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Well, we [State Department] are doing a damage assessment.
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Diplomatic Security is assisting in forensic analysis of the hard drives that to just determine, to verify that, in fact, the leak took place, and also to see if we can identify which documents within the network were potentially compromised.
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More than one hard drive.
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[Hard drives arrived in Washington DC from Iraq on June 10, 2010.]
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Classifications involve both the substance of cables and also sources and methods that can be revealed through the release, the unauthorized release of classified material.
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US 'learned of this breach late last month been cooperating fully across the interagency to determine exactly what the potential impact is.'
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Defense Department has the lead. It was their individual who is implicated in this. If there is a prosecution, it will be a DOD-led prosecution. We I think we would be concerned about who you reach out to. That may jeopardize a potential successful prosecution. So we have not reached out to WikiLeaks and I don't know that we, the Department of State, will do that.
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Phillip J. Crowley |
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Assistant Secretary |
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Public Affairs, Department of State |
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http://archive.is/m2Jkv |
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State Department Daily Briefing, Jun 11, 2010 |
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Phillip J. Crowley |
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Assistant Secretary |
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Public Affairs, Department of State |
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