Army investigating how secret data was sent to WikiLeaks (McClatchy)

[struggle4progress]

10:45 AM CST on Friday, December 24, 2010
Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army has launched an investigation into how a private suspected of downloading thousands of secret reports and diplomatic cables and handing them over to WikiLeaks could have done so and whether other soldiers should face criminal charges in the case.

The Army confirmed the investigation but would not release details. An Army official said that a six-member task force has been given until Feb. 1 to complete a report, which will look at everything from how Pfc. Bradley Manning was selected for his job and trained to whether his superiors missed warning signs that he was downloading documents he had no need to read ...

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-wikileaks_24int.ART.State.Edition1.b27d67.html

my bolding

[Lucinda]

1. Doesn't Wikileaks post the "how to" give material on their website?

Not sure why 6 people need to have a task force to figure it out...or am I missing something?

[Demeter]

2. Don't they have More Pressing Business to Take Care Of?

Like getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan....and 161 other places in the world?

[RKP5637]

3. No, because the MIC loves us being in all of those places. There is big money

in all of this, very big money for some.

[KansDem]

4. So they put Pvt.Manning in solitary confinement for seven months and are just now figuring this out?

What were they doing those seven months? :shrug:

[Wilms]

6. These people have a busy schedule. Cut 'em some slack.

Do you think screwing up the world and boot-licking corporations is easy?

Geez.

[bemildred]

5. The seach for scapegoats struggles onward ... nt