WIKILEAKS: MOST DAMAGING DISCLOSURE IN DECADES…
The Obama administration is racing to limit the damage from what some are calling the “most damaging disclosure of secret documents in decades.”
According to online reports, 220 secret documents — part of a cache of a quarter-million American diplomatic cables — were uploaded to the Internet late Sunday night by Wikileaks.org, an international organization of journalists and others dedicated to revealing secret documents from anonymous sources and leaks.
According to the NY Times, the disclosure of the cables is sending shudders through the diplomatic establishment, and could strain relations with some countries, influencing international affairs in ways that are impossible to predict.
The White House said the release of the “stolen cables” was a “reckless and dangerous action” and warned that if released in full, some of the cables could disrupt American operations abroad.
The cables, which document communication between the State Department and some 270 embassies and consulates around the world, reveal, among other things, the bargaining that went on between Obama and the world to accept prisoners from Gitmo.
Emptying Guantanamo Bay was at the top of Obama’s list of priorities when he took office in 2009. Freeing the terrorists ranked even higher on Obama’s list than providing relief to homeowners as he’d promised on the campaign trail.
When American diplomats pressed other countries to resettle detainees, they became reluctant players in a State Department version of “Let’s Make a Deal.” Slovenia was told to take a prisoner if it wanted to meet with President Obama, while the island nation of Kiribati was offered incentives worth millions of dollars to take in Chinese Muslim detainees…
Another revelation, that Saudi donors are the chief financiers of Al Qaeda, comes as no surprise. The 9/11 terrorists were bankrolled by Osama bin Laden, the Saudi billionaire who founded Al Qaeda.
The White House warned, “We condemn in the strongest terms the unauthorized disclosure of classified documents and sensitive national security information.”
About 11,000 of the leaked documents are labeled “Secret,” but none are marked “Top Secret,” the government’s most secure status.
Kanye West Getting Boo’d At Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Poor Kanye West can’t catch a break — even when he’s doing something as harmless as riding on a float during the Macys thanksgiving Day parade.
Kanye may be a narcissist who leaps at any chance to be the center of attention. But he didn’t deserve to be boo’d at a Thanksgiving Day parade. Parades should be off-limits to haters. Obviously a bunch of Taylor Swift fans were among the throngs lined up along the parade route in NYC on Thursday.
Thanks to loyal reader Ashland for the link!
Identified: the man who gave President Obama a fat lip
A little-known Hispanic politician was identified by the White House as the one who gave ‘The One’ a fat lip during a pickup basketball game at Fort McNair in Washington, DC yesterday.
U.S. President Barack Obama took an elbow to the mouth as he went up for a rebound while playing a pickup basketball game with his personal assistant Reggie Love (a former Duke University standout), and “family members” – according to the AP.
Many speculated that the dirty player was either Love, Hillary Clinton or a 5′-2″ female Secret Service Agent.
But the perpetrator was eventually identified as Rey Decerega, who works for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington, DC.
Obama’s busted lip required 12 stitches to close. But Hot Air explains that the number of stitches was increased due to doctors using a smaller filament (string) to stitch the wound tighter so the resulting scar would not be as visible when it heals.
Yesterday, the White House released an official statement from Decerega, who says he enjoys playing basketball with Obama and is sure the president will be back out on the court again soon.
Maybe one of Obama’s NBA buddies will educate him on the benefits of wearing a mouth guard such as the custom fanged one that Miami Heat star Lebron James wore during a game on Halloween night.
PICS: Keri Hilson, Polow Da Don, chris brown at Gold Room
Singer Keri Hilson, who turns 28 in 2 weeks, has a hectic schedule that keeps her on the road traveling from city to city promoting her upcoming CD, No Boys Allowed.
After performing at Polow Da Don’s Thanksgiving Carnival earlier in the week, Keri jetted out of Atlanta to New York to appear on a float in the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade yesterday.
Then she flew back to Atlanta just in time to eat Thanksgiving dinner with the fam, before heading out again to host AG Entertainment’s Thursday Nights at the famed Gold Room nightclub. Wow, I’m exhausted just thinking about her schedule!
At the end of the night, Keri was walking back to her car when she was surprised by her longtime boyfriend. The lovers embraced passionately as the paparazzi snapped away. They say Keri and her man met in high school, but I don’t know if it’s true, so don’t quote me on that.
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Nicki Minaj Performs With Rihanna, Drake, Kanye West and Keyshia Cole in NYC
Last night, Nicki Minaj held a mini concert to celebrate the release of her debut album, Pink Friday, at the Hot 97 Thanksgiving special at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. Pink Friday is expected to sell 100k less than the Kanye West. He can’t be happy about that?
Still, Yeezy was among the artists who showed up to support her onstage, including Rihanna, Drake and Keyshia Cole. Peek the performances below (courtesy of TGJ):
I know Nicki is getting tired of Rihanna rearranging her butt pads. Okay, we get it, RiRi. She’s fake.
Nicki Minaj & Rihanna – “Fly”
Morning Wood: Nelly
Good morning! How was your Thanksgiving? I realize most of my readers are out scavenger hunting for Black Friday specials. But look what I found.
Some of you may have seen this pic of rapper Nelly already. I’m told it’s a wall poster that comes packaged with select copies of Nelly’s new CD, Nelly 5.0. So while you’re about shopping, make sure you pick up his album.
You might recall that Nelly was the only celebrity to visit rapper T.I. when he was incarcerated last year. Nelly took his tour bus to Arkansas to visit his friend. That kind of loyalty is rare in this business.
Now there’s a rumor floating around the industry that a considerable amount of Nelly’s 5.0 promotional budget was allocated to label mate and newcomer Nicki Minaj to push her CD, Pink Friday instead.
That hardly seems fair since everybody says Nelly’s 5.0 album is tight. Dude is no slouch with 21 million albums sold in the United States alone.
Nelly has consistently been one of the best-selling male artists in the industry. Last year he was ranked as the 3rd Top Overall Artist of the 2000-2009 decade by Billboard Magazine.
But I guess all of those accomplishments means nothing when industry politics and butt injections are involved.
I tried reaching out to Nelly’s people for a comment, but they declined to discuss the rumors.
According to HitsDailyDouble, Nicki’s Pink Friday is projected to sell between 375-425 units in the first week — a major feat for a new artist. But when you look at Nelly’s CD sales and lack of marketing, you know why.
Click here to order Nelly 5.0.
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Celebs Out & About: Fantasia, Kanye West, Keri Hilson
Troubled singer Fantasia Barrino and her daughter Zion made shakes at the famed Millions of Shakes shop in Culver City, CA yesterday. Her daughter is adorable!
Producer Kanye West wore a furry vest for his first ever Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance this morning in New York. The troubled rapper performed “Lost in the World” from his critically acclaimed CD My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
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