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Government Lies Make Leaks Explosive « Antiwar.com Blog

The Pentagon is caterwauling that the next round of WikiLeaks’ disclosures of US government documents will be even more damaging than the last round. http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2010/08/11/government-lies-make-leaks-explosive/
Updated 10:06 p.m. Pentagon officials believe they have identified the 15,000 classified Afghanistan war documents that the online site WikiLeaks has obtained and not yet disclosed, and the military is now sifting through them for references that could harm troops or civilians.

Checkpoint Washington - Pentagon: undisclosed Wikileak documents 'potentially more explosive'

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkpoint-washington/2010/08/pentagon_undisclosed_wikileak.html

Human Rights Groups Press WikiLeaks Over Data - WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703428604575419580947722558.html A group of human-rights organizations is pressing WikiLeaks to do a better job of redacting names from thousands of war documents it is publishing, joining the list of critics that claim the Web site's actions could jeopardize the safety of Afghans who aided the U.S. military.

Wikileaks not part of the Empire

A major military exercise involving US, Australian, British, New Zealand and other allied forces is underway in an inhospitable area of Arizona to test intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology before it is used against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/wikileaks-not-part-of-the-empire-20100810-11uit.html

Two Kinds of Classified Information - National - The Atlantic

by Mark Kleiman The latest WikiLeaks flap raises, once again, the problem of revealing classified information. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/08/two-kinds-of-classified-information/61185/

How WikiLeaks Is Affecting Journalism | Novel Copy | Big Think

http://bigthink.com/ideas/21767 Now that the dust has settled after the immediate reaction to WikiLeak’s release of secret Afghan war logs, clearer lines can be drawn concerning the event’s significance. The most fundamental distinction to be drawn is between the technical and moral implications of the leak. Today I will look at the technical implications, on Wednesday, the moral ones.

Wikileaks Fiasco Exposes Gaping Holes in Cyber Domain | Defense Tech

Is the Wikileaks fiasco the first defeat for the United States in the cyber warfare domain? http://defensetech.org/2010/08/09/wikileaks-fiasco-exposes-gaping-holes-in-cyber-domain/
Echo company got into a gunfight in August 2009 in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.

My War, WikiLeaked: Why the Public (and the Military) Can’t Count on Those Battle Logs | Danger Room | Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/my-war-wikileaked-why-the-public-and-the-military-cant-count-on-those-battle-logs/

‘Afghan Insurgency Can Sustain Itself Indefinitely’: Top U.S. Intel Officer | Danger Room | Wired.com

The Taliban not only has the “momentum” after the most successful year in its campaign against the United States and the Kabul government.
It’s one thing to read about individual Taliban attacks in WikiLeaks’ trove of war logs .

Open Source Tools Turn WikiLeaks Into Illustrated Afghan Meltdown (Updated) | Danger Room | Wired.com

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made clear that his objective in releasing tens of thousands of classified documents was to "end the war in Afghanistan" and "oppose an unjust [war] plan before it reaches implementation."

Marc A. Thiessen - WikiLeaks' blow to the surge

Sixty-five percent of Pakistan’s 180 million people want U.S. and NATO soldiers out of Afghanistan. Only 25 percent said it would be bad if Taliban took over in Kabul again. And half the population of Pakistan doesn't view al-Qaida unfavorably while over half believe extremists could take over Pakistan.

Commentary: Pakistan: Turmoil to upheaval - UPI.com

George Soros Open Society Institute CIA Inquiry on Wikileaks

soros-osi-2006.zip George Soros OSI Foundation Tax Report 2006 August 10, 2010 (5.7MB) soros-osi-2007.zip George Soros OSI Foundation Tax Report 2007 August 10, 2010 (5.7MB)