By definition, the cables are secret-related, even if not 'classified' rating. A good write-up on what a cable is was done by Slate.
From that article:
Cables, on the other hand, usually contain more important information that's meant to be accessible to other diplomatic and military staff with the appropriate security clearance.
-wraith808
There is no such definition of cable classification, in that article or anywhere else. "meant to be" is what the article says, yet federal regulations call for any restricted communication to receive a classification designation. And 15,652 (6%) of the cables were indeed classified as Secret as noted in my last post. The rest were not.
And no, I haven't trolled the release, other than a few documents and news media outlets such as NPR and such. (the very nature of the release means that to do so would take a lot of time I don't have, so I leave it to those that do).
Hmm.. And here I consider that people have "read" or "perused" the released documents. You seem to be implying that to do so is trolling...
But that's what I meant by in your (and the slanted view of those that report this) view- nothing as a slight. But if the gatherers of the information deemed it to be placed in such regard, then who are we to say that they aren't, not knowing the full picture?
OK, "nothing as a slight", and yet you call my view "slanted" along with others who report this? Slanted compared to what? Your view? Which I guess is "normal" or "standard"? Please explain.
On second thought, I think I will end my input here as it seems to be getting a little too personal for you. Politics and religion and all that; guess it's true!
TTFN
Jim
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