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In Boeing-Airbus Rivalry, Hidden Hand of Government. WikiLeaks cable dump reveals flaws of State Department's information-sharing tool. Before the infamous leak, the 250,000 State Department cables acquired by anti-secrecy activists resided in a database so obscure that few diplomats had heard of it. It had a bureaucratic name, Net-Centric Diplomacy, and served an important mission: the rapid sharing of information that could help uncover threats against the United States. But like many bureaucratic inventions, it expanded beyond what its creators had imagined.

It also contained risks that no one foresaw. Millions of people around the world now know that the State Department's secret cables became the property of WikiLeaks. But only recently have investigators understood the critical role played by Net-Centric Diplomacy, a computer initiative that became the conduit for what was perhaps the biggest heist of sensitive U.S. government documents in modern times.

"This was as bad as it gets," said Patrick F. Kennedy, undersecretary of state for management, referring to the diplomatic fallout. Plagued by user errors. WikiLeaks cable dump reveals flaws of State Department's information-sharing tool. 2008-10-07- - DEMARCHE REQUEST: REPLACEMENT OF SRSG GAMBARI FOR BURMA MISSION. 2009-08-06 - NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) BILATERALSWITH UK, FRANCE, AND GERMANY. 09STATE82013: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) BILATERALS WITH UK, FRANCE, AND GERMA head of Egyptian intelligence, as very influential and a potential useful interlocutor.

He pointed out that Germany has set up a ministerial-level steering committee arrangem < Search index This is not the original Wikileaks document! It's a cache, made on 2010-12-09 12:08:46. For the original document check the original source: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) BILATERALS WITH UK, FRANCE, AND GERMA head of Egyptian intelligence, as very influential and a potential useful interlocutor. Secretary of State Thursday, 06 August 2009, 18:19 Classified By: Amb. 1. 4. 5. 6. SUBJECT: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) BILATERALS WITH UK, FRANCE, AND GERMA credit for our disarmament initiatives. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.

2008-11-03 - DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY. 2010-02-17 - READOUT OF JANUARY 20 U.S.-FRANCE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN WASHINGTON.