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If that's true, it should be well documented somewhere for reference. Please share a source if you get a chance.



http://unspecified.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/wikileaks-passwo...

A journalist leaked the password given to him by Wikileaks by publishing it in his book. At that moment the encrypted file was already all over the internet.



That is vaguely what I recall from my loose following of things, and wikipedia seems to more or less agree. The relevant citation is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cables...




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