The cables and additional interviews show an agency rife with intrigue and politics.

The diplomatic cables also show just how entwined the United States has become in Mexico's drug war.

The cable showed as a dull silver line from this height.

One pitch came from the highest levels, the cables show.

And cables show repeated, often successful hacking attacks on the United States government.

Reading for over an hour from a 35-page statement, he said he had leaked the cables "to show the true cost of war."

Now the full force was on; the cable between the two ships showed never a curve as it vanished into the faint but growing light.

Spanish copyright holders applauded the move; indeed, the cables show that they repeatedly asked US officials to make it.

The cables show that western government's main concern is with promoting Western business around the world, not with any ethical concerns.

In the intense light of,the torch, the cable showed as a dark hairline.