Thread by @SMaurizi

1. you look at today's meetings of #MikePompeo at the #Vatican and want to understand why he is meeting certain people? Just look at their names(#Parolin,#Sant'EgidioCommunity) and search #WikiLeaks cables:10 years after they were released cables allow you to understand

2. you search #Parolin in the #WikiLeaks database of cables and you discover he is the grey eminence of Vatican's foreign policy and one the MOST trusted contacts by US diplomacy inside the Vatican

3. you search #Sant'EgidioCommunity in the #WikiLeaks database of cables and you discover that the Sant'Egidio Community is one of the 3 most powerful #Catholic communities with prominent contacts in places where the US diplomacy fails, like #China and #Russia

4. if you search the #WikiLeaks cables database, you learn that the #Sant'EgidioCommunity's behind-the-scene contacts in #China are very likely to be one of the reasons why #MikePompeo meet Sant'Egidio Community during his ongoing visit to #Rome

5. it's amazing how 10 years after they were released, #WikiLeaks cables keep informing the public, by providing insights on world affairs. Whenever you use them, think about the high price paid by @xychelsea and by Julian #Assange and the #WikiLeaks journos for publishing them

6. here is the cable on the powerful Sant'Egidio Community and their contacts in #China which,among other contacts, make the Community of interest for the US diplomacy: wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/0…