澳大利亚说，澳大利亚联邦警察正在对维基揭密网站及其创始人进行调查，看他们公布数十万美国秘密的外交文件是否违反了澳大利亚的法律。
维基揭密的创始人阿桑奇是澳大利亚公民。澳大利亚司法部长麦克勒兰德星期一表示，维基揭密“可能违反了一些刑法”。
但是麦克勒兰德说，他不知道有关美国已经要求澳大利亚吊销阿桑奇护照的报导。阿桑奇主要生活在欧洲，从一个国家旅行到另一个国家。
麦克勒兰德还表示，他已经设立了一个工作小组来处理维基揭密泄露的有关澳大利亚的文件带来的负面后果。
在所泄露的外交电报中，不到一千份电报来自美国驻澳大利亚的大使馆。到目前为止，泄露的文件中没有什么使澳大利亚难堪的内容。
Australia says its Federal Police are investigating the WikiLeaks website and its founder to see if they broke any Australian laws by releasing hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. diplomatic documents.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is an Australian citizen. Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland said Monday there are "potentially a number of criminal laws" that may have been broken.
But, McClelland said he had no knowledge of reports that the United States has asked Australia to cancel Assange's passport. Assange lives mainly in Europe, traveling from country to country.
McClelland also said he has established a task force to deal with any adverse consequences of leaks related to Australia.
Fewer than 1,000 of the leaked diplomatic cables came from the U.S. embassy in Australia. So far, little has emerged from the leaks that would embarrass the Australian government.
