The Taliban is 'hunting down informants' named on Wikileaks

[sailingaway]

And, in any event, which unnamed news organization reported this and didn't redact names?

I'm not for or against 'wikileaks' per se, but I think they should be treated like any other news organization. I AM for the first amendment.

and the fact that it is admitted they did this should get MUCH more press. It is a mindset that the end justifies the means, which is the exact opposite of 'due process'.

 

[speciallyblend]

wasn't the us gov /fbi asked to go thru the documents but they refused?? so actually the only blood on anyones hands is the fbi/cia/us gov since they refused to redact? the documents which wiki offered to them for that very purpose! they should list the us gov and fbi along with the taliban!

 

[jmdrake]

USG has now admitted their representation of impact was bullshit used to bolster legal campaign against Assange.

"US Government Officials Admit That They Lied About Actual Impact Of Wikileaks To Bolster Legal Effort

You may recall that when Wikileaks released those thousands of documents on the Afghan war, the official US government position was that it should be shamed for putting lives in danger and "compromising intelligence sources and methods." It was only months later that Defense Secretary Robert Gates admitted no such thing was true. We're now seeing the same thing with the State Department cable leak. A number of grandstanding officials such as Rep. Peter King and Senator Joe Lieberman have argued that these leaks have seriously harmed US diplomacy. In fact, we heard how Wikileaks should be designated a terrorist organization for all the "harm" it's done to US interests. This was also a common refrain in our comments -- especially when it came to stories about the alleged leaker, Bradley Manning. Over and over we were told he deserves no mercy for harming American interests.

So... it seems rather interesting to see that US officials are now admitting that no serious "harm" has been caused by the leaks. In fact, the White House has admitted privately that it purposely lied about the supposed impact " in order to bolster legal efforts to shut down the WikiLeaks website and bring charges against the leakers.""

Full story @ http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...mpact-wikileaks-to-bolster-legal-effort.shtml

See that's why outfits like Wikileaks are needed. The government even lies about the leaks themselves even as they are being put in the public domain where anybody could fact check them.