Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative

The Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative (CFDI) is a strategy and list, maintained by the United States Department of Homeland Security, of foreign infrastructure which "if attacked or destroyed would critically impact the U.S."[1][2] A copy of the 2008 list was redacted (removing details of names and locations)[3] and leaked by WikiLeaks on 5 December 2010 as part of the website's leak of US diplomatic cables; no details on the exact location of the assets was included in the list.[4] In September 2011, WikiLeaks published the unredacted copy of the list.[5] The list's release was met with strong criticism from the US and British governments, while media and other countries have reacted less strongly saying that the entries are not secret and easily identified.

  1. ^ "Fact Sheet: Critical Infrastructure and Homeland Security Protection Accomplishments". Department of Homeland Security. 5 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ Sharon Theimer (7 December 2010). "U.S.: WikiLeaks release a hit list for al-Qaida". Army Times. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC06 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference MSNBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "WikiLeaks publishes full cache of unredacted cables". the Guardian. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2022.