More WikiLeaks Cables: Somali Pirates, Saddam Video and China vs. Internet
The leaky faucet of information from WikiLeaks continues even as Julian Assange is in custody. What are this week’s findings as reporters sift through the documents? Somali pirates discover underground shipments of weapons to Sudan coming from the Ukraine; an Iraqi ambassador predicts how insurgents will use video of the taunting of Saddam Hussein to recruit, and the portrayal of Chinese leaders as obsessed with the Internet’s potential threat to their power. For more on these news bits we speak with Andrew Lehren reporter for our partner The New York Times.
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