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Libyan Leader Blames Tunisian Uprising on WikiLeaks (New York, 1/16/11)

Chaos in Tunisia has overthrown longtime authoritarian leader Ben Ali, and his replacement has already stepped down, too. Now Libya's Muammar Qaddafi, the de facto leader of the country since a coup in 1969, is blaming Julian Assange. Qaddafi claims cables leaked by WikiLeaks detailing the spending habits of Ben Ali and his family were planted by ambassadors to push along the Tunisian uprising. (Unlikely.) The cable he's referring to was sent by the U.S. embassy in Tunis, describing Ben Ali's family as corrupt and a "quasi-mafia."

As throughout the Cold War, secrecy only served dictators and Realists who support them.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 17, 2011 6:10 AM