Material to an Unauthorized Person is a Crime / Will Hold People Responsible Fully Accountable / Have Taken Steps at State Department and Continue to Review Security Procedures / Exchange of Letters Over the Weekend for WikiLeaks and Julian Assange to Cease Releasing this Information / A Crime Happened Under U.S. Law / Crime is Under Investigation / Will Pursue Matter Aggressively / Will Prosecute Those Responsible / Have been Investigating This for Several Months When First Learned of Leak / No Doubt the Release of Cables has Put Lives at Risk / Will Take Steps to Help People If at Risk / Taken Steps in Recent Days to have Conversations with Virtually Every Post Around the World

I think we get the message.

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