Pentagon goes full force to silence Wikileaks

[Panaconda]

Fearing Increased Wikileaks 'Credibility', Pentagon Asks Media Not to Use Leaked War Files

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon asked media organizations yesterday not to publish any classified war files released by the WikiLeaks website as the United States braces for the potential disclosure of hundreds of thousands of secret Iraq war documents.

In July, WikiLeaks obtained and released nearly 77,000 classified military reports from Afghanistan. Now, the Pentagon says the group has as many as 400,000 documents from a military database on operations in Iraq.

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Marine Corps Colonel Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters that the military isn't sure whether WikiLeaks has shared the Iraq war logs with any news organizations. But, he said, media should not disseminate the "stolen'' information even if it's already posted online by WikiLeaks.

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Assange also said his company has been cut off by a company that handled many of its donations. He blamed the financial cutoff on the US government, which denied any involvement.

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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/10/19-1

[krispos42]

1. So they want the media to actively help cover up criminal activity?

Seems to me the Pentagon lost credability when they began classifying things "Top Secret" en masse simply to avoid embarassment and political inconvenience by Bush.

Now... what's being released? Real national security information, or harmless but embarassing information?

Gee, Pentagon, if you didn't abuse it we would be able to tell beforehand, wouldn't we?

[annm4peace]

2. great comments.

[mike_c]

4. +1

[EFerrari]

7. Exactly!

[leftstreet]

8. +1

[blindpig]

3. k&r

[ensho]

5. kick

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[maryf]

6. K&Rnt