MOP
04-06-2011, 08:59 PM
Plausible & Interesting Right after World War I when the Soviet Union was a closed society, reporters in Riga, Latvia, would seek out any bits of information coming from Russia. A modern academic study showed that much of the information reporters were feeding U.S. newspapers actually originated in the United States, such as rumors that the Soviets were going to enforce plural marriages. A similar circular path is true with the Wikileaks. For years embassy workers have been poring over local newspapers, attending public meetings and picking up some information in private chats. The material was put in diplomatic cables and now is being exposed as big news.