Thread: UK ambassador to the USA resigns over leaked cables
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Old 15-07-2019, 07:51   #70
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Re: UK ambassador to the USA resigns over leaked cables
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
There communications usually don't as they're covered by the official secrets act and are circulated amongst a small amount of staff. Hence why if they have found the person then they're going to see the inside of a prison cell, not typical of a leaker.

Besides the point of these private communications is that diplomats can speak freely. If they had to be minded that the press might read them then their feedback would change.
...And yet it did fall into the wrong hands.

I'm sorry, but when being critical of anything at work, I always made damned sure of my facts and then penned very careful language to explain the situation.

This was a very overt, and for an ambassador, very undiplomatic outburst in respect of the President of the world's largest political power and our close ally. Had he used less hysterical language, he could have got the message across without causing such a reaction from The Donald.
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