| WikiLeaks
today released over 75,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan.
Assange has been smeared and criticized as a result of his slow and arrogant
abilities. None the less, he finally produced the documents as he stated
he would over a month ago. |
| The full leaked database contains over 91,000
records of individual events or intelligence reports. The war logs
reveal civilian killings by coalition forces, secret efforts to eliminate
Taliban and al-Qaida leaders, a mysterious "assassinations
squad" named Task Force 373, and discusses the involvement of Iran
and Pakistan in supporting insurgents. |
| Pakistan has been double-crossing the
United States by secretly supporting the Taliban while taking massive U.S.
aid, the New York Times said Sunday, citing documents leaked by the group
WikiLeaks. |
| Assange however has compiled a long list
of detractors. Here are a few of their published comments... |
| Bob Steele, the director of the
Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University, said that if
WikiLeaks founders are fashioning themselves as journalists, they
should be more open and transparent about their methods. |
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Bob
Steele was appointed permanent "Director of Janet Prindle
Institute for Ethics".
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| It’s worth noting that
wikileaks is not an objective news outlet but rather an
organization that opposes US policy in Afghanistan. The United
States strongly condemns the disclosure of classified information
by individuals and organizations which could put the lives of
Americans and our partners at risk, and threaten our national
security. Wikileaks made no effort to contact us about these
documents – the United States government learned from news
organizations that these documents would be posted. |
|
Partial Statement
of National Security Adviser General James Jones regarding Wikileaks. |
| Steven Aftergood, accused WikiLeaks of
“information vandalism” with no regard for privacy or social usefulness.
“WikiLeaks must be counted among the enemies of open society because it
does not respect the rule of law nor does it honor the rights of
individuals,” he wrote. |
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Steven Aftergood,
head of the project on government secrecy at the Federation of
American Scientists, in his blog posting on June 28th,
2010. |
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Politico.Com
reported “A retired senior American officer said ground-level reports
were considered to be a mixture of ‘rumours, [baloney] and second-hand
information’ and were weeded out as they passed up the chain of command.
‘As someone who had to sift through thousands of these reports, I can
say that the chances of finding any real information are pretty slim,’
said the officer, who has years of experience in the region. |
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“If anything, the jumble of
allegations highlights the perils of collecting accurate intelligence in a
complex arena where all sides have an interest in distorting the truth.” |
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| A summary of the documents is available
at http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Afghan-War-Diary,-2004-2010, along with a
link to the web page where WikiLeaks said the documents would be posted
later Sunday.
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| Report Source(s): |
| http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Afghan_War_Diary,_2004-2010 |
| http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/ |
| http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40204.html |
| http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2010/06/wikileaks_review.html |
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