The WikiWeek: July 1, 2011

THE CABLES ASIA Andrew MacGregor Marshall’s in-depth account in Foreign Policy of Thailand’s slide into authoritarianism, based on exclusive WikiLeaks cables. Was the former Chinese finance minister caught in a Taiwanese honey trap? AMERICAS A Cuban cardinal pushed to close a Cuban magazine critical of the Castro regime.   THE NEWS The journalists who could ...

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THE CABLES

THE CABLES

ASIA

Andrew MacGregor Marshall’s in-depth account in Foreign Policy of Thailand’s slide into authoritarianism, based on exclusive WikiLeaks cables.

Was the former Chinese finance minister caught in a Taiwanese honey trap?

AMERICAS

A Cuban cardinal pushed to close a Cuban magazine critical of the Castro regime.

 

THE NEWS

The journalists who could make a fortune off of WikiLeaks.

LulzSec calls it quits. The Associated Press recounts its rapid rise and fall.

FP rounds up WikiLeaks’ recent greatest hits.

A theatrical adaptation of the WikiLeaks saga (above) debuts in Australia.

WikiLeaks parodies MasterCard’s "Priceless" ads:

Charles Homans is a special correspondent for the New Republic and the former features editor of Foreign Policy.

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