Wikileaks creates awkward situations

On a meeting with European leaders in Kazahkstan secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, had to apologize to 52 leaders for the embarassing comments seen on the Wikileaks website. She kept calm, despite the tension from comments about leaders-such as describing the Kazakh president as having a lavish lifestyle.

Some countries are now limiting the amount of United States diplomats allowed to attend their meetings. Some leaders are also worried about expressing their true feelings, fearing they will be quoted and leaked to the internet.

Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, was refered to as "weak" and "overly self-conscious" in certain documents. This makes work between him and and the United States diplomat, Karl Eikenberry, even more difficult. The same goes for German chancellor, Angela Merkel, was called, "rarely creative" by U.S. ambassador to Berlin, Philip Murphy.



Source: CNN.com