Online whistleblowing site Wikileaks has published over 75,000 documents containing classified information about the current war in Afghanistan. The documents cover the period from 2004-2009 and reveal a number of inconsistencies with official reports which have emanated from the White House and the US military. Wikileaks posted the documents yesterday and also leaked them directly […]
Online whistleblowing site Wikileaks has published over 75,000 documents containing classified information about the current war in Afghanistan. The documents cover the period from 2004-2009 and reveal a number of inconsistencies with official reports which have emanated from the White House and the US military.
Wikileaks posted the documents yesterday and also leaked them directly to the Guardian, The New York Times and Der Spiegel, all of which have run stories based on their contents.
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Revelations in the documents include allegations that Pakistani secret service agents have helped Afghan insurgents to sabotage coalition activities.
US officials were deeply critical of the publication. National Security Adviser James Jones said in a statement: “The United States strongly condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals which could put the lives of Americans and our partners at risk, and threaten our national security.”
News of the documents has brought the Wikileaks site to its knees as traffic has surged. The WikiLeaks Twitter account is currently sending users to an edited page about the Afghan War Diary at http://wardiary.wikileaks.org.
