Wikileaks release "PlusD": Database of 1.7 million diplomatic cables

Re:Wikileaks release "PlusD": Database of 1.7 million diplom... by ewbuoi on Sunday April 07, 2013 @11:54PM (#5509907)

Was this released through official channels or leaked? I'm assuming it makes a difference, but I wouldn't know...

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Re:Wikileaks release "PlusD": Database of 1.7 million diplom... by justincormack on Monday April 08, 2013 @03:38AM (#5510427)

"The collection published today has not been leaked. Assange said WikiLeaks had been working for the past year to analyse and assess a vast amount of data held at the U.S. national archives before releasing it in a searchable form."

http://leaksource.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/wikileaks-plusd-p...

So it is legal

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Re:Wikileaks release "PlusD": Database of 1.7 million diplom... by sigzero on Monday April 08, 2013 @07:44AM (#5511113)

Legal in what sense? Wikileaks cannot de-classify materials regardless of how much they "analyze and assess" it.

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Re:Wikileaks release "PlusD": Database of 1.7 million diplom... by mpyne on Monday April 08, 2013 @09:53AM (#5511659)

If the materials were properly declassified and held for public browsing by the NARA then what Wikileaks is doing is fine. It would be the same as Google wrapping a much nicer search interface across an old dataset.

If the materials were still classified-but-leaked then I won't go near it until it is declassified. But I can't tell from this side of the window what's going on.

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