Einem uns von M.W. zugespielten Wikileaks-Cable der US-Botschaft in Bern entnehmen wir, was Ex-Bundesrat Blocher in Tat und Wahrheit ist: ein Yankeeschmöcker! In einem Vorbereitungstreffen zu seinem USA-Besuch 2005 äusserte er nicht nur Unterstützung für Washington im Krieg gegen den Terror. Sondern outete sich auch als quasi einziger Freund der USA in der Schweiz:

4.(C) FC Blocher boasted that he had been the first proponent of a free trade agreement with the United States -- some ten years ago. The Swiss government of the time had rejected the proposal, insisting that the EU was Switzerland's partner, as if -- he quipped -- Switzerland could only have one. Blocher acknowledged that agriculture remained the problem, but offered that things should be simpler after the October 2007 elections.

Indeed, Embassy's chief concern remains the willingness of Blocher's own senior staff (some of whom are appointed by the Federal Council as a whole, and not Blocher alone) to carry out his mandate for closer cooperation with the USG on law enforcement and intelligence.