goes to the top of power. on 28th november 2010, 250,000 u.s. state department cables were released to the public by wikileaks the internet website committed to revealing government secrets. this cable dated 6th december, 2009 discusses the situation in afghan president karzai's hometown of kandahar. italy bells his younger brother a king -- it labels his younger brother a kingpin involved in illicit and criminal activities. the u.s. secretary of state weighed in. >> the united states, deeply regrets the disclosure of any information that was intended to be confidential. >> what is clear is that the wikileaks publication of these diplomatic cables and the disclosure of 70,000 defense department cables in october, presents a clear danger to american troops and their mission in afghanistan. >> battlefield consequences of