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by WillPostForFood 3893 days ago
Wikileaks has now published the emails:

https://wikileaks.org/cia-emails/

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+1. I just clicked to read the frontpage, but living in the USA, I'm honestly concerned of consequences of clicking any HTML/PDF links.

What this country grew to become :(

I think your fear says more about you than the country. I open these links without a second thought.

EDIT: The leaks are pretty disappointing, unless you care about how many times the director ate with Alan Lovell. The real story is the fact that there were leaks at all, not the leaks themselves.

> The Conundrum of Iran.

> Iran will be a major player on the world stage in the decades ahead, and its actions and behavior will have a major and enduring impact on near- and long-term US interests on a variety of regional and global issues. With a population of over 70 million, XX percent of the world's proven oil reserves, a geostrategic location of tremendous (enviable?) significance, and a demonstrated potential to develop a nuclear-weapons program, the United States has no choice but to find a way to coexist - and to come to terms with - whatever government holds power in Tehran. [...]

> An unfortunate hallmark of US-Iranian relations since 2001 has been [the] growing divide between Washington and Tehran, chronicled by bombastic rhetorical broadsides that have been hurled publicly by each side against the other. The tragedy of the al-Qa'ida launched terrorist attacks against the US homeland in September 2001 prompted the US administration to engage in a far-reaching campaign to eradicate the sources of terrorism, and Iran, understandably - but regrettably - was swept up in the emotionally charged rhetoric that emanated from Washington under the seemingly all-encompassing rubric of "The Global War On Terrorism". The gratuitious labeling of Iran as part of a worldwide "axis of evil" by President Bush combined with strong US criticisms of Iran's nascent nuclear program and its meddling in Iraq led Tehran to view that Washington had embarked on a course of confrontation in the region that would soon set a kinetic focus on Iran. Even Iran's positive engagement in helping repair the post-Taliban political environment in Afghanistan was met with indifference by Washington. [...]

https://wikileaks.org/cia-emails/The-Conundrum-of-Iran/page-...

While this leak may not be particularly confidential nor surprising to informed readers, I'd say reading this kind of insight into what US leaders really think is pretty damn interesting.

Did you just glance at them or do you mean not a lot of interesting national sec/CIA stuff. There's some pretty personal private stuff in there including a complete SF86 form with a minefield of personal information including SSN numbers, previous addresses etc. I imagine these could be useful to someone who might be interested in compromising a few more of his personal accounts.
Is it available as one big torrent anywhere or is that more likely once its all been leaked?