The State Department did not decide on whether the publication of "Panamanian papers" theft of documents
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State Department spokesman Mark Toner failed to answer the question, what is the difference between declassifying "Panamanian documents" and publishing illegally obtained documents on the WikiLeaks website, reports RIA News.
One of the journalists reminded Toner that "the US government took a firm stand against Julian Assandge and Edward Snowden, calling both criminals, and declassifying documents - theft."
“This is a fair comment,” noted Toner. “But I’m not ready yet to answer the question of whether the US government considers the publication of the Panamanian archive as a theft of documents, and whether the US administration as a whole will consider these actions criminal.”
Earlier, Washington took a principled position, stating that “the declassification of WikiLeaks documents is theft”. Then the State Department called such actions non-patriotic, and even criminal.
Recall that the recently published “Panamanian papers” refer to the involvement of a number of world leaders and their entourage to offshore schemes.
AFP / PAUL J. RICHARDS
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