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[–] Are_we_sure 2 points -2 points (+0|-2) ago 

As noted in the three or four other posts about this

This is not a state department policy. It's a National intelligence directive based on the president's executive order.

It's based in the national intellgence priorities set forth by the Director of National Intelligence dating back to 2004 and still in place today.

State Department cables have the Secretary of State's name on them. In this case, the person sending this cable is the acting head of the operations bureau of State's INR, the INtel and Research bureau passing along a presidential directive. A policy like this is often debated at the National Security Council.