Australian Foreign Minister Rudd blames US, not Assange for leaks

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/08/3088461.htm
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Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd says the United States, not WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, is to blame for the release of secret diplomatic cables.

He says the leaks raise questions about the adequacy of US security.

"Mr Assange is not himself responsible for the unauthorised release of 250,000 documents from the US diplomatic communications network," said Mr Rudd, who has been criticised in one leaked cable as a "control freak".

"The Americans are responsible for that."

Mr Rudd appears to be in agreement with former prime minister John Howard, who earlier today said Mr Assange had not done anything wrong by publishing cables that contained "frank commentary".

"Any journalist will publish confidential information if he or she gets hold of it, subject only to compelling national security interests," Mr Howard said.
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Ding ding ...nice to see Aus defending Julian.

[sendero]

1. I believe..

... that if all of these documents are that easy to get, every foreign government that wants them already has them.