Cablegate

Before the uprisings that continue to shake the established power structure of the Arabic world, Clinton's speech would have been considered nearly wholly in response to the issue of Wikileaks and "Cablegate," where thousands of diplomatic cables were exfiltrated from the State Department and distributed into hundreds of servers.

Alexander Howard: Secretary Clinton doubles down on Internet freedom at the State Department Alexander Howard 2011

Before the uprisings that continue to shake the established power structure of the Arabic world, Clinton's speech would have been considered nearly wholly in response to the issue of Wikileaks and "Cablegate," where thousands of diplomatic cables were exfiltrated from the State Department and distributed into hundreds of servers.

Alexander Howard: Secretary Clinton doubles down on Internet freedom at the State Department Alexander Howard 2011

Though WikiLeaks'unprecedented release of U.S. classified documents has proved embarrassing both to U.S. leaders and their foreign counterparts, the diplomatic reaction to "Cablegate" has largely been one of sympathy with the Obama administration.

WikiLeaks Documents: World Leaders, Nations React To Cablegate (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Though WikiLeaks'unprecedented release of U.S. classified documents has proved embarrassing both to U.S. leaders and their foreign counterparts, the diplomatic reaction to "Cablegate" has largely been one of sympathy with the Obama administration.

WikiLeaks Documents: World Leaders, Nations React To Cablegate (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

See how many world leaders and nations responded to "Cablegate" here:

WikiLeaks Documents: World Leaders, Nations React To Cablegate (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

See how many world leaders and nations responded to "Cablegate" here:

WikiLeaks Documents: World Leaders, Nations React To Cablegate (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Though the Obama administration had been bracing for the "Cablegate" release since last week, MSNBC reports many of the potentially offended countries such as France remain "very much in solidarity with the American administration," according to French government spokesman Francois Baroin.

WikiLeaks Documents: World Leaders SLAMMED In Confidential Wires (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Though WikiLeaks'unprecedented release of U.S. classified documents has proved embarrassing both to U.S. leaders and their foreign counterparts, the diplomatic reaction to "Cablegate" has largely been one of sympathy with the Obama administration.

WikiLeaks Documents: World Leaders, Nations React To Cablegate (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

See how many world leaders and nations responded to "Cablegate" here:

WikiLeaks Documents: World Leaders, Nations React To Cablegate (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

See how many world leaders and nations responded to "Cablegate" here:

WikiLeaks Documents: World Leaders, Nations React To Cablegate (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010