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{{Short description|List of foreign infrasture critical to the United States}}
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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."<ref name="Dept">{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1220878057557.shtm|title=Fact Sheet: Critical Infrastructure and Homeland Security Protection Accomplishments|date=5 September 2008|publisher=Department of Homeland Security|access-date=29 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712013916/http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1220878057557.shtm|archive-date=12 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=U.S.: WikiLeaks release a hit list for al-Qaida |author=Sharon Theimer |url=http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/12/ap-wikileaks-release-gives-hit-list-to-al-qaida-120610/ |newspaper=[[Army Times]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=10 December 2010}}</ref> A copy of the 2008 list was redacted (removing details of names and locations)<ref name="BBC06"/> and leaked by [[WikiLeaks]] on 5 December 2010 as part of the website's [[United States diplomatic cables leak|leak of US diplomatic cables]]; no details on the exact location of the assets was included in the list.<ref name="MSNBC" /> In September 2011, WikiLeaks published the unredacted copy of the list.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2011-09-02 |title=WikiLeaks publishes full cache of unredacted cables |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/02/wikileaks-publishes-cache-unredacted-cables |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> 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.
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."<ref name="Dept">{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1220878057557.shtm|title=Fact Sheet: Critical Infrastructure and Homeland Security Protection Accomplishments|date=5 September 2008|publisher=Department of Homeland Security|access-date=29 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712013916/http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1220878057557.shtm|archive-date=12 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=U.S.: WikiLeaks release a hit list for al-Qaida |author=Sharon Theimer |url=http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/12/ap-wikileaks-release-gives-hit-list-to-al-qaida-120610/ |newspaper=[[Army Times]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=10 December 2010}}</ref> A copy of the 2008 list was redacted (removing details of names and locations)<ref name="BBC06"/> and leaked by [[WikiLeaks]] on 5 December 2010 as part of the website's [[United States diplomatic cables leak|leak of US diplomatic cables]]; no details on the exact location of the assets was included in the list.<ref name="MSNBC" /> In September 2011, WikiLeaks published the unredacted copy of the list.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2011-09-02 |title=WikiLeaks publishes full cache of unredacted cables |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/02/wikileaks-publishes-cache-unredacted-cables |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> 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.
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Dean Veverka of [[Southern Cross Cable|Southern Cross]] concurred, saying, "(Roger Aston's comments) that the information in the WikiLeaks document was ten years out of date could be accurate. To only list Southern Cross as the only internet cable network here might have been relevant 10 years ago (when only coaxial cables were available), but Australia now has seven cables going out of country. Australia has a very resilient network nowadays."<ref name="HS" />
Dean Veverka of [[Southern Cross Cable|Southern Cross]] concurred, saying, "(Roger Aston's comments) that the information in the WikiLeaks document was ten years out of date could be accurate. To only list Southern Cross as the only internet cable network here might have been relevant 10 years ago (when only coaxial cables were available), but Australia now has seven cables going out of country. Australia has a very resilient network nowadays."<ref name="HS" />


Bill Gorman, sales director of [[David Brown Ltd.]], said: "We make gearboxes for our platinum and gold mines. We have supplied equipment via the US for other countries, but have only once exported directly to the States, for a copper mine seven years ago. I have no idea why we're on the list."<ref name="Rand">{{cite news |author=Ilham Rawoot |date=10 December 2010 |title=East Rand firms on US critical list |newspaper=[[Mail & Guardian]] |url=http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-12-10-east-rand-firms-on-us-critical-list |access-date=10 December 2010}}</ref>
Bill Gorman, sales director of [[David Brown Ltd.]], said: "We make gearboxes for our platinum and gold mines. We have supplied equipment via the US for other countries, but have only once exported directly to the States, for a copper mine seven years ago. I have no idea why we're on the list."<ref name="Rand" />


A [[BAE Systems]] spokeswoman said: "The information in the list was incorrect. The site in Plymouth was sold in 2007, and in Chorley, there are no longer any weapons manufacturing, although there is still an office there. The information about Preston was correct. The safety and security of our people and facilities is of highest priority."<ref name="Channel4">{{cite news |date=6 December 2010 |title=WikiLeaks' facilities list 'will not endanger |newspaper=[[Channel 4|Channel 4 News]] |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/wikileaks-slammed-for-revelaing-potential-terror-targets |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref>
A [[BAE Systems]] spokeswoman said: "The information in the list was incorrect. The site in Plymouth was sold in 2007, and in Chorley, there are no longer any weapons manufacturing, although there is still an office there. The information about Preston was correct. The safety and security of our people and facilities is of highest priority."<ref name="Channel4" />

==List of critical foreign dependencies==
The 2008 CFDI list, as redacted by WikiLeaks, listed the following infrastructures:<ref>{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks Unveils Over 300 Foreign Sites That Are Critical To U.S. National Interests |author=Gus Lubin |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/wikileaks-critical-foreign-dependencies-2010-12 |newspaper=[[Business Insider]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=10 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks Cablegates: Hillary Clinton cere diplomatilor SUA sa se implice in actiuni de spionaj economic pe teritoriul altor state |author=Dani Rockhoff |url=http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-international-8106480-wikileaks-cablegates-hillary-clinton-cere-diplomatilor-sua-implice-actiuni-spionaj-economic-teritoriul-altor-state.htm |newspaper=[[Hotnews]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotnews.ro%2Fstiri-international-8106480-wikileaks-cablegates-hillary-clinton-cere-diplomatilor-sua-implice-actiuni-spionaj-economic-teritoriul-altor-state.htm English])</ref>

=== Sea ports ===
A number of sea ports were listed, including several Chinese ports ([[Shanghai Port]], [[Port of Guangzhou|Guangzhou Port]], [[Port of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Port]], [[Port of Ningbo|Ningbo Port]],<ref name="MSNBC" /> [[Tianjin Port]]<ref name="CNA" />) as well as one Taiwanese port ([[Port of Kaohsiung|Kaohsiung Port]]<ref name="CNA" /><ref name="Apple" />) and several European ports ([[Port of Antwerp]],<ref name="Knack" /> [[Port of Hamburg]],<ref name="Local" /> [[Port of Rotterdam|Rotterdam Port]]<ref name="RNW" />).

=== Cable routes ===

==== Northern hemisphere ====
* Bermuda - [[Atlantica-1|GlobeNet]], formerly Bermuda US-1 (BUS-1) undersea cable landing Devonshire, Bermuda<ref>{{cite news |title=Bermuda's Undersea Cable Named in WikiLeaks |url=http://bernews.com/2010/12/bermudas-undersea-cable-named-in-wikileaks/ |newspaper=Bernews |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010}}</ref>
* Canada - [[Hibernia Atlantic]] undersea cable landing at [[Herring Cove, Nova Scotia]], Canada<ref name="TGAM">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks's mad attack on Canada |author=Norman Spector |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/spector-vision/wikileakss-mad-attack-on-canada/article1826060/ |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref>
* China - [[EAC-C2C (cable system)|C2C Cable Network]] undersea cable landings at Chom Hom Kok, Tseung Kwan O, and Shanghai; [[CUCN (cable system)|China-US undersea cable]] landings at [[Chongming County|Chongming]] and [[Shantou]]; and FLAG/[[RNAL (cable system)|REACH North Asia Loop]] undersea cable landing as Tong Fuk<ref name=Toucheng>{{cite web|url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&MainCatID=11&id=20101206000101 |title=WikiLeaks Reveals More Secrets, Taiwan Says 'No Problem' |author=Jimmy Chuang |work=Want China Times|date=6 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314232035/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&MainCatID=11&id=20101206000101 |archive-date=14 March 2012 }}</ref>
* Denmark - [[TAT-14]] undersea cable landing, Blaabjerg, Denmark<ref name="Industri">{{cite news|title=Nordens viktigaste bolag - för USA |url=http://di.se/Default.aspx?pid=221902__ArticlePageProvider&epslanguage=sv |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418062637/http://di.se/Default.aspx?pid=221902__ArticlePageProvider&epslanguage=sv |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2013 |newspaper=[[Dagens Industri]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010 }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdi.se%2FDefault.aspx%3Fpid%3D221902__ArticlePageProvider%26epslanguage%3Dsv English])</ref>
* Fiji - Southern Cross undersea cable landing, Suva, Fiji<ref>{{cite news |title=Fiji site crucial to US interests |url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=161892 |newspaper=[[Fiji Times]] |date=14 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905091327/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=161892 |archive-date=5 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* France - [[Apollo (cable system)|APOLLO undersea cable]], Lannion, France;<ref name="ANSA" /> [[Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe#Segment FLAG Atlantic 1 (FA-1)|FA-1 undersea cable]], Plerin, France;<ref name="Soir">{{cite news|title=WikiLeaks révèle la liste des sites français sensibles |url=http://www.francesoir.fr/politique-securite/wikileaks-revele-la-liste-des-sites-francais-sensibles.66730 |newspaper=[[France Soir]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210073834/http://www.francesoir.fr/politique-securite/wikileaks-revele-la-liste-des-sites-francais-sensibles.66730 |archive-date=10 December 2010 }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.francesoir.fr%2Fpolitique-securite%2Fwikileaks-revele-la-liste-des-sites-francais-sensibles.66730 English])</ref> and [[TAT-14]] undersea cable landing St. Valery, France<ref name="Soir" />
* French Guiana - Americas-II undersea cable landing Cayenne, French Guiana<ref name="ANSAL" />
* Germany - TAT-14 undersea cable landing, Norden, Germany;<ref name="Local">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks reveals potential terrorist targets |url=http://www.thelocal.de/national/20101206-31623.html |newspaper=[[The Local]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref> Atlantic Crossing-1 ([[Atlantic Crossing 1|AC-1]]) undersea cable landing Sylt<ref name="ANSA" />
* Ireland - [[Hibernia Atlantic]] undersea cable landing, Dublin Ireland<ref name="Belfast">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks reveals Irish sites vital to America's security |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/wikileaks-reveals-irish-sites-vital-to-americarsquos-security-15023387.html |newspaper=[[The Belfast Telegraph]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref>
* Japan - [[EAC-C2C (cable system)|C2C Cable Network]] undersea cable landings in [[Chikura, Chiba|Chikura]], Ajigaura, and [[Shima, Fukuoka|Shima]]; [[CUCN (cable system)|China-US undersea cable]] in Okinawa; FLAG/[[RNAL (cable system)|REACH North Asia Loop]] undersea cable landing in Wada; [[Japan-US (cable system)|Japan-US undersea cable]] landings at Maruyama and Kitaibaraki; KJCN undersea cable landings at Fukuoka and Kita-Kyushu; Pacific Crossing-1 ([[PC-1]]) undersea cable landing in Ajigaura and Shima; and [[Tyco Transpacific]] undersea cable landings in Toyohashi and Emi.
* Martinique - Americas-II undersea cable landing Le Lamentin, Martinique<ref name="ANSAL" />
* Mexico - FLAG/REACH North Asia Loop undersea cable landing, Tijuana<ref name="EPT" /> and Pan-American Crossing (PAC) undersea cable landing, Mazatlan<ref name="EPT" />
* Netherlands - Atlantic Crossing-1 ([[Atlantic Crossing 1|AC-1]]) undersea cable landing, Beverwijk;<ref name="RNW">{{cite news |title=Port of Rotterdam of vital importance to US security |url=http://www.rnw.nl/africa/bulletin/port-rotterdam-vital-importance-us-security |newspaper=[[Radio Netherlands Worldwide]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref> TAT-14 undersea cable landing, Katwijk<ref name="RNW" />
* Panama - FLAG/REACH North Asia Loop undersea cable landing Fort Amador, Panama<ref name="ANSAL" />
* Philippines - C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Batangas, Philippines;<ref name="PDI" /> and EAC undersea cable landing Cavite, Philippines<ref name="PDI" />
* Republic of Korea - C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Pusan, Republic of Korea;<ref name="PDI" /> EAC undersea cable landing Shindu-Ri, Republic of Korea;<ref name="PDI" /> FLAG/REACH North Asia Loop undersea cable landing Pusan, Republic of Korea;<ref name="CNA" /> and KJCN undersea cable landing Pusan, Republic of Korea
* Singapore - C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Changi, Singapore;<ref name="PDI">{{cite news |title=Batangas, Cavite facilities worry US–WikiLeaks |author=DJ Yap |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20101208-307671/Batangas-Cavite-facilities-worry-USWikiLeaks |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=8 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref> EAC undersea cable landing Changi North, Singapore;<ref name="PDI" /> C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Changi, Singapore;<ref name="PDI"/> and EAC undersea cable landing Changi North, Singapore<ref name="PDI" />
* Taiwan- C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Fangshan, Taiwan;<ref name="CNA">{{cite news |title=機密電文：高雄港關係美國安全 |url=http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/Detail.aspx?pNewsID=201012060107&pType0=aOPL&pTypeSel=0 |newspaper=[[Central News Agency (Republic of China)|CNA News]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=9 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225750/http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/Detail.aspx?pNewsID=201012060107&pType0=aOPL&pTypeSel=0 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cna.com.tw%2FShowNews%2FDetail.aspx%3FpNewsID%3D201012060107%26pType0%3DaOPL%26pTypeSel%3D0 English])</ref><ref name="Apple">{{cite news |title=美倚重據點曝光 成恐襲目標 |url=http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/33017454/IssueID/20101207 |newspaper=[[Apple Daily]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=9 December 2010}} ([http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/33017454/IssueID/20101207&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhgJYFttecj8_NVTK-wSZcLaF8tlyQ English])</ref> C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Tanshui, Taiwan;<ref name="CNA" /><ref name="Apple" /> China-US undersea cable landing Fangshan, Taiwan;<ref name="CNA" /><ref name="Apple" /> EAC undersea cable landing Pa Li, Taiwan;<ref name="CNA" /><ref name="Apple" /> FLAG/REACH North Asia Loop undersea cable landing Toucheng, Taiwan<ref name="CNA" /><ref name="Apple" /><ref name=Toucheng />
* Trinidad and Tobago - Americas-II undersea cable landing [[Port of Spain]]<ref name=Bagoo>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,132052.html|title=US got secret ALNG info|author=Andre Bagoo|publisher=[[Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday]]|date=7 December 2010}}</ref>
* United Kingdom - [[Apollo (cable system)|APOLLO undersea cable]] landing Bude, Cornwall Station, United Kingdom;<ref name="Siglo" /> Atlantic Crossing-1 ([[Atlantic Crossing 1|AC-1]]) undersea cable landing Whitesands Bay; [[FA-1 (cable system)|FA-1 undersea cable]] landing [[Skewjack]], Cornwall Station;<ref name="Politics">{{cite news |title=Pressure on Assange as bank account frozen and police move in |author=Peter Wozniak |url=http://www.politics.co.uk/news/foreign-policy/pressure-on-assange-as-bank-account-frozen-and-police-move-in-$21386083.htm |newspaper=Politics.co.uk |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Hibernia Atlantic]] undersea cable landing, Southport, United Kingdom;<ref name="Politics" /> [[TAT-14]] undersea cable landing Bude, Cornwall Station, United Kingdom;<ref name="TITWC" /> [[Tyco Transatlantic undersea cable]] landing, Highbridge, United Kingdom;<ref name="TIS">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks reveal three US security sites in the West |url=http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/West-sites-WikiLeaks/article-2977477-detail/article.html |newspaper=This Is Somerset |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref> Tyco Transatlantic undersea cable landing, Pottington, United Kingdom;<ref name="TIS" /> and Yellow/Atlantic Crossing-2 ([[AC-2]]) undersea cable landing Bude, United Kingdom<ref name="TITWC" />
* Venezuela - Four cable landing sites in Venezuela.<ref name="EU">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks revela lista de sitios vitales para intereses de Washington |url=http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/12/07/int_art_wikileaks-revela-lis_2129615.shtml |newspaper=[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eluniversal.com%2F2010%2F12%2F07%2Fint_art_wikileaks-revela-lis_2129615.shtml English])</ref> GlobeNet undersea cable landings at Punta Gorda, Catia La Mar, and Manonga<ref name="EU" />

==== Southern hemisphere ====
* Australia - [[Southern Cross Cable|Southern Cross undersea cable]] landings at Brookvale<ref name="HS" /> and Sydney, Australia<ref name="Daily">{{cite news |title=Australian terror targets leaked by WikiLeaks |author=Simon Benson |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/australian-terror-targets-leaked-by-wikileaks/story-e6freuy9-1225966628854 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=9 December 2010}}</ref>
* Brazil - [[Americas II|Americas-II]] undersea cable landing at Fortaleza;<ref name="ANSAL">{{cite news|title=WikiLeaks: Estrategicos Para EEUU En America Latina |url=http://www.ansa.it/ansalatina/notizie/rubriche/mundo/20101206225435187780.html |newspaper=[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|ANSA Latina]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209165939/http://www.ansa.it/ansalatina/notizie/rubriche/mundo/20101206225435187780.html |archive-date=9 December 2010 }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ansa.it%2Fansalatina%2Fnotizie%2Frubriche%2Fmundo%2F20101206225435187780.html English])</ref> [[Atlantica-1|GlobeNet]] undersea cable landing at Fortaleza;<ref name="ANSAL" /> and GlobeNet undersea cable landing Rio de Janeiro<ref name="ANSAL" />
* Netherlands Antilles - Americas-II undersea cable landing, Willemstad<ref name="ANSAL" />
* New Zealand - Southern Cross undersea cable landing, Whenuapai, New Zealand;<ref name="NBR">{{cite news |title=Auckland beach landings labelled vital in WikiLeaks cable |url=http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/southern-cross-cable-auckland-beach-landings-labelled-vital-cable-wikileaks-134271 |newspaper=[[National Business Review]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010 |archive-date=9 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209155459/http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/southern-cross-cable-auckland-beach-landings-labelled-vital-cable-wikileaks-134271 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Southern Cross undersea cable landing, Takapuna, New Zealand<ref name="NBR" />

=== Mineral resources ===
[[File:Chromitite Bushveld South Africa.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Chromitite]] (black) and [[anorthosite]] (light grey) [[layered intrusion|layered igneous rocks]] in Critical Zone UG1 of the Bushveld Igneous Complex at the [[Mononono River]] outcrop, near Steelpoort]]
* Australia - Manganese - Battery grade, natural; battery grade, synthetic; chemical grade; ferro; metallurgical grade;<ref name="Stampa" /> Nickel Mines<ref>{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks founder may sue Oz PM Gillard for defamation |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2010/12/07/wikileaksfounder-may-sue-oz-pm-gillard-fordefamation.html |newspaper=[[Oneindia]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-date=8 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008100545/http://news.oneindia.in/2010/12/07/wikileaksfounder-may-sue-oz-pm-gillard-fordefamation.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* China - [[Fluorite]] (Mine); [[Germanium]] Mine;<ref name="CNA" /> [[Graphite]] Mine;<ref name="LAT" /> [[Rare-earth]] minerals/elements;<ref name="CNA" /> [[Tin]] Mine and Plant; and [[Tungsten]] - Mine and Plant<ref name="LAT" />
* Democratic Republic of Congo - [[Cobalt]] (Mine and Plant)<ref name="Clarin">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks difundió un cable con "objetivos sensibles" de EE.UU. y recibió más críticas |url=http://www.clarin.com/mundo/WikiLeaks-objetivos-sensibles-EEUU-criticas_0_385161638.html |newspaper=[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clarin.com%2Fmundo%2FWikiLeaks-objetivos-sensibles-EEUU-criticas_0_385161638.html English])</ref>
* Gabon - [[Manganese]] - Battery grade, natural; battery grade, synthetic; chemical grade; ferro; metallurgical grade<ref name="Stampa" /><ref name=manganese-info>According to the [[USGS]], the United States has only "very low grade" ores of manganese, and the mineral is recovered only incidentally as a minor component of scrap; thus the United States relies on imports. Manganese "has no satisfactory substitute in its major applications". U.S. imports were "Manganese ore: Gabon, 61%; South Africa, 18%; Australia, 8%; China, 3%; and other, 10%. Ferromanganese: South Africa, 53%; China, 18%; Republic of Korea, 6%; Mexico, 6%, and other, 17%. Manganese contained in all manganese imports: South Africa, 34%; Gabon, 21%; China, 9%; Australia, 7%; and other, 29%." {{cite web|url=http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/manganese/mcs-2009-manga.pdf|title=Manganese|publisher=USGS|author=Lisa A. Corathers|date=January 2009}}</ref><ref>Manganese in Gabon is mined by [[Comilog]], a subsidiary of [[ERAMET]]. It is extracted from "several separate pits containing bedded oxide deposits in the early Proterozoic Francevillian Basin of the Moanda region in the southeastern part of the country", which together represent the world's second largest production of manganese high-grade ore. {{cite web|url=http://www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/mang/af/ga/p0005.htm|title=Manganese Mining in Gabon - Overview|publisher=Mbendi.com|access-date=10 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514102939/http://www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/mang/af/ga/p0005.htm|archive-date=14 May 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Guinea - [[Bauxite]] (Mine)<ref name="Stampa" />
* South Africa - Chromite mines around [[Rustenburg]];<ref name="Rand" /> [[Ferrochromium]];<ref>{{cite news |title=Non solo le curiosità di WikiLeaks |author=Tonio Dell'Olio |url=http://www.peacelink.it/mosaico/a/32907.html |newspaper=[[Pax Christi|PeaceLink]] |date=10 December 2010 |access-date=10 December 2010}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peacelink.it%2Fmosaico%2Fa%2F32907.html English])</ref> [[Manganese]] - Battery grade, natural; battery grade, synthetic; chemical grade; ferro; metallurgical grade;<ref name=manganese-info /> [[Palladium]] Mine and Plant; [[Platinum]] Mines; and [[Rhodium]]
* Indonesia - Tin Mine and Plant<ref name="Tribun">{{cite news|title=WikiLeaks Menguntungkan Bagi Al-Qaidah |url=http://www.tribunkaltim.co.id/read/artikel/72914 |newspaper=[[Bontang#Media|Tribun Kaltim]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tribunkaltim.co.id%2Fread%2Fartikel%2F72914 English])</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks: AS Berkepentingan Atas Timah RI |author=Renne RA Kawilarang |url=http://teknologi.vivanews.com/news/read/192313-wikileaks--as-berkepentingan-atas-timah-ri |newspaper=Vivanews |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210081548/http://teknologi.vivanews.com/news/read/192313-wikileaks--as-berkepentingan-atas-timah-ri |archive-date=10 December 2010 |url-status=dead }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fteknologi.vivanews.com%2Fnews%2Fread%2F192313-wikileaks--as-berkepentingan-atas-timah-ri English])</ref>
* Japan - [[Iodine]] Mine
* Belgium - [[Germanium]] Mine
* Norway - Cobalt Nickel Mine<ref name="Stampa">{{cite news |title=Miniere, farmaci e cavi sottomarini I siti strategici per gli Usa |author=Maurizio Molinari |url=http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplrubriche/finestrasullamerica/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=43&ID_articolo=1882&ID_sezione=58&sezione |newspaper=[[La Stampa]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=9 December 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lastampa.it%2F_web%2Fcmstp%2Ftmplrubriche%2Ffinestrasullamerica%2Fgrubrica.asp%3FID_blog%3D43%26ID_articolo%3D1882%26ID_sezione%3D58%26sezione%3D English])</ref>
* Russia - [[Uranium]] [[Nickel]] Mine: Used in certain types of stainless steel and superalloys;<ref name="Vedo" /> [[Palladium]] Mine and Plant;<ref name="Vedo" /> and [[Rhodium]]<ref name="Vedo" />
* Ukraine - Manganese - Battery grade, natural; battery grade, synthetic; chemical grade; ferro; metallurgical grade<ref name="Vedo" />
*Kazakhstan - Ferrochromium [[Khromtau]] Complex, Kempersai, (Chromite Mine)<ref name="Vedo" />
* India -[[Orissa, India|Orissa]] (chromite mines) and [[Karnataka]] (chromite mines)<ref name="Stampa" />
* Brazil - Iron Ore from [[Corumbá (mine)|Rio Tinto Mine]];<ref name="ANSAL" /> Manganese - Battery grade, natural; battery grade, synthetic; chemical grade; ferro; metallurgical grade;<ref name="ANSAL" /> Niobium (Columbium), [[Araxá|Araxa]], [[Minas Gerais]] State (mine);<ref name="ANSAL" /> and [[Ouvidor]] and [[Catalão|Catalao]] I, [[Goiás|Goias]] State: Niobium<ref name="ANSAL" />
*Chile - Iodine Mine<ref name="EPT" />
* Canada - [[Germanium]] Mine; [[Graphite]] Mine; [[Iron Ore]] Mine; [[Nickel]] Mine; [[Niobec]] Mine, Quebec, Canada: Niobium<ref name="TGAM" />
* Mexico - Graphite Mine<ref name="ANSAL" />
* Peru - Tin Mine and Plant<ref>Peru's only tin producer is [[Minsur]], whose production in excess of 40,000 t of concentrate between 2003 and 2005 was the third largest in the world. {{cite web|url=http://www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/tinm/sa/pe/p0005.htm|title=Tin Mining in Peru - Overview|publisher=Mbendi information services|access-date=10 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119070648/http://www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/tinm/sa/pe/p0005.htm|archive-date=19 November 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Minsur's San Raphael Mine is the world's largest tin mine, and Minsur produces 12% of the world's tin. {{cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN2940986520080929|title=Peru's Minsur looking for financing for Brazil buy|date=30 September 2008|publisher=Reuters|author=Dana Ford}}</ref>

=== Other sites ===

===Africa===

====Morocco====
[[File:STS059-238-074 Strait of Gibraltar.jpg|thumb|150px|The Strait of Gibraltar narrowly separates Spain in Southern Europe and Morocco in Northern Africa, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.]]
*[[Strait of Gibraltar]]<ref name="LAT" />
*Maghreb-Europe (GME) gas pipeline, Morocco<ref name="Rand" />

====South Africa====
*[[BAE Systems Land & Armaments|BAE Land System OMC]], Benoni, South Africa<ref name="Rand">{{cite news |title=East Rand firms on US critical list |author=Ilham Rawoot |url=http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-12-10-east-rand-firms-on-us-critical-list |newspaper=[[Mail & Guardian]] |date=10 December 2010 |access-date=10 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[David Brown Ltd.|Brown David Gear Industries LTD]], Benoni, South Africa<ref>Presumably David Brown Gear Industries site in Benoni: {{cite web|url=http://www.davidbrown.com/za/south-africa.php|title=David Brown Gear Industries (Pty) Ltd|access-date=8 December 2010|archive-date=14 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814085846/http://davidbrown.com/za/south-africa.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Tunisia====
*[[Trans-Med gas pipeline|Trans-Med Gas Pipeline]]<ref name="ATOL" />

===East Asia and the Pacific===

====Australia====
*Maybe Faulding Mulgrave ([[F H Faulding]])<ref>"Maybe" is an apparent typo for Mayne Pharma, which purchased F H Faulding in 2001. ({{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/business/wikileaks-cables-reveals-australian-terror-targets/story-e6frfm1i-1225966699674 |title=WikiLeaks terror target list 'out of date' |author=Jane Lee |publisher=[[News.com.au#Websites|news.com.au]] |date=7 December 2010}}) Faulding had previously purchased DBL and taken over its Mulgrave operation. ({{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vwq2Hr7CzIoC&pg=PA122 |title=Understanding organizational change |author=Patrick Dawson |year=2003|isbn=9780761971603 }})</ref> Victoria, Australia: Manufacturing facility for [[Midazolam]] injection.<ref name="HS" />
*[[Mayne Pharma]] (fill/finish), Melbourne, Australia: Sole suppliers of [[Crotalid]] [[Snake venom|Polyvalent Antivenin]] ([[CroFab]])<ref name="Daily" />

====China====
*Hydroelectric Dam Turbines and Generators
*[[Polypropylene]] Filter Material for [[N-95 Masks]]<ref name="CNA" />

====Indonesia====
*Straits of Malacca<ref name="Tribun" />

====Japan====
*[[Hitachi]], Hydroelectric Dam Turbines and Generators
*[[Port]]s at [[Port of Chiba|Chiba]], [[Port of Kobe|Kobe]], [[Port of Nagoya|Nagoya]], and [[Port of Yokohama|Yokohama]]
*Metal Fabrication Machines [[Titanium]]
*Metal (Processed) Biken, Kanonji City, Japan
*Hitachi Electrical Power Generators and Components Large AC Generators above 40 MVA

====Republic of Korea====
*Hitachi Large Electric Power Transformers 230 - 500 kV Busan Port<ref name="Channel4">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks' facilities list 'will not endanger |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/wikileaks-slammed-for-revelaing-potential-terror-targets |newspaper=[[Channel 4|Channel 4 News]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref>

====Malaysia====
*[[Straits of Malacca]]<ref name="LAT" />

====Singapore====
*Straits of Malacca<ref name="LAT" />

===Europe and Eurasia===

====Austria====
*[[Baxter International|Baxter AG]], Vienna, Austria: [[Intravenous immunoglobulin|Immune Globulin Intravenous]] (IGIV)<ref>Baxter International's Vienna (Wien-Donaustadt) site conducts the plasma fractionation and production of immunoglobulins. {{cite web|url=http://www.baxter.at/herstellung/pharmazeutische_produktion_fertigung.html |title=Pharmazeutische Produktion & Fertigung |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208003217/http://www.baxter.at/herstellung/pharmazeutische_produktion_fertigung.html |archive-date=8 December 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Octapharma]] Pharmazeutika, Vienna, Austria: Immune Globulin Intravenous (IGIV)<ref name="PZO" />

====Azerbaijan====
[[File:Baku pipelines.svg|thumb|right|Four oil pipelines from [[Baku]]]]
*[[Sangachal Terminal]]<ref name="Armenia" />
*[[Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline]]<ref name="Armenia" />

====Belarus====
[[File:Oil pipelines in Europe.png|thumb|The [[Druzhba pipeline]] and other oil pipelines in Europe]]
*[[Druzhba pipeline|Druzhba Oil Pipeline]]<ref name="RFERL" />

====Belgium====
*[[Baxter International|Baxter]] SA, Lessines, Belgium: Immune Globulin Intravenous (IGIV)<ref name="Knack">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks lekt lijst met voor VS kwetsbare plaatsen |url=http://knack.rnews.be/nl/actualiteit/nieuws/wereld/wikileaks-lekt-lijst-met-voor-vs-kwetsbare-plaatsen/article-1194883283255.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121130041203/http://knack.rnews.be/nl/actualiteit/nieuws/wereld/wikileaks-lekt-lijst-met-voor-vs-kwetsbare-plaatsen/article-1194883283255.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 November 2012 |newspaper=[[Knack (magazine)|Knack]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=9 December 2010 }} ([http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://knack.rnews.be/nl/actualiteit/nieuws/wereld/wikileaks-lekt-lijst-met-voor-vs-kwetsbare-plaatsen/article-1194883283255.htm&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhjlnn49cLO5S_RuhkGsHcBnIS5dQw English])</ref>
*[[Glaxo Smith Kline]], Rixensart, Belgium: [[Acellular]] [[Pertussis]] Vaccine Component<ref name="Knack" />
*GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium: Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Component<ref name="Knack" />

====Denmark====
*[[Bavarian Nordic]] (BN), Hejreskovvej, Kvistgard, Denmark: [[Smallpox]] Vaccine<ref name="Channel4" />
*[[Novo Nordisk]] Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bagsvaerd, Denmark: Numerous formulations of [[insulin]]<ref name="Clarin" />
*Novo Nordisk Insulin Manufacturer: Global insulin supplies<ref name="Siglo" />
*[[Statens Serum Institut]], Copenhagen, Denmark: [[DTaP]] (including D and T components) pediatric version<ref name="Industri" />

====France====
*[[Sanofi-Aventis]] Insulin Manufacturer: Global insulin supplies [[Foot-and-mouth disease]] Vaccine finishing<ref>{{cite news|title=WikiLeaks: list of crucial installations published |url=http://www.euronews.net/2010/12/06/wikileaks-list-of-crucial-installations-published/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208031313/http://www.euronews.net/2010/12/06/wikileaks-list-of-crucial-installations-published/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2010 |newspaper=[[Euronews]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Alstom]], Hydroelectric Dam Turbines and Generators<ref name="Siglo" />
*Alstrom Electrical Power Generators and Components<ref name="Siglo" />
*[[EMD Pharmaceuticals|EMD Pharms]] Semoy, France: [[Cyanokit]] Injection<ref>{{cite news |title=România, "vulnerabilă" în faţa Rusiei, posibil intermediar de arme pentru Iran |author=Gabriela Anghel |url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/mapamond/romania-vulnerabila-in-fata-rusiei-posibil-intermediar-de-arme-pentru-iran-208682.html |newspaper=[[România Liberă]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210082819/http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/mapamond/romania-vulnerabila-in-fata-rusiei-posibil-intermediar-de-arme-pentru-iran-208682.html |archive-date=10 December 2010 |url-status=dead }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.romanialibera.ro%2Factualitate%2Fmapamond%2Fromania-vulnerabila-in-fata-rusiei-posibil-intermediar-de-arme-pentru-iran-208682.html English])</ref>
*[[GlaxoSmithKline]], Inc. Évreux, France: Influenza [[Neuraminidase inhibitor]] RELENZA ([[Zanamivir]])<ref name="Publico">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks publica lista de "infra-estruturas vitais" protegidas pelos EUA |url=http://www.publico.pt/Mundo/wikileaks-publica-lista-de-infraestruturas-vitais-que-os-eua-protegem-no-mundo_1469672 |newspaper=[[Público (Portugal)|Público]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210021416/http://www.publico.pt/Mundo/wikileaks-publica-lista-de-infraestruturas-vitais-que-os-eua-protegem-no-mundo_1469672 |archive-date=10 December 2010 |url-status=dead}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publico.pt%2FMundo%2Fwikileaks-publica-lista-de-infraestruturas-vitais-que-os-eua-protegem-no-mundo_1469672 English])</ref>
*[[Diagast]], Cedex, France: Olympus (assists with detecting blood group)<ref name="Soir" />
*[[Genzyme]] Polyclonals SAS (bulk), Lyon, France: [[Thymoglobulin]]<ref name="Publico" />
*Sanofi Pasteur SA, Lyon, France: [[Rabies]] virus vaccine<ref>{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks publie une liste de sites et d'infrastructures sensibles à protéger |url=http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/France_Monde/actualite/Secteur_France_Monde/2010/12/07/article_wikileaks-publie-une-liste-de-sites-et-d.shtml |newspaper=[[La Voix du Nord (daily)|La Voix du Nord]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavoixdunord.fr%2FFrance_Monde%2Factualite%2FSecteur_France_Monde%2F2010%2F12%2F07%2Farticle_wikileaks-publie-une-liste-de-sites-et-d.shtml English])</ref>

====Georgia====
*Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline<ref name="Vedo" />

====Germany====
*[[BASF]] Ludwigshafen: World's largest integrated chemical complex<ref name="Siglo" />
*[[Siemens]] Erlangen: Essentially irreplaceable production of key chemicals<ref name="Apple" />
*Siemens, GE, Hydroelectric Dam Turbines and Generators<ref name="Local" />
*[[Drägerwerk|Draeger Safety AG & Co.]], Lübeck, Germany: Critical to gas detection capability<ref name="Local" />
*[[Junghans#Junghans defence industry|Junghans Microtec]] Dunningen-Seedorf, Germany: Critical to the production of mortars<ref>See {{cite web|url=http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/ammunition/junghans/|title=Junghans Feinwerktechnik - Modern Fuzes for Today's Armed Forces|publisher=army-technology.com|access-date=8 December 2010|archive-date=29 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529213331/http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/ammunition/junghans/|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=August 2016}}
*[[TDW|TDW-Gesellschaft Wirksysteme]], Schroebenhausen, Germany: Critical to the production of the [[MIM-104 Patriot#MIM-104F (PAC-3)|Patriot Advanced Capability Lethality Enhancement Assembly]]<ref name="EUO">{{cite news |title=UK condemns leak of 'critical infrastructure' list |author=Valentina Pop |url=http://euobserver.com/24/31433 |newspaper=[[EUobserver]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref>
*Siemens, Large Electric Power Transformers 230 - 500 kV<ref name="Local" />
*Siemens, GE Electrical Power Generators and Components<ref name="Local" />
*[[Druzhba pipeline|Druzhba Oil Pipeline]]<ref name="RFERL" />
*Sanofi Aventis Frankfurt am Main, Germany: [[Lantus]] Injection (insulin)<ref name="PZO" />
*[[Heyl Chemish-pharmazeutische Fabrik]] GmbH: [[Radiogardase]] ([[Prussian blue]])<ref name="Abend">{{cite news|title=WikiLeaks machts publik: Die brisante US-Liste |url=http://www.abendzeitung.de/politik/232309 |newspaper=[[Abendzeitung]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208232829/http://www.abendzeitung.de/politik/232309 |archive-date=8 December 2010 }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abendzeitung.de%2Fpolitik%2F232309 English])</ref>
*[[Hameln Pharmaceuticals]], Hameln, Germany: [[Pentetate]] Calcium Trisodium (Ca DTPA) and Pentetate Zinc Trisodium (Zn DTPA) for contamination with plutonium, americium, and curium<ref name="Apple" />
*[[IDT Biologika]] GmbH, Dessau Rossiau, Germany: BN Small Pox Vaccine<ref name="Apple" />
*[[Biotest AG]], Dreiech, Germany: Supplier for TANGO (impacts automated blood typing ability)<ref name="Abend" />
*[[CSL Behring]] GmbH, Marburg, Germany: Antihemophilic factor/[[von Willebrand factor]]<ref name="Abend" />
*[[Novartis]] Vaccines and Diagnostics GmbH, Marburg, Germany: Rabies virus vaccine<ref name="Apple" />
*[[Vetter Pharma Fertigung]] GmbH & Co KG, Ravensburg, Germany (filling): Rho(D) IGIV<ref name="Abend" />

====Ireland====
*[[Genzyme]] Ireland Ltd. (filling), Waterford, Ireland: [[Thymoglobulin]]<ref name="Belfast" />

====Italy====
*Glaxo Smith Kline SpA (fill/finish), Parma, Italy: [[Digibind]] (used to treat snake bites)<ref name="Stampa" /><ref name="Bit">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks, anche aziende italiane spiate dagli Usa |url=http://www.bitcity.it/news/19030/wikileaks-anche-aziende-italiane-spiate-dagli-usa.html |newspaper=BitCity |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=9 December 2010}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bitcity.it%2Fnews%2F19030%2Fwikileaks-anche-aziende-italiane-spiate-dagli-usa.html English])</ref>
*[[Trans-Med gas pipeline]]<ref name="Stampa" /><ref name="Bit" />

====Poland====
*Druzhba Oil Pipeline<ref name="RFERL" />

====Russia====
*[[Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port|Novorossiysk Export Terminal]]<ref name="Vedo">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks разгласил стратегические объекты мира |author=Sergey Smirnov |url=http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/1162648/spisok_obektov_zhiznenno_vazhnyh_dlya_bezopasnosti_ssha |newspaper=[[Vedomosti]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vedomosti.ru%2Fpolitics%2Fnews%2F1162648%2Fspisok_obektov_zhiznenno_vazhnyh_dlya_bezopasnosti_ssha English])</ref>
*[[Primorsk Oil Port|Primorsk Export Terminal]]<ref name="Vedo" />
*[[Yamal–Europe pipeline|Nadym Gas Pipeline Junction]]: The most critical gas facility in the world<ref name="Stampa" /><ref name="Vedo" />

====Spain====
[[File:Gas pipelines across Mediterranee and Sahara map-en.svg|thumb|Several gas pipelines cross the Mediterranean into Spain and Italy.]]

*[[Strait of Gibraltar]]<ref name="Siglo">{{cite news|title=La lista de objetivos sensibles para la seguridad de EEUU |url=http://www.elsigloweb.com/nota.php?id=59356 |newspaper=[[El Siglo (Argentina)|El Siglo]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134902/http://www.elsigloweb.com/nota.php?id=59356 |archive-date=17 July 2011 }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elsigloweb.com%2Fnota.php%3Fid%3D59356 English])</ref>
*Instituto [[Grifols]], SA, Barcelona, Spain: Immune Globulin Intravenous (IGIV)<ref name="Siglo" />
*[[Maghreb–Europe Gas Pipeline|Maghreb-Europe (GME) gas pipeline]], Algeria<ref name="ANSA">{{cite news |title=Usa spiavano infrastrutture, anche in Italia |author=Claudio Accogli |url=http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/associata/2010/12/07/visualizza_new.html_1672625750.html |newspaper=[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|ANSA]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=9 December 2010}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ansa.it%2Fweb%2Fnotizie%2Frubriche%2Fassociata%2F2010%2F12%2F07%2Fvisualizza_new.html_1672625750.html English])</ref><ref name="Siglo" />

====Sweden====
*[[Recip]] AB Sweden: [[Thyrosafe]] ([[potassium iodide|potassium iodine]])<ref name="EUO" />

====Switzerland====
*[[Hoffman-LaRoche]], Inc. Basel, Switzerland: [[Tamiflu]] (oseltamivir)<ref name="PZO">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks: Deutsche Pharmafirmen als Terrorziel |url=http://www.pharmazeutische-zeitung.de/index.php?id=36160 |newspaper=Pharmazeutische Zeitung Online |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pharmazeutische-zeitung.de%2Findex.php%3Fid%3D36160 English])</ref>
*[[Berna Biotech]], Berne, Switzerland: [[Typhoid]] vaccine<ref>{{cite news|title=PostFinance shuts down WikiLeaks account |url=http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/postfinance-shuts-down-wikileaks-bank-account.shtml?22134 |newspaper=[[World Radio Switzerland]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009052628/http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/postfinance-shuts-down-wikileaks-bank-account.shtml?22134 |archive-date=9 October 2011 }}</ref>
*[[CSL Behring]] AG, Berne, Switzerland: Immune Globulin Intravenous (IGIV)<ref name="PZO" />

====Turkey====
*Metal Fabrication Machines: Small number of Turkish companies ([[Durma]], [[Baykal]], [[Ermaksan]])<ref name="Hurriyet">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks releases list of global sites 'vital' to US |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=wikileaks-releases-list-of-global-sites-vital-to-us-2010-12-06 |newspaper=[[Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[Bosporus]] Strait<ref name="Armenia">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks: No vital object for U.S. in Armenia |url=http://news.am/eng/news/40569.html |newspaper=[[Armenian Newspapers#Online publications|News.am]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=10 December 2010}}</ref>
*Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline<ref name="Hurriyet" />

====United Kingdom====
*[[Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station|Goonhilly Teleport]], Goonhilly Downs, United Kingdom<ref name="TITWC">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks names Cornwall in leaked US list of 'vital' facilities |url=http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/8721780.Wikileaks_names_Cornwall_in_leaked_US_list_of__vital__facilities/ |newspaper=[[This Is The Westcountry]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[Madley Communications Centre|Madley Teleport]], Stone Street, Madley, United Kingdom<ref name="Channel4" />
*[[Martelsham Teleport]], Ipswich, United Kingdom<ref name="Channel4" />
*Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine finishing<ref name="Politics" />
*[[BAE Systems]] (Operations) Ltd., Presont [Preston], Lancashire, United Kingdom: Critical to the [[F-35 Joint Strike Fighter]]<ref>{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks: Gran Bretaña condena nuevas revelaciones |url=http://www.abc.com.py/nota/gran-bretana-condena-nuevas-revelaciones/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716142805/http://www.abc.com.py/nota/gran-bretana-condena-nuevas-revelaciones/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 July 2012 |newspaper=[[Diario ABC Color]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010 }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.com.py%2Fnota%2Fgran-bretana-condena-nuevas-revelaciones%2F English])</ref>
*BAE Systems Operations Ltd., Southway, Plymouth Devon, United Kingdom: Critical to [[Extended Range Guided Munition]]s<ref name="ANSA" />
*BAE Systems RO Defence, Chorley, United Kingdom: Critical to the [[Joint Standoff Weapon]] (JSOW) [[AGM-154C]] (Unitary Variant)<ref name="Lancashire" />
*MacTaggart Scott, Loanhead, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom: Critical to the [[SSN (hull classification symbol)|Ship Submersible Nuclear]] (SSN)<ref name="Vedo" />

===Near/Middle East===

====Djibouti====
*[[Bab-el-Mandeb|Bab al-Mendeb]]: Shipping lane is a critical supply chain node<ref name="Rand" />

====Egypt====
*[['Ayn Sukhnah]]-[[Sumed pipeline|SuMEd]] Receiving Import Terminal<ref name="Rand" />
*[['Sidi Kurayr]]-SuMed Offloading Export Terminal Suez Canal<ref name="Rand" />

====Iran====
[[File:Straße von Hormuz.jpg|thumb|150px|About 20% of the world's crude oil shipments pass through the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the United Arab Emirates.]]

*[[Strait of Hormuz]]<ref name="LAT" />
*[[Kharg Island|Khark (Kharg) Island]]<ref name="RFERL">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks Faces Fresh Criticism After Releasing U.S. List Of 'Strategic' Infrastructure |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/wikileaks_saudi_arabia_funding_militants/2239949.html |newspaper=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[Sea Island Export Terminal]]
*[[National Iranian Oil Company|Khark Island T-Jetty]]<ref name="RFERL" />

====Iraq====
*[[Al Basrah Oil Terminal]]<ref name="Stampa" />

====Israel====
*[[Rafael Advanced Defense Systems|Rafael]] Ordnance Systems Division, Haifa, Israel: Critical to [[CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon|Sensor Fused Weapons]] (SFW), [[Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser]]s (WCMD), Tail Kits, and batteries<ref name="Stampa" />

====Kuwait====
*Mina' al Ahmadi Export Terminal<ref name="ATOL" />

====Oman====
*[[Strait of Hormuz]]<ref name="LAT" />

====Qatar====
*[[Ras Laffan Industrial City|Ras Laffan Industrial Center]]: By 2012 Qatar will be the largest source of imported [[liquid natural gas|LNG]] to U.S.<ref name="ATOL" />

====Saudi Arabia====
*[[Abqaiq]] Processing Center: Largest crude oil processing and stabilization plant in the world<ref name="Stampa" />
*[[Al Ju'aymah Export Terminal]]: Part of the [[Ras Tanura]] complex<ref name="ATOL" />
*[[Safaniya Oil Field|As Saffaniyah Processing Center]]<ref name="ATOL" />
*[[Qatif Project|Qatif Pipeline Junction]]<ref name="ATOL" />
*Ras at [[Tanajib|Tanaqib]] Processing Center<ref name="ATOL" />
*[[Ras Tanura]] Export Terminal<ref name="ATOL" />
*[[Shaybah]] Central Gas-oil Separation Plant<ref name="ATOL" />

====United Arab Emirates (UAE)====
*[[Das Island]] Export Terminal
*[[Jabal Zannah Export Terminal]]<ref name="ATOL" />
*[[Strait of Hormuz]]<ref name="LAT" />

====Yemen====
*Bab al-Mendeb: Shipping lane is a critical supply chain node<ref name="ATOL">{{cite news |title=What is al-Qaeda really up to? |author=Pepe Escobar |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LL08Df01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208092434/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LL08Df01.html |url-status=unfit |archive-date=8 December 2010 |newspaper=[[Asia Times Online]] |date=8 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref>

===South and Central Asia===

====India====
*[[Generamedix Gujurat]], India: Chemotherapy agents, including fluorouracil and methotrexate<ref>{{cite news |title=Terror targets Indian corporate: WikiLeaks |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/wikileaks-says-gujarat-pharma-firm-an-let-target-ats-probes/721835/ |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=8 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Indian firm critical to US |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Indian-firm-critical-to-US/Article1-635269.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210053727/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Indian-firm-critical-to-US/Article1-635269.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 December 2010 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref>

===Western Hemisphere===

====Argentina====
*Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine finishing<ref name="Siglo" /><ref name="Clarin" />

====Canada====
*[[James Bay Project|James Bay Power Project]], Quebec: monumental hydroelectric power development<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Mica Dam]], British Columbia: Failure would impact the Columbia River Basin<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Hydro Quebec]], Quebec: Critical irreplaceable source of power to portions of Northeast U. S.<ref>{{cite news |title=Leaked cable names Winnipeg firm Cangene among those critical to U.S. security |author=Mia Rabson |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/leaked-cable-names-city-firm-reaction--to-latest-wikileaks--release-111431789.html |newspaper=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[Robert Moses-Robert H. Saunders Power Dam]]: Part of the [[St. Lawrence Seaway|St. Lawrence Power Project]], between Barnhart Island, New York, and Cornwall, Ontario<ref name="TGAM"/>
*[[Seven Mile Dam]], British Columbia: Concrete gravity dam between two other hydroelectric power dams along the [[Pend d'Oreille River]]<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Pickering Nuclear Power Plant]], Ontario<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Chalk River Laboratories|Chalk River Nuclear Facility]], Ontario: Largest supplier of medical radioisotopes in the world<ref name="Siglo" />
*[[Hydrofluoric Acid]] Production Facility, [[Allied Signal]], Amherstburg, Ontario<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Enbridge Pipeline System|Enbridge Pipeline Alliance Pipeline]]: Natural gas transmission from Canada Maritime and Northeast Pipeline: Natural gas transmission from Canada<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[TransCanada pipeline|TransCanada Gas]]: Natural gas transmission from Canada<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Alexandria Bay]] Point of Entry (POE), Ontario: Northern border crossing<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Ambassador Bridge]] Point of Entry, Ontario: Northern border crossing<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Pacific Border Crossing|Blaine POE]], British Columbia: Northern border crossing<ref name="TGAM" /> [[File:Pacific Highway crossing.jpg|thumb|Pacific Highway Border Crossing - Blaine WA/Douglas BC]]
*[[Blaine, Washington#Canada–U.S. border|Blaine Washington Rail Crossing]], British Columbia<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Blue Water Bridge]] POE, Sarnia, Ontario: Northern border crossing<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Champlain Bridge, Montreal|Champlain Bridge]] POE, Quebec: Northern border crossing<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Michigan Central Railway Tunnel|CPR Tunnel Rail Crossing]], Ontario (Michigan Central Rail Crossing)<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[International Railway Bridge|International Bridge]] Rail Crossing, Ontario International Railway Bridge Rail Crossing<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Lewiston, New York|Lewiston]]-[[Queenston, Ontario|Queenston]] POE, Ontario: Northern border crossing<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Peace Bridge]] POE, Ontario: Northern border crossing<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Pembina, North Dakota]] POE, North Dakota/Manitoba border crossing.<ref>The crossing between [[Emerson, Manitoba]] and [[Pembina, North Dakota]] processed $16 billion in trade traffic in 2008. It is the fifth largest in Canada, handling almost two-thirds of Manitoba exports to the U.S. and Mexico.{{cite web|url=http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/leaked-cable-names-city-firm-reaction--to-latest-wikileaks--release-111431789.html?viewAllComments=y|title=Leaked cable names Winnipeg firm Cangene among those critical to U.S. security|author=Mia Rabson|publisher=Brandon Sun|date=7 December 2010}}</ref><ref>See [http://ezbordercrossing.com/list-of-border-crossings/north-dakota/pembina-emerson/] for further information</ref>
*[[North Portal, Saskatchewan|North Portal Rail Crossing]], Saskatchewan<ref>[[North Portal, Saskatchewan]] is the only site in [[Saskatchewan]] on the list, and is described by mayor Murray Arnold as "the major port of Saskatchewan". Highway 39 and the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]'s [[Soo Line Railroad|Soo Line]] cross into [[North Dakota]] within meters of one another after customs and security inspections. Mayor Arnold questioned the sense of a terrorist attack where trains are stopping, or of terrorists crossing at North Portal rather than through open prairie. {{cite web|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/WikiLeaks+lists+Sask+site+considered+critical+Canada+event+attack+disaster/3936114/story.html|title=WikiLeaks lists Sask. site considered to be critical to Canada in the event of attack or disaster|author=Juliet O'Neill|publisher=Regina Leader-Post|date=6 December 2010}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[St. Clair Tunnel]] Rail Crossing between Sarnia,Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Waneta Dam]], British Columbia: Earthfill/concrete hydropower dam<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Darlington Nuclear Generating Station|Darlington Nuclear Power Plant]], Ontario, Canada<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[E-ONE Moli Energy]], Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada: Critical to production of various military application electronics<ref>{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks impacts B.C. |author=Bob Mackin |url=http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2010/12/07/16461831.html |newspaper=[[24 Hours (newspaper)|24 Hours Vancouver]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050419/http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2010/12/07/16461831.html |archive-date=22 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[General Dynamics Land Systems]] - Canada, London Ontario, Canada: Critical to the production of the [[Stryker]]/USMC LAV Vehicle Integration<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Raytheon Systems]] Canada Ltd. [[ELCAN]] Optical Technologies Division, [[Midland, Ontario]]: Critical to the production of the [[AGM-130]] Missile<ref name="ANSA" />
*[[Thales Optronics|Thales Optronique Canada]], Inc., Montreal, Quebec: Critical optical systems for ground combat vehicles<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[Cangene]], Winnipeg, Manitoba: Plasma<ref>Global Winnipeg, a pharmaceutical lab that "produces antidotes for potential bioterrorism threats" {{cite news |title=UManitoba lab featured on WikiLeaks |author=Sarah Petz |url=http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/12/07/lab-at-umanitoba-featured-in-wikileaks-posting/ |newspaper=[[Maclean's]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=8 December 2010 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726072632/http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/12/07/lab-at-umanitoba-featured-in-wikileaks-posting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Sanofi Pasteur Ltd., Toronto, Canada: makers of [[polio]] virus vaccine<ref name="TGAM" />
*[[GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals]], North America, Quebec: Pre-pandemic influenza vaccines<ref name="MG">{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks puts spotlight on sites vital to security |author=Juliet O'Neill |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/WikiLeaks+puts+spotlight+sites+vital+security/3937151/story.html |newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]] |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010 |archive-date=10 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210164742/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/WikiLeaks+puts+spotlight+sites+vital+security/3937151/story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Mexico====
*[[Amistad Reservoir|Amistad International Dam]]: On the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas and Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico<ref name=IBWC>On 9 December an engineer from the [[International Boundary and Water Commission]] said IBWC was aware of the risk of terrorist sabotage at the Falcon and Amistad dams and said security had been tripled. {{cite web|url=http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/mercedes-120440-reviews-safety.html|title=IBWC engineer reviews safety of dams|author=Allen Essex|work=Brownsville Herald|access-date=13 December 2010|archive-date=8 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308135352/http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/mercedes-120440-reviews-safety.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Anzalduas Dam]]: Diversion dam south of Mission, Texas, operated jointly by the U.S. and Mexico for flood control<ref name="EPT" />
*[[Falcon International Reservoir|Falcon International Dam]]: Upstream of Roma, Texas and Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas, Mexico<ref name=IBWC />
*[[Retamal Dam]]: Diversion dam south of Weslaco, Texas, operated jointly by the U.S. and Mexico for flood control<ref name="EPT" />
*[[General Electric|GE]] Hydroelectric Dam Turbines and Generators: Main source for a large portion of larger components<ref name="ANSAL" />
*[[Bridge of the Americas (El Paso – Ciudad Juárez)]]: Southern border crossing<ref name="EPT" />
*[[Brownsville POE]]: Southern border crossing<ref name="EPT" />
*[[Calexico East POE]]: Southern border crossing<ref name="EPT" />
*[[Colombia-Solidarity Bridge]]: Southern border crossing<ref name="EPT" />
*[[Kansas City Southern de Mexico]] (KCSM) Rail Line, (Mexico)<ref>{{cite news|title=WikiLeaks: en México, 19 sitios estratégicos para EU |url=http://www.milenio.com/node/594176 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716211538/http://www.milenio.com/node/594176 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 July 2012 |newspaper=[[Milenio]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010 }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.milenio.com%2Fnode%2F594176 English])</ref>
*[[Nogales POE]]: Southern border crossing<ref>{{cite news|title=WikiLeaks names Nogales as a target for terrorism |author=Ileana Diaz |url=http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=13627835 |newspaper=[[KGUN-TV]] |date=6 December 2010 |access-date=13 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107035313/http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=13627835 |archive-date=7 January 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge|Laredo Rail Crossing]]<ref name="EPT" />
*[[Union Pacific International Railroad Bridge (Eagle Pass – Piedras Negras)|Eagle Pass Rail Crossing]]<ref name="EPT" />
*Southern border crossings, [[Otay Mesa Crossing]], [[World Trade Bridge]], and [[Ysleta Zaragosa Bridge]]<ref name="EPT" />
*[[Pharr–Reynosa International Bridge|Pharr International Bridge]]: Southern border crossing<ref name="ANSAL" />
*Hydrofluoric Acid Production Facility<ref name="EPT">Likely the [[Solvay (company)|Solvay]] plant in [[Ciudad Juárez|Juárez]]. Emergency managers have reported that a leak from the plant could kill or injure thousands in Juárez and El Paso.{{cite web|url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_16794434?source=rss |title=WikiLeaks document: El Paso ports of entry critical sites |author=Diana Washington Valdez |work=El Paso Times|date=7 December 2010 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*GE Electrical Power Generators and Components<ref name="ANSAL" />
*General Electric, Large Electric Power Transformers 230 - 500 kV<ref name="ANSAL" />

====Panama====
*[[Panama Canal]]<ref name="LAT" />

====Trinidad and Tobago====
*[[Atlantic LNG]]: Provides 70% of U.S. natural gas import needs<ref name=Bagoo />


== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/02/09STATE15113.html The original cable] at ''[[WikiLeaks]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120427024532/http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/02/09STATE15113.html Archived] on 10 April 2012.


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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.

Overview

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), it "Developed and executed the Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative (CFDI) which extends our protection strategy overseas to include important foreign infrastructure that if attacked or destroyed would critically impact the U.S. The prioritized National Critical Foreign Dependencies List (NCFDL) currently contains over 300 assets and systems in over 50 countries."[1][6] According to the 2009 National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the CFDI was launched by the federal government "working in close coordination and cooperation with the private sector" in 2007 "to identify assets and systems located outside the United States, which, if disrupted or destroyed, would critically affect public health and safety, the economy, or national security. The resulting strategic compendium guides engagement with foreign countries in the CIKR [critical infrastructure and key resources] protection mission area".[4][7][8] Using an initial inventory of infrastructure located outside the United States created by the federal government, DHS and the Department of State (DOS) developed the CFDI, "a process designed to ensure that the resulting classified list of critical foreign dependencies is representative and leveraged in a coordinated and inclusive manner."[7]

Development of the CFDI was planned in three phases, on an annual and ongoing basis. The first phase was identification, beginning with "the first-ever National Critical Foreign Dependencies List in FY2008". This was done by the DHS working with "other Federal partners", in a process that "includes input from public and private sector CIKR community partners." Next comes prioritization, in which "DHS, in collaboration with other CIKR community partners and, in particular, DOS, prioritized the National Critical Foreign Dependencies List based on factors such as the overall criticality of the CIKR to the United States and the willingness and capability of foreign partners to engage in collaborative risk management activities." The third "involves leveraging the prioritized list to guide current and future U.S. bilateral and multilateral incident and risk management activities with foreign partners. DHS and DOS established mechanisms to ensure coordinated engagement and collaboration by public entities, in partnership with the private sector."[7][9]

Disclosure

The "2008 Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative (CFDI) list" was contained in a February 2009 diplomatic cable to the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, which was leaked, redacted and released in the United States diplomatic cables leak by WikiLeaks in 2010. The BBC described it as "one of the most sensitive" leaks as of 6 December 2010.[3] In its redaction process, WikiLeaks removed only a minority of the details of names and locations, and left the rest uncensored; details of the exact location of the assets were not included in the list.[4] In September 2011, WikiLeaks published the unredacted copy of the list.[5] The list did not include any military facilities, but rather facilities important for the global supply chain, global communications, and economically important goods and services.[3]

In the cable the State Department asked American diplomats to identify installations overseas "whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security, and/or national and homeland security of the United States."[10] The order was under the direction of the Department for Homeland Security in co-ordination with the Department of State.[11]

In summary the list consists of Submarine communications cables, major port hubs, critical sea lanes, oil pipelines, mines, dams, and pharmaceutical facilities. A major emphasis on European pharmaceutical facilities was said by the BBC to suggest a fear of biological warfare or global pandemic.[3]

Responses to disclosure

The cable had been classified secret and not for review by non-U.S. personnel,.[10] The publication of the cable was followed by strong criticism from the US government and the British government, but a tepid response from news outlets and other foreign nations.

WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson said with reference to the cable: "This further undermines claims made by the US Government that its embassy officials do not play an intelligence-gathering role. Part of the cable read: "Posts are not/not being asked to consult with host governments with respect to this request."[11] Hrafnsson later explained to The Times that the list itself "had been made available to 2.5 million people including military personnel and private contractors by the U.S. government". He went on to say: "in terms of security issues, while this cable details the strategic importance of assets across the world, it does not give any information as to their exact locations, security measures, vulnerabilities or any similar factors, though it does reveal the U.S. asked its diplomats to report back on these matters."[4]

United States

US State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley denounced the disclosure saying it "gives a group like al-Qaeda a targeting list."[10] Anthony Cordesman, a 'national security analyst for the Center for Strategic and International Studies', said: "this has given a global map – a menu, if not a recipe book – to every extremist group in the world. To me it would be amazing to see how WikiLeaks could rationalize this." However, Alistair Millar, 'director of the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation', said: "it's a little different...than with diplomatic cable leaks...in this case, this is largely information available to everyone if they really wanted to look."[12]

Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of Homeland Security, said the list "could jeopardize our national security".[13]

Nations other than the United States

A spokesman for British prime minister David Cameron said: "The leaks and their publication are damaging to national security in the United States, Britain and elsewhere. It is vital that governments are able to operate on the basis of confidentiality of information."[4]

Vic Toews, the Public Safety Minister of Canada, seemed "unconcerned or unaware" of the release of the list. He said: "I don't follow gossip very much so I don't really know the impact of WikiLeaks, but I can assure you that the security agencies in Canada are following it very closely and to the extent that I need to be involved and address those issues, they will brief me on the issues."[14]

Lin Yu-fang, a politician in Taiwan, stated, in regards to the revealing of the six undersea telecommunications cables in China, there are "actually no secrets concerning the cables", but he said there "could be certain thorny political or military issues involving Taiwan, the U.S. or Japan if more sensitive secrets were exposed".[15]

News outlets

A CBS article elaborating on the release stated that "although much of the information contained [in the list] was already in the public domain, officials in Washington and London have been quick to condemn WikiLeaks for publishing it, calling the act evidence of the organization's willingness to potentially aid terror groups in its mission to reveal U.S. secrets."[16] The New York Times stated that the list "appears largely limited to sites that any would-be terrorist with Internet access and a bit of ingenuity might quickly have identified."[17]

The Lancashire Evening Post pointed out in an article that the list "contains information on defence sites in Lancashire which is more than five years out of date." The article specifically pointed out that the "Royal Ordnance (RO) site at Chorley...has been developed as Buckshaw Village for the past five years" and the "BAE facility in Plymouth, Devon...[was] sold as part of a deal three years ago."[18]

Companies

Mayne Pharma told the Herald-Sun that "its entry on a classified diplomatic cable is out-of-date and full of errors", since the drug listed on the cable as its resource, a snake anti-venom, hasn't been made by the company for "more than ten years".[19]

Roger Aston, the chief executive of Mayne Pharma, said: "I can only go on what I can see now in the media (about WikiLeaks) but judging from what I've seen about what they've said about Mayne Pharma and Faulding, a lot of it (the information) is old, out of date stuff that's not relevant."[19]

Dean Veverka of Southern Cross concurred, saying, "(Roger Aston's comments) that the information in the WikiLeaks document was ten years out of date could be accurate. To only list Southern Cross as the only internet cable network here might have been relevant 10 years ago (when only coaxial cables were available), but Australia now has seven cables going out of country. Australia has a very resilient network nowadays."[19]

Bill Gorman, sales director of David Brown Ltd., said: "We make gearboxes for our platinum and gold mines. We have supplied equipment via the US for other countries, but have only once exported directly to the States, for a copper mine seven years ago. I have no idea why we're on the list."[20]

A BAE Systems spokeswoman said: "The information in the list was incorrect. The site in Plymouth was sold in 2007, and in Chorley, there are no longer any weapons manufacturing, although there is still an office there. The information about Preston was correct. The safety and security of our people and facilities is of highest priority."[21]

List of critical foreign dependencies

The 2008 CFDI list, as redacted by WikiLeaks, listed the following infrastructures:[22][23]

Sea ports

A number of sea ports were listed, including several Chinese ports (Shanghai Port, Guangzhou Port, Hong Kong Port, Ningbo Port,[4] Tianjin Port[24]) as well as one Taiwanese port (Kaohsiung Port[24][25]) and several European ports (Port of Antwerp,[26] Port of Hamburg,[27] Rotterdam Port[28]).

Cable routes

Northern hemisphere

  • Bermuda - GlobeNet, formerly Bermuda US-1 (BUS-1) undersea cable landing Devonshire, Bermuda[29]
  • Canada - Hibernia Atlantic undersea cable landing at Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada[30]
  • China - C2C Cable Network undersea cable landings at Chom Hom Kok, Tseung Kwan O, and Shanghai; China-US undersea cable landings at Chongming and Shantou; and FLAG/REACH North Asia Loop undersea cable landing as Tong Fuk[31]
  • Denmark - TAT-14 undersea cable landing, Blaabjerg, Denmark[32]
  • Fiji - Southern Cross undersea cable landing, Suva, Fiji[33]
  • France - APOLLO undersea cable, Lannion, France;[34] FA-1 undersea cable, Plerin, France;[35] and TAT-14 undersea cable landing St. Valery, France[35]
  • French Guiana - Americas-II undersea cable landing Cayenne, French Guiana[36]
  • Germany - TAT-14 undersea cable landing, Norden, Germany;[27] Atlantic Crossing-1 (AC-1) undersea cable landing Sylt[34]
  • Ireland - Hibernia Atlantic undersea cable landing, Dublin Ireland[37]
  • Japan - C2C Cable Network undersea cable landings in Chikura, Ajigaura, and Shima; China-US undersea cable in Okinawa; FLAG/REACH North Asia Loop undersea cable landing in Wada; Japan-US undersea cable landings at Maruyama and Kitaibaraki; KJCN undersea cable landings at Fukuoka and Kita-Kyushu; Pacific Crossing-1 (PC-1) undersea cable landing in Ajigaura and Shima; and Tyco Transpacific undersea cable landings in Toyohashi and Emi.
  • Martinique - Americas-II undersea cable landing Le Lamentin, Martinique[36]
  • Mexico - FLAG/REACH North Asia Loop undersea cable landing, Tijuana[38] and Pan-American Crossing (PAC) undersea cable landing, Mazatlan[38]
  • Netherlands - Atlantic Crossing-1 (AC-1) undersea cable landing, Beverwijk;[28] TAT-14 undersea cable landing, Katwijk[28]
  • Panama - FLAG/REACH North Asia Loop undersea cable landing Fort Amador, Panama[36]
  • Philippines - C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Batangas, Philippines;[39] and EAC undersea cable landing Cavite, Philippines[39]
  • Republic of Korea - C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Pusan, Republic of Korea;[39] EAC undersea cable landing Shindu-Ri, Republic of Korea;[39] FLAG/REACH North Asia Loop undersea cable landing Pusan, Republic of Korea;[24] and KJCN undersea cable landing Pusan, Republic of Korea
  • Singapore - C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Changi, Singapore;[39] EAC undersea cable landing Changi North, Singapore;[39] C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Changi, Singapore;[39] and EAC undersea cable landing Changi North, Singapore[39]
  • Taiwan- C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Fangshan, Taiwan;[24][25] C2C Cable Network undersea cable landing, Tanshui, Taiwan;[24][25] China-US undersea cable landing Fangshan, Taiwan;[24][25] EAC undersea cable landing Pa Li, Taiwan;[24][25] FLAG/REACH North Asia Loop undersea cable landing Toucheng, Taiwan[24][25][31]
  • Trinidad and Tobago - Americas-II undersea cable landing Port of Spain[40]
  • United Kingdom - APOLLO undersea cable landing Bude, Cornwall Station, United Kingdom;[41] Atlantic Crossing-1 (AC-1) undersea cable landing Whitesands Bay; FA-1 undersea cable landing Skewjack, Cornwall Station;[42] Hibernia Atlantic undersea cable landing, Southport, United Kingdom;[42] TAT-14 undersea cable landing Bude, Cornwall Station, United Kingdom;[43] Tyco Transatlantic undersea cable landing, Highbridge, United Kingdom;[44] Tyco Transatlantic undersea cable landing, Pottington, United Kingdom;[44] and Yellow/Atlantic Crossing-2 (AC-2) undersea cable landing Bude, United Kingdom[43]
  • Venezuela - Four cable landing sites in Venezuela.[45] GlobeNet undersea cable landings at Punta Gorda, Catia La Mar, and Manonga[45]

Southern hemisphere

  • Australia - Southern Cross undersea cable landings at Brookvale[19] and Sydney, Australia[46]
  • Brazil - Americas-II undersea cable landing at Fortaleza;[36] GlobeNet undersea cable landing at Fortaleza;[36] and GlobeNet undersea cable landing Rio de Janeiro[36]
  • Netherlands Antilles - Americas-II undersea cable landing, Willemstad[36]
  • New Zealand - Southern Cross undersea cable landing, Whenuapai, New Zealand;[47] and Southern Cross undersea cable landing, Takapuna, New Zealand[47]

Mineral resources

Chromitite (black) and anorthosite (light grey) layered igneous rocks in Critical Zone UG1 of the Bushveld Igneous Complex at the Mononono River outcrop, near Steelpoort

Other sites

Africa

Morocco

The Strait of Gibraltar narrowly separates Spain in Southern Europe and Morocco in Northern Africa, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

South Africa

Tunisia

East Asia and the Pacific

Australia

China

Indonesia

  • Straits of Malacca[54]

Japan

  • Hitachi, Hydroelectric Dam Turbines and Generators
  • Ports at Chiba, Kobe, Nagoya, and Yokohama
  • Metal Fabrication Machines Titanium
  • Metal (Processed) Biken, Kanonji City, Japan
  • Hitachi Electrical Power Generators and Components Large AC Generators above 40 MVA

Republic of Korea

  • Hitachi Large Electric Power Transformers 230 - 500 kV Busan Port[21]

Malaysia

Singapore

  • Straits of Malacca[13]

Europe and Eurasia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Four oil pipelines from Baku

Belarus

The Druzhba pipeline and other oil pipelines in Europe

Belgium

Denmark

France

Georgia

  • Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline[56]

Germany

Ireland

Italy

Poland

  • Druzhba Oil Pipeline[65]

Russia

Spain

Several gas pipelines cross the Mediterranean into Spain and Italy.

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

Near/Middle East

Djibouti

Egypt

Iran

About 20% of the world's crude oil shipments pass through the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

Iraq

Israel

Kuwait

  • Mina' al Ahmadi Export Terminal[60]

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Yemen

  • Bab al-Mendeb: Shipping lane is a critical supply chain node[60]

South and Central Asia

India

Western Hemisphere

Argentina

  • Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine finishing[41][50]

Canada

Mexico

Panama

Trinidad and Tobago

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