The Spy Cables: Decoded – Episode one
In the first of two programmes, we assess the impact of Al Jazeera’s release of hundreds of classified documents.
The Spy Cables captured headlines the world over – and was described as massive and unprecedented in newspapers as far afield as China as South America.
| THE SPY CABLES
A leak of hundreds of secret intelligence papers from agencies all over the world, offering a glimpse into the murky world of espionage.
Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit is publishing a selection of the documents and the stories contained within them.
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Evidence that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu misled the United Nations lead news in a number of countries.
The CIA’s desire to talk to Hamas; snooping on the head of Greenpeace; a plot to kill the head of the African Union; all grabbed global attention.
In the first of two programmes, we assess the impact of Al Jazeera’s release of hundreds of classified documents – ranging from confidential to top secret – the widest-ranging leak of intelligence papers ever.
Presenter: David Foster
Guests:
David Maynier , in Cape Town – Member of South African Parliament and opposition Deputy Minister of State Security.
Justice Malala , in Johannesburg – political analyst
Ferial Haffajee , on set – the editor of the South African weekly newspaper, The City Press