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What do you think? Was this necessary or will it, as Washington claims, endanger the lives of our troops? To me, it probably shouldn't have been released, at least not this early, and especially not if it really does release sensitive information. But WikiLeaks is naive for thinking that the publication of these documents will let Americans know of "the truth". Most Americans already know the "truth" and public opposition against the wars have been standing for almost a decade now. Its only that the Bush administration and now the Obama administration are not understanding why its high time to pull everything out of there and stop spending so much time and influence in the ME. Anyone else hear about the + $2 billion dollars we're forking over to Pakistan in order to "aid" them? Stupid, stupid, stupid...
WikiLeaks chief says secret documents reveal ‘truth’ in war
By Michael Calderone
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EmailPrint..By Michael Calderone michael Calderone – 1 hr 36 mins ago
WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange says Friday's disclosure of 400,000 secret Iraq War documents is "about the truth."
Assange, described in a just-published New York Times profile as being "on the run" and "chased by turmoil," came out of the shadows Saturday in London to discuss how WikiLeaks' latest cache of classified documents sheds new light on military abuses and civilian casualties during the Iraq War.
"In our release of these 400,000 documents about the Iraq war," Assange said, "the intimate detail of that war from the U.S. perspective, we hope to correct some of that attack on the truth that occurred before the war, during the war and which has continued on since the war officially concluded."
WikiLeaks provided the classified documents in advance to more than a half dozen news organizations, including the New York Times, Guardian, BBC, Le Monde, and Al Jazeera. The media organizations were bound to a Friday embargo before publishing articles and videos offering context and analysis of their findings in the huge cache.
What do you think? Was this necessary or will it, as Washington claims, endanger the lives of our troops? To me, it probably shouldn't have been released, at least not this early, and especially not if it really does release sensitive information. But WikiLeaks is naive for thinking that the publication of these documents will let Americans know of "the truth". Most Americans already know the "truth" and public opposition against the wars have been standing for almost a decade now. Its only that the Bush administration and now the Obama administration are not understanding why its high time to pull everything out of there and stop spending so much time and influence in the ME. Anyone else hear about the + $2 billion dollars we're forking over to Pakistan in order to "aid" them? Stupid, stupid, stupid...