Wikileaks ‘intelligence’ gathering: state department or CIA?
Yesterday’s WikiLeaks document release shed light on certain demands on U.S. State Department officals across the world. According to the confidential cables obtained by Wikileaks, State Department personnel have been asked to gather personal information ? frequent flier numbers, fax and phone information, and credit card numbers, among others ? on foreign officials. Is this an explosive realization, or merely a glimpse at the normal operations in the State Department?
Joining The Takeaway is Andrew Lehren, reporter for The New York Times and Ronald E. Neumann, former American ambassador to Afghanistan, Algeria, and Bahrain, to discuss the expanding role of diplomats in spying.
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