Whistleblower Alert: tNumber 10 briefed on WikiLeaks files

The Government has been briefed by US authorities about the expected release of sensitive diplomatic files on whistleblower website WikiLeaks, Downing Street confirmed yesterday.

Reports suggest that the files could include hundreds of cables relating to UK interests, and might include revelations about secret intelligence sources and practices.

Washington is braced for the release within days of thousands of documents on the website, which has previously published secret details of allied military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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"These revelations are harmful to the US and our interests," said State Department spokesman PJ Crowley.

Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman last night declined to discuss the nature of any confidential communications which may have been obtained by WikiLeaks.

The spokesman said: "I don't want to speculate about precisely what is going to be leaked before it is leaked."