State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said Thursday that `` WikiLeaks did advise us of the impending release of information and of its intention to continue to release classified documents . '' NEW : The State Department said it was aware of the problem . Thousands of secret U.S. cables are now online . It blames the writer of a book on its founder Julian Assange . ` ` Nonsense , '' say the author and his publisher .
NEW : The State Department said it was aware of the problem . Thousands of secret U.S. cables are now online . It blames the writer of a book on its founder Julian Assange . ` ` Nonsense , '' say the author and his publisher .