WikiLeaks: 'Voluptuous' Nurse Cable Costs Ambassador Gene Cretz His Job

McClatchy:

WASHINGTON -- In what appears to be the first diplomatic casualty from the latest WikiLeaks revelations, the U.S. ambassador to Libya has returned to Washington and is likely to leave his post, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

Ambassador Gene Cretz, a veteran American diplomat, authored several secret cables to Washington that speculated on long-time Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's health, and described his personal proclivities, including his reliance on a "voluptuous" Ukrainian nurse.

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Comments

[duxguts]

12:18 AM on 01/06/2011

All this makes our diplomats look like a lot of bored housewives gossiping over the back fence.

[mikesw]

11:08 PM on 01/05/2011

I think I'm beginning to understand:

A diplomat uses undiplomatic and unnecessary language in a "confidential" cable that might be taken the wrong way if it gets out. Whose fault is this?
Julian Assange, of course!

The State Department's confidential materials are not kept secure. Over 1 million people can access them.
Whose fault is this?
Julian Assange, of course!

The leak of this material was made by a US military source and was published by the New York Times, the Guardian and Der Spiegel. Whose fault is this?
Julian Assange, of course!

Yes, I am beginning to understand!

[Balzac]

03:44 AM on 01/08/2011

Exactly. State Department chooses to fire Ambassador Gene Cretz for noticing that Gaddafi's Ukranian nurse was voluptuous. Blames Wikileaks / Assange for firing Cretz.

Now I want to see this woman to judge her voluptuousness for myself.

[motoGpifupleez]

11:55 AM on 01/05/2011

Added to the extensive list of those who lost their lives because of Wik.....

What's that? You say there have been no deaths attributed to WikiLeaks?

That's not what the on air personality on FOX "News" says.

[PWM]

12:20 PM on 01/05/2011

Who lost their lives?

[motoGpifupleez]

01:34 PM on 01/05/2011

Exactly my point.

[karots]

06:58 PM on 01/05/2011

Hell, he has yet to even lose his job. He is likely to "leave" his job, not get fired. Funny how words work.

[INDIVIDUALTERRY]

11:55 AM on 01/05/2011

Thanks to weakileaks Democracy is safe again!
How many have they put out of work now?

[PWM]

12:19 PM on 01/05/2011

He deserved to be out of work as he doesn't even know how to write a report and stick to the subject. What does the nurse's looks have to do with his role over there.

[INDIVIDUALTERRY]

12:48 PM on 01/05/2011

I expected more from you.
You don't think its relevant that 'ol Quadhafi has a penchant for busty nurses ?

[slogward]

11:35 AM on 01/05/2011

Most of the stuff emanating from Wikileaks is small beer.
EXCLUSIVE: WANNA KNOW WHAT WIKILEAKS HAS ON BANK OF AMERICA?
FROM SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO THE HORSE'S MOUTH...

http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/wikileaks-missile-to-show-fraudulent-boa-loans-on-massive-scale/

[whirlybird]

11:30 AM on 01/05/2011

The title of this article implies that there have been previous Wikileaks casualties. Does HP intend to back that up?

[MikeDu]

10:33 AM on 01/05/2011

So let's think about this - the U.S. was torturing prisoners around that time on the orders of the VP but this guy loses his job over the use of the word "voluptouos"?

[whirlybird]

11:30 AM on 01/05/2011

No kidding...

[bajed]

10:29 AM on 01/05/2011

Bradley Manning sentenced to life in prison yet? What is taking so long?

[dazzlepod]

10:12 AM on 01/05/2011

Readers can now browse full set of publicly available WikiLeaks cables at http://dazzlepod.com/cable/.

The site features full-text search to allow readers to look-up cables of their interest, e.g. try http://dazzlepod.com/cable/cable_direct/?keyword=voluptuous to retrieve the cable mentioned in this news.

[whirlybird]

11:31 AM on 01/05/2011

Thank you.

[BartRoberts]

09:16 AM on 01/05/2011

Damn Wikileaks!!!!

They're making it impossible for America's "best and brightest" to do the people...er...the people's business.

(Sarcasm off)

[tpk]

09:54 AM on 01/05/2011

I see it as my patriotic duty blame Aussie for everything, and everybody who is a real American should do the same. Country first.

[KIVPossum]

09:15 AM on 01/05/2011

>>>his reliance on a "voluptuou­s" Ukrainian nurse

Did some work for a Ukrainian hospital, and believe me, some Ukrainian nurses can raise the dead

[TomJoad1965]

09:23 AM on 01/05/2011

Could you clarify, when you say raise...OH....oooooh, never mined;-)

[Hoodoo X]

09:33 AM on 01/05/2011

Fire can't melt steel.

[caveman1313]

11:10 AM on 01/05/2011

tell that to people to work in steel mills.

[Ramirez]

09:35 AM on 01/05/2011

All HuffPost threads are eventually about Sarah Palin.

[tpk]

09:57 AM on 01/05/2011

Sad, isn't it?

[jspkim]

11:16 AM on 01/05/2011

ever changing avatars

[AZreb]

09:11 AM on 01/05/2011

If ambassadors have pertinent information regarding leaders of other countries, then why can't they just fly back to the U.S. and give their reports directly and vocally to the parties who need the info?

Anyone who has been alive for the last 20 years should know that cables, emails and other forms of written communication can be compromised. Not rocket science to understand that, since many of our own government personnel have been brought down by indiscreet missals.


Are diplomatic bags now searched? If not, then that is a good way to get written info to the paries who need it without sending it out over the airwaves. Use some common sense - or is that something in short supply now?

[joebaggadonuts]

09:02 AM on 01/05/2011

It all reminds me of a quote my mother used to say, which caused me to go back and find the original context for that: http://www.worldburnsclub.com/poems/translations/552.htm

My mother's quote:

O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us, ...

[crom14]

08:59 AM on 01/05/2011

He is being fired for what?