US Cuts Access To Files After Leak Embarrassment

The State Department severed its computer files from the government's classified network, officials said Tuesday, as U.S. and world leaders tried to clean up from the embarrassing leak that spilled America's sensitive documents onto screens around the globe.

By temporarily pulling the plug, the U.S. significantly reduced the number of government employees who can read important diplomatic messages. It was an extraordinary hunkering down, prompted by the disclosure of hundreds of thousands of those messages this week by WikiLeaks, the self-styled whistleblower organization.

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[If this follows the administration's new 'Reactive Security' paradigm, State Dept. employees can plan on daily crotch checks in the near future. -- Editor]