Anna Nicole Smith may have been just a "B-list celebrity," but she hit the Bahamas like a hurricane, spreading scandals that toppled officials and endangered the whole government, according to newly leaked U.S. diplomatic cables.
The government fell two months after the last cable was written.
"Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau," reads a colorful November 2006 document, apparently written by Deputy Chief of Mission D. Brent Hardt. It was released by WikiLeaks and published by the British newspaper The Guardian late Tuesday.
| What was the goal of this release? It certainly won't embarrass Mr. Hardt, who may win 'most colorful cable of the year' at Foggy Bottom. If his comments are all like what's written above I'd welcome him as a Rantburg mod just for his snark. So what was the point of releasing this cable? |
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