Pentagon Slams WikiLeaks' Plan to Post More War Logs

[steve2470]

Source: Wall Street Journal

U.S. defense officials on Thursday responded angrily to WikiLeaks' plan to post additional Afghan war logs, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggesting that the move could further endanger the lives of Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaking to a group in London by video link on Thursday, said his group had gone through 7,000 of the 15,000 documents the group has so far withheld from publishing. WikiLeaks had said it was withholding posting those documents until it had time to review them to block out the names of sources contained in the documents.

"Absolutely," he replied when asked whether he still plans to publish the remaining documents.

The organization has already released some 76,000 classified documents covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010, leaked by a source the website has refused to identify.

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575425900461793766.html

[burnsei sensei]

1. Fungi and rot don't survive the light of day.

If Pentagon policies showed any wisdom at all, Pentagon "officials" would not even tremble at Wikileaks.

[greiner3]

12. "Fungi and rot don't survive the light of day. .."

Neither do vampires. Down with Twilight.

[burnsei sensei]

16. Forever Knight was the best vampire show.

Much better than Twilight from what I've heard.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. I have a sneaking suspicion ...

... that "the Pentagon" is secretly quite happy about Wikileaks' actions.

Team Obama, too.

It gets them off a large, sharp, and otherwise unavoidable hook.

--d!

[wtmusic]

3. Clarify?

thanks

[Dogmudgeon]

13. I think they want a reason to wrap it up -- soon

There is likely to be a hot potato or two in the batch that will allow "us" to leave in disgust -- and avoid the Republicans hammering us for being weak or some such nonsense.

TPTB probably know the contents of what Wikileaks has, and are putting on a show, particularly since Wikileaks is careful to scrub the documents of non-essential, sensitive, and potentially life-threatening information.

In other words, I think Wikileaks may be functioning as a high-profile back channel in this case.

--d!

[msongs]

4. the Republican in charge of the military hates it when the US people know what's going on nt

[bemildred]

5. Impotent rage. nt

[Downwinder]

6. or posturing.

[bemildred]

8. Well, it is important for the Pentagon not to look impotent, so yeah. nt

[jimnasium]

7. Well, as long as they release docs from *'s years...

:sarcasm:

[gratuitous]

9. What was it President Bush said?

Something like "People who haven't done anything wrong have nothing to hide," or "People who are hiding something have usually done something wrong"? I think that having paid the bill for these two invasions and occupations, I'm kind of entitled to see what my money bought for me: Does it enhance my country's global standing, or am I more at risk from retribution because of crimes against humanity committed in my name with my money?

[zipplewrath]

10. Guess we should just pull them out

Consider it a "force protection" action. With all these leaks, we'll just have to bring 'em home.

[L0oniX]

11. Squirm you fucking cock roaches! WTF are you worried about?

It's only the underlings that get prosecuted for war crimes. Everyone else gets away with it.

[Turborama]

14. withholding posting those documents until it had time to review them

"withholding posting those documents until it had time to review them to block out the names of sources contained in the documents"


Why didn't they use the same due diligence with the 1st batch?

[flyarm]

15. Go Wikileaks..take the rotten war criminals down! The defense dept should worry ..

after all parents, and wives and children of our soldiers have had years of worry! And many have had to suffer the funerals of their fallen in this illegal war of Fucking lies!

The people of the countries we invaded for the greed of few, have had years of worry and loss of loved ones and living in uninhabitable lands because of our defense dept and our pentagon and the criminals in the highest offices of this land of ours..squirm you MTF'ers! Squirm!

may you bastards live with nightmares of being picked up in the middle of the night and worry about getting the Gitmo treatment!
Or the torture you ordered!

Squirm you rotten pricks!

The Pentagon papers were held for 4 years before being published, had they been published sooner..that black wall would have been much smaller! And less of my peers names would be on it!