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Pentagon Demands Return of Leaked Afghanistan Documents

Posted by Soulskill on from the mail-in-your-hard-drives-everyone dept.

Multiple news agencies are reporting that the Pentagon has demanded the return of WikiLeaks' collection of secret documents relating to the war in Afghanistan. Defense Department spokesman Geoff Morrell said, "The only acceptable course is for WikiLeaks to take steps immediately to return all versions of all of these documents to the US government and permanently delete them from its website, computers and records." According to the BBC, Morrell also "acknowledged the already-leaked documents' viral spread across the internet made it unlikely they could ever be quashed," but hopes to prevent the dissemination of a further 15,000 documents WikiLeaks is reportedly in the process of redacting. "We're looking to have a conversation about how to get these perilous documents off the website as soon as possible, return them to their rightful owners and expunge them from their records." WikiLeaks, predictably, shows no sign of cooperating.

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  1. Re:At first I thought Wikileaks was doing good by AHuxley · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I think the Taliban can note who enters/exits/mixes with the CIA ect. They also get their own people close to the CIA.
    As for fame, thats his only protection.

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    Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
  2. Re:WikiLeaks... shows no sign of cooperating. by countertrolling · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A very single sided POV. You seem to believe there's a good guy in all this. The blood is on the hands of the invaders and their collaborators.

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    For justice, we must go to Don Corleone
  3. Re:They will make them comply by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >>>I think I'm gonna go ahead and pin it on the guy that started it, if it's okay with you.

    Bill Clinton when he tried to blow-up Bin Laden's tent with tomahawks, thereby sparking a holy war. Yeah I'm okay with placing the blame on him. He also deserves blame for the Housing Bubble, which was the result of a Clinton policy passed in 1997. (Banks must loan mortgage money, or else be sued for racism.)

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    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
  4. Re:Wikileaks agenda by gox · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Russians and Chinese would hunt them down and kill them.

    And maybe also because neither Russia nor China is the most hated state (and maybe even country) of the world. U.S.' soft power creates this adverse side effect of people actually caring about its downfall.