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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 02:33 AM
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US official in Geneva rejects spying claim
... On Thursday, Ambassador Betty E. King told reporters that neither she nor her staff had ever spied on UN officials, as suggested in a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks ...

"I just want to assure everybody we're not collecting data on UN officials," King said.

She declined to discuss the accuracy and source of the memo itself.

"Diplomacy has got to have some guarantees of privacy,” she said, noting that the leaks could harm US diplomatic efforts ...

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/US_official_in_Geneva_rejects_spying_claim.html?cid=29043432
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 02:38 AM
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1. Reaching into her coat pocket for a tissue she then accidentally pulled out a jar of toenail....
...clippings marked "U. Maurer" and the room fell deathly silent.

PB
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 03:17 AM
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4. Unless you have a link supporting that, I'll just assume it's some strange fantasy of yours
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 03:11 AM
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2. So funny to see spies squealing about privacy.
:)
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 03:16 AM
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3. What an ugly accusation
Betty E. King Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to the UN in Geneva
http://geneva.usmission.gov/2010/02/12/king-confirmatio/
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-10 03:41 AM
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5. Concerted attack on Wikileaks going on all at once from a few sources it seems.
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