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- The 251,287 leaked cables cover from December 28, 1966 to February 28 2010 and originate from 274 US embassies,
- consulates and diplomatic missions.
- 15,652 are classified secret.
- 101,748 are confidential.
- 133,887 are unclassified.
- Iraq was the most discussed country, named in 15,365 cables.
- There are 8017 cables from the office of the US secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
- According to the US State Departments labelling system, the most frequent subjects discussed are: External political relations — 145,451; internal government affairs — 122,896; human rights — 55,211; economic conditions — 49,044; terrorists and terrorism — 28,801;, the UN security council — 6,532.