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Pentagon Demands Return of Leaked Afghanistan Documents
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.
Geez, you think the Wikileaks folks got the nards to do this to North Korea or Iran?
"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.
Good.
Smivs on the intertubes!
but honestly, the guy is a fame whore who really doesn't care who dies just as long as he has fame. He wants his time in the sun. Even after seeing other press stories about Taliban acting on names of informants and such he doesn't really seem to care.
As for WikiLeaks somehow "embarrassing" the U.S. military: waitaminuzel here. Did WikiLeaks compel the military to do all the embarrassing stuff? No? Then well, maybe it was better the taxpayers knew what their money is spent on, huh?
You have no fucking clue how wartime intelligence works, do you?
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Ah, so we see Assange's true nature. He pretends to be a free information, "transparency" kind of guy, but he's really a vainglorious Chamberlain-style appeaser of dictators and terrorists.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
You're right. It's not the US Military that drives the decisions of the US Government.
It's the military contractors that drive the decisions of the US Government.
You are welcome on my lawn.
"Some of the information in these documents is exactly the kinds of things they need secrets for."
How do you know that?
How do you know the information in these secrets?
What's been shown so far isn't the sort of thing they government NEED to keep secret. Just stuff they WANT to keep secret.
But if you've already read these secrets, what are you doing here?
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck... I think you know the rest. I suggest you look at government's actions, rather than their words, because the actions speak a lot louder if you are willing to evaluate them.
As far as I am concerned, Wilileaks in an accessory to murder and should be prosecuted as such. As far as the original leaker, he should be hung. The leak of these documents has/will lead to the deaths of many people on our (NATO) side who provided information about the Taliban. And speaking of the Taliban, these people are pure evil, no different than Hitler. Check out the Cover of Time for a small taste. This evil must be exterminated as all costs.
Conservative, mod down for violating
I love the fact everyone has forgotten the majority of Americans wanted to turn the middle east into a parking lot post 9/11. Funny how time has changed things. Maybe some of our slashdot friends should re-watch some 9/11 footage, or read some names aloud of those who died for no reason other than Islamic terrorists hate our freedom.
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