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    FBI asked to probe Wikileaks documents
    Florida Statesman
    Friday 30th July, 2010  


    The FBI has been asked to look into how Wikileaks got hold of more than 90,000 classified US military documents.
    The FBI has been asked to look into how Wikileaks got hold of more than 90,000 classified US military documents.

    Defence secretary, Robert Gates, speaking from the Pentagon, has said the question of how the leaks occurred needs to be investigated by the FBI.

    Gates referred to the leaks as "potentially severe and dangerous," saying: "We need to ensure the investigation goes wherever it needs to go. Having the FBI involved as a partner is very important."

    Wikileaks, the organisation that accessed and published the documents on its website, has been criticised by many officials in the US military, including Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

    On Thursday Mullen said he had been angered by the carelessness of Wikileaks' founder, Julian Assange, saying the leaking of the documents had put NATO soldiers and Afghan citizens working with NATO at risk.

    He said Assange might have already "spilt the blood of some young soldier or an Afghan family."

    Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, also expressed concern for the safety of Afghans named in the documents.

    He said the leaks had been "shocking" and "irresponsible," putting lives in danger.

    Assange has already said Wikileaks has other sensitive material which will eventually be placed on the website.

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    By Unregisteredt, 07-30-10, 01:21 AM

    Wikileaks now has the FBI on its tail

    Oooh the F. Big Idiots are on the case, Finding the source is understandable. But as we know don’t shoot the messenger; As for putting troops in danger if your so worried bring them home Duh! Most informed surpressed is just bad image items for politicians or surpression of War crimes evidence usually. Wikileaks lawyers said it was ok to release these files so he is beyond the law just like Bush was!
    By Pontotoc Bill, 07-30-10, 11:02 PM

    Unregisteredt;217788:
    Oooh the F. Big Idiots are on the case, Finding the source is understandable. But as we know don’t shoot the messenger; As for putting troops in danger if your so worried bring them home Duh! Most informed surpressed is just bad image items for politicians or surpression of War crimes evidence usually. Wikileaks lawyers said it was ok to release these files so he is beyond the law just like Bush was!

    Putting the troops in danger is EXACTLY what Wikileaks has done. Just because some lawyer said it was okay doesn’t make it so. It is actually immoral to release them as the reports have put many Afghanis in danger because they cooperated with US and NATO forces. If any are murdered by the Taliban, then Assuange should be charged with murder by conspiracy.

    By secret slave, 07-30-10, 01:37 AM

    VISA skippers sought NO PREMISSION GATE

    salaam, USA is not Afghanistan nor Iraq , illegit war mongers, DO INVESTORS NOT DESIRE to spend from its investment policy of WAR MONGERS agenda ! WAR MONGER was no PEACE MONGER, investments not the same policy agenda! feeamanellaah
    By secret slave, 07-30-10, 01:38 AM

    War mongers invest in how to murder many innocent lives!

    salaam, War monger does not INVEST in PEACE ! War monger invest in victimization ! feeamanellaah
    By secret slave, 07-30-10, 01:39 AM

    War monger skips visa procession

    salaam, That would be too peaceful agenda! feeamanellaah
    By waltky, 07-30-10, 05:43 AM
    Much ado `bout very little new... :confused: Beyond the Leaks: Our Pakistan Problem Thursday, Jul. 29, 2010 - The release of 91,000 secret documents about the war in Afghanistan by WikiLeaks turned out to be your classic media bang-fizzle.

    ] The first-day bang was caused by the spectacular breach of security and the promise of devastating revelations, especially about Pakistan’s clandestine support for the Taliban. The second-day fizzle was caused by the absence of much that was new in the documents. By the third day, it was pretty much over. But the war goes on, futilely at the moment. Indeed, the actual situation on the ground is worse than the secret documents describe — a fact that was made plain in testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the third day of the story by David Kilcullen, a counterinsurgency expert close to General David Petraeus. “We need to kill a lot of Taliban," Kilcullen said, a statement that stands well outside the humanitarian spirit of counterinsurgency (COIN) operations. But then, Kilcullen admitted, the Afghan government is too unstable for COIN to work very well — a major concession from a charter member of the Petraeus camp and a signal, perhaps, of a change in U.S. tactics. As for the Taliban, he said, there was no question that they were being supported by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Kilcullen recommended that the committee members read a recent paper by Matt Waldman of Harvard University’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy called “The Sun in the Sky." The paper is astonishing. From February to May this year, the author conducted separate interviews with nine active Taliban field commanders in Afghanistan and 10 former Taliban officials. The commanders are unanimous in their belief that the ISI is running the show. It is a field-level view of the hierarchy and probably an exaggeration, but even at half-strength, the commanders' accounts of direct ISI involvement are entirely convincing. Some of them received training and protection in Pakistani camps run by the ISI. “[The ISI has:
    specific groups under their control, for burning schools and such like," one commander says. “The ISI [also] has people working for it within the Taliban movement. It is clearer than the sun in the sky." The commanders insist the ISI is opposed to any negotiations between the Taliban and Hamid Karzai’s government; several cite as proof the February arrest by Pakistani operatives of Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was involved in informal peace talks with the Afghans. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2007243,00.html#ixzz0v8o9aFAY

    By Anonymous, 07-30-10, 09:51 AM

    Hi hi. Where is the propronent of free expression?

    Asian get scolded by the hypocrite for not having free speech and expression. Let’s see how the defenders of free speech and free expression deal with this biggy.
    By secret slave, 07-30-10, 08:52 PM

    Could it be a crime to report homocidians work efforts

    salaam = peace, feeamanellaah
    By Anonymous, 07-30-10, 09:39 PM
    Hang the S O B
    By Unregisteredg, 07-30-10, 11:12 PM

    FBI after wiks Leader

    What the heck is going on Brack Obama said there was nothing new in any of the leaked documents. Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen work under Obama why are they not in the loop and have begun Fear Mongering or is the US Military forming it’s own government? Sorry- Wiks leaders lawyers said it was ok so just like GWB who hid behind his lawyers others may do the same. Free Speech is free speech and this is another Country-Go Away!Pontotoc Bill so why does Bush get a pass using his lawyers?
    By Pontotoc Bill, 07-30-10, 11:37 PM

    Unregisteredg;217991:
    What the heck is going on Brack Obama said there was nothing new in any of the leaked documents. Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen work under Obama why are they not in the loop and have begun Fear Mongering or is the US Military forming it’s own government? Sorry- Wiks leaders lawyers said it was ok so just like GWB who hid behind his lawyers others may do the same. Free Speech is free speech and this is another Country-Go Away!Pontotoc Bill so why does Bush get a pass using his lawyers?

    Primarily because President Bush got correct legal advice. Just because the liberal media claims something happened doesn’t mean it did happen. So far, there has been ZERO findings of wrong doing by President Bush by any legitimate investigation. Why do you continue to whine about something that is wrong?

    By Anonymous, 07-31-10, 04:29 AM

    China should ask Robert Gates to respect transparency

    This guy have been calling for transparency everyday on military matter. So deal with it when transparency reach home.

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