92,000 classified documents with sensitive info on the Afghanistan war were leaked by Wikileaks, the news website created by Julian Assange. In what is being called one of the biggest stories in recent years, Wikileaks gave the classified documents to the New York Times within the U.S., The Guardian in Britain and Der Spiegel in Germany. . Now we know that there have been Pakistan operatives that betray the U.S. by taking their cash but nevertheless helping the Taliban kill Americans, many civilians are being hurt through the war, and the Taliban is, in fact, getting stronger, because of these Wikileaks documents.
Newspapers receive Wikileaks documents
Wikileaks documents were had information in them that is used to create war strategy by desk officers and troops in the field. The info published, as outlined by the Times and also the Guardian, was not details damaging to any national security interests. But U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones disagreed, saying:
“The United States strongly condemns the disclosure of classified info by individuals and organizations which could put the lives of Americans and our partners at risk, and threaten our national security.”
Taliban strengthens with Pakistan help?
One document from Wikileaks the Times published tells of Pakistan operatives helping Al Qaeda kill. The documents show you will find many Pakistani operatives that have refused to discuss matters involving those who attacked near Pakistani border, moved across the frontier, and then went to into Pakistan to be safe, although it is still hard to prove Pakistani operatives having been helping Al Qaeda.
Afghanistan was worse than told
The U.S. government has made the Afghanistan war look much better than the Times, the Guardian, and Der Spiegel have made it look in their articles. Progress has stopped within the war as the Pakistani army is helping the Taliban, the government and police force in Afghanistan are corrupt, and the Afghanistan army hasn’t been loyal. Many people already knew this was a problem but let the Wikileaks documents confirm that. But the Wikileaks documents bare the truth about the Afghanistan war as Congress and also the public are increasingly disillusioned about America’s deepening involvement.
Wikileaks espionage
Wikileaks supposedly had details given to them by the soldier, Private Bradley Manning, and was criticized by the hacker who turned Manning in. ABC News reports that Adrian Lamo said he ratted on Manning to keep the reports from becoming public. Lamo thinks Manning had help considering all the details released. He thinks Julian Assange may have hired him as “a personal shopper for classified data.”
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New York Times
nytimes.com/2010/07/26/world/asia/26isi.html?hp
Guardian
guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/jul/26/press-freedom-wikileaks
Der Spiegel
spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,708314,00.html
