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   rikkor
   

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   They had about 10 pages of dense text in the NY "Times" about it this AM. Could someone do an executive summary of the most interesting bits for me, please?

   What a shocking surprise that our State Department has zero systems security! You could have knocked me over with a feather.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   riesler
   

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   we're just stunned that diplomats don't always tell the truth.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   MrChigleysAunt
   

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   Well, you could try The Guardian - they have helpfully highlighted the 'interesting' bits in each item.

   I'm looking forward to finding what the US thinks of David Cameron. We already know that Obama thinks him "lightweight" but surely that must have been him being diplomatic.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   IABP
   

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   People are only interested in the bits where they describe world leaders in derogatory terms.

   To be honest, America couldn't antagonise the world any more than they do now.
   They keep England off the bottom rung in the popularity stakes, which is their only purpose.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Sinnick
   

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   rikkor, you wanted a summary ?

   Iran is mentioned once or twice; it's apparently got some baddies running it
   UK is run by a right twat; used to be run by a left twat
   Something to do with Somalia and bombs
   Arabs don't always like each other

   That help ?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   rikkor
   

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   Sinnick, that's perfect. I imagine that the salacious bits will be along the shocking lines of "a rich and powerful man sometimes has sex with a woman who is not his wife."

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Hunter F. Thompson
   

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   Because you're worth it : Executive summary supplied

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Hunter F. Thompson
   

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   You might like this one, too CronyCap's running dogs.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   thisisall1word
   

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   Basically, if you work in some kind of high level super-tight secretive organisation, then choose your communication and collaboration tools wisely. Twitter and Yahoo Groups no longer cut it.

   President Sarkosy chased a rabbit, Prince Andrew told the US ambassador to fuck off and die, Obama needs to take ryhpnol to sleep, and George Osbourne has shingles.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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