Is Today's Published WikiLeaks Cables In WaPo Old News?

[2banon]

Seems like we already knew this, but just in case you missed it...

Washington Post did a story leaked from Wikileaks Cables on the matter of U.S. supporting Syrian opposition groups... ooops.

U.S. secretly backed Syrian opposition groups, cables released by WikiLeaks show

The State Department has secretly financed Syrian political opposition groups and related projects, including a satellite TV channel that beams anti-government programming into the country, according to previously undisclosed diplomatic cables.

The London-based satellite channel, Barada TV, began broadcasting in April 2009 but has ramped up operations to cover the mass protests in Syria as part of a long-standing campaign to overthrow the country’s autocratic leader, Bashar al-Assad. Human rights groups say scores of people have been killed by Assad’s security forces since the demonstrations began March 18; Syria has blamed the violence on “armed gangs.”

Barada TV is closely affiliated with the Movement for Justice and Development, a London-based network of Syrian exiles. Classified U.S. diplomatic cables show that the State Department has funneled as much as $6 million to the group since 2006 to operate the satellite channel and finance other activities inside Syria. The channel is named after the Barada River, which courses through the heart of Damascus, the Syrian capital.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us_secretly_backed_syrian_opposition_groups_cables_released_by_wikileaks_show/2011/04/14/AF1p9hwD_story.html">Read the full story here

I don't know how to embed a video on this site, but you might be interested to know that Shepherd Smith interviewed a former CIA Agent to discuss this matter, posted over at Raw Story here. I found his reactions as appropriate as I did entertaining, though milage may vary.