The Whistleblowers Versus the World: This...

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SPIEGEL WikiLeaks Quiz The Whistleblowers Versus the World

WikiLeaks supporters protest the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

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WikiLeaks supporters protest the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Over the past few weeks the world was watching as online platform WikiLeaks released a slew of damaging and sensitive US diplomatic cables. The only question now is: Were you? Test your newfound knowledge from behind the diplomatic scenes with this special SPIEGEL ONLINE quiz.

Question 1 of 10

Diplomats are people too. Sometimes, it would appear from the 250,000 American cables released by WikiLeaks, some US ambassadors couldn't resist a snide observation or an insulting comment. What, though, did one diplomat write about the Azerbaijan first lady, Mehriban Aliyeva?

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Chris Morgan Dec 15, 2010, 2:02pm UTC

Thanks for the recommendation, Larry.

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Gary Gentry Dec 15, 2010, 2:59pm UTC

Today's news is full of discussion that was held yesterday on a "classified" report on the state of the Afghanistan war. None of the official government participants would be identified. They openly discussed a classified report, yet nobody got upset about it. Can you spell irony?

Chris Morgan Dec 15, 2010, 3:02pm UTC

You nailed it.

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