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| WikiLeaks Preparing to Release 15,000 Remaining Afghan War Documents |
| 2010-08-12 |
| WikiLeaks spokesman Julian Assange said Thursday his organization is preparing to release the balance of the secret Afghan war documents it has on file. WikiLeaks already has published 77,000 classified U.S. military reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010, an extraordinary disclosure which some say could expose human rights abuses across the NATO-led campaign. The disclosure also has angered the Pentagon, which has accused WikiLeaks of endangering the lives of soldiers and informants in the field, and demanded that WikiLeaks refrain from publishing any more secret data. Speaking via videolink to London's Frontline Club, Assange said he had no intention of holding back. He gave no specific timeframe, but he said that his organization was about halfway through those 15,000 or so secret files previously held back from publication. "We're about 7,000 reports in," he said, adding that he would definitely publish them. He said he had "no comment" about his current whereabouts. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #1 I am sure someone could initiate a long term DOS attack against a site so detrimental to so many people. It's not like the dics in DC have any balls to contend with it with any competence. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-08-12 17:50 |