DoD Study Contradicts Charges Against WikiLeaks

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"Last Summer, after WikiLeaks released 90,000 leaked internal US military documents in their Afghan War Log, Pentagon officials went on a media offensive against WikiLeaks, accusing it of having the 'blood on Its hands' of American soldiers and Afghan collaborators who are named in the documents. The charge has echoed through the mainstream media (and Internet comment threads) ever since. Now, CNN is reporting that after a thorough Pentagon review, 'WikiLeaks did not disclose any sensitive intelligence sources or methods, the Department of Defense concluded.' And, according to an unnamed NATO official, 'there has been no indication' that any Afghans who have collaborated with the NATO occupation have been harmed as a result of the leaks. Will the Pentagon's contradiction of the charges against WikiLeaks get as much play in the media as those original accusations did?"
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http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/1...icts-Charges-Against-WikiLeaks?from=headlines
I guess Alan was wrong :p
 
Do you really think DoD will say 'All these documents are confidential and contain classified info' -
They are downplaying the event as irrelevant so that people will just ignore the documents as a waste of time. Its the same when you go out partying without inviting a friend.. and when asked where you were the answer is usually 'I was at a party, but it was really bad - you can be glad you werent there!'
 
Ricard said:
Do you really think DoD will say 'All these documents are confidential and contain classified info' -
They are downplaying the event as irrelevant so that people will just ignore the documents as a waste of time. Its the same when you go out partying without inviting a friend.. and when asked where you were the answer is usually 'I was at a party, but it was really bad - you can be glad you werent there!'
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Wow, you do seem to have insight on the DoD that no one else has. Care to share your source on what the DoD are thinking or are you making that all up so it fits your world view?
 
If it is true, I am glad.... but there is no doubt that the wikileaks stuff that was posted had people's names and info in it. I downloaded it and saw it myself. It was reasonable to assume at that stage that there might be sensitive info in there. So yeah. It could have been disastrous and it looked bad at first, but has turned out to be nothing.... hopefully.

How would we ever know though if the radicals decided to make use of that info? I doubt you would find it on News24.
 
w1z4rd said:
Wow, you do seem to have insight on the DoD that no one else has. Care to share your source on what the DoD are thinking or are you making that all up so it fits your world view?
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It fits my view as I dont buy the horse-excrement that the media decide you need to know. Try formulating your own opinion, I promise it wont hurt - go ahead; try.
 
Ricard said:
It fits my view as I dont buy the horse-excrement that the media decide you need to know. Try formulating your own opinion, I promise it wont hurt - go ahead; try.
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Indeed damage control. The Taliban attack anybody even suspected of helping NATO
 
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