So, this is the kind of power that Wikileaks has. Far more results oriented and personally damaging than the traditional espionage services offer; quicker, deadlier, and more accurate.
In this new scenario is character assassination just as viable as the traditional tools of cloak and dagger? It's easier. It's cheaper. And, the blow-back can be anonymous.
Saeb Erakat has submitted his resignation as the chief Palestinian negotiator after an investigation into the leak of Palestinian negotiating documents aired by the Al-Jazeera television network proved that the source of papers came from his office.
The so-called Palestine Papers suggested that Palestinian negotiators offered to give up large swaths of East Jerusalem to Israel during talks dating back to 2008 and that they had been willing to offer much larger concessions in private than they were publicly acknowledging. CNN
So, who wanted him out? Probably nobody yet. But, in the future the fun of Wikileaks et al will be in guessing who the source of leaks might be and why. And, we have yet to see just how obvious this new little game between spies will become.
Doesn't the old Bush company wish Wikileaks had been around when they outed Valerie Plame?
You betcha.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat resigns over Wikileaks
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