WikiLeaks releases State Department reports - Washington Times

WikiLeaks releases State Department reports - Washington Times: "More than 250,000 classified State Department reports made public on Sunday reveal that China was urged to stop shipments through Beijing of missiles from North Korea to Iran, and that Saudi Arabia's monarch urged the United States to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.

The Obama administration sought to minimize the diplomatic fallout from the disclosures on the Internet site WikiLeaks that provide a vivid inside look at U.S. diplomatic and intelligence reports, some as recent as February.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs condemned the release of the documents. 'By its very nature, field reporting to Washington is candid and often incomplete information,' he said. 'It is not an expression of policy, nor does it always shape final policy decisions.'"

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