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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. The return of the documents... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Couldn't they just download it?

    1. Re:The return of the documents... by bug1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think people are mis-reading their demand, what i think happened is that the pentagon lost their copy and they want someone to send them the backup.

      "Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it" - Linus Torvalds

  2. Pentagons reaction by TyFoN · · Score: 5, Funny

    OMG DELETE THE INTERNET!

  3. Re:I see a little problem here by PincushionMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    THAT WAS ME! Over 10 years ago, on IRC. I can't tell you how much I love that that quote still pops up every now and then on the interwebz.

    Dude, I wouldn't be bragging about trying to get your song back!