"Al Jazeera has been making waves in the Middle East ever since it aired its first broadcast on Nov. 1, 1996. In its news dispatches and talk shows, the pan-Arab satellite channel ... has been a strident critic of U.S. foreign policies in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Palestinian Territories ... But after the last dump of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks, on Aug. 30, articles have begun to circulate ... about Al Jazeera's close relationship with a surprising interlocutor: the U.S. government." (Quoted from article)