Leaked Cables Offer Raw Look at U.S. Diplomacy

WASHINGTON — A cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them from the past three years, provides an unprecedented look at back-room bargaining by embassies around the world, brutally candid views of foreign leaders and frank assessments of nuclear and terrorist threats.

- candid : franc, sincère
- shudder : frisson
- reckless : imprudent, téméraire
- standoff : impasse
- inducement : incitation financière, pot-de-vin
- salve : apaiser
- resettle : relocaliser, repeupler
- wry : désabusé
- record : rapport, dossier
- mouthpiece : porte parole
- to bungle : râter, gâcher
- NOFORN : Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals [Military security classification]
- to lurk : se cacher, rôder
- to balk : regimber
- scathing : cinglant, acerbe
- fodder : fourrage
- hubris : arrogance
- to mull over : réfléchir à, ruminer
- to jawbone : influencer, forcer à faire sous pression
- crisp : impeccable, vif
- to eavesdrop : écouter qqun de façon indiscrète
- dissemble : dissimuler
- cobblestone : pavé

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