Wikileaks defies feds, releases Iraq war files
Found on Cnet News on Friday, 22 October 2010
"We condemn the fact that Wikileaks will continue to release this classified information," said assistant secretary of state Philip Crowley. "We do believe it continues to put both our personnel and our interests at risk. We wish heartily that they wouldn't do it, and we wish heartily that news media organizations wouldn't cooperate with them."
The White House condemned the leak, and conservative commentators argued that Wikileaks.org should be shut down by any means necessary. A Republican congressman who's a member of the House Intelligence Committee went so far as to say that the Web site's alleged source for the files, Bradley Manning, the Army intelligence specialist who is facing charges, should be executed for treason.
It's about time that the people learn about the secrets which the military doesn't want to tell them. War is all about propaganda, and showing the truth is better than telling others what to believe; it's not as simple as "good guy vs bad guy". With these documents, everybody can find out how honest the government was. Considering that Crowley argues about the continuing risk, I doubt there was much honesty. If he wants to lie to justify his actions, he should at least not contradict an official report stating that the earlier release was no risk for individuals.