THE US STATE DEPARTMENT has warned Wikileaks of the potential fallout from its release of hundreds of thousand of US government documents tonight.
Wikileaks is providing some 250,000 documents, including diplomatic communications, to the New York Times, Der Spiegel and The Guardian.
Al Jazeera reports that the overall release of documents will be several times larger than the 400,000 released by Wikileaks last month.
The US State Department, which was informed of the contents in advance, has warned Wikileaks that it will endanger the lives of “countless individuals” if it presses ahead with its planned release of government documents tonight, according to Bloomberg.
US officials have also warned that leaking confidential cables could harm diplomatic relations by revealing uncomplimentary US reports about other governments. David Cameron’s offices at Number 10 confirmed that Britain was briefed by US officials regarding tonight’s release.
The US has also contacted governments in Russia and the Middle East, according to Reuters.
One of the documents involved is believed to date back to 1966, while most are dated from 2004. Some relate to the first two months of this year, according to a Der Spiegel notice published on Storyful.
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