Media News - Monday, July 26, 2010
US says Wikileaks could ‘threaten national security’
The United States has condemned as "irresponsible" the leak of 90,000
military records, saying publication could threaten national security.
The documents released by the Wikileaks website include details of
killings of Afghan civilians unreported until now.
Three news organisations had advance access to the records, which also
show Nato concerns that Pakistan and Iran are helping the Taliban in
Afghanistan. Pakistan has denied claims its intelligence agency backed the Taliban.
In a statement, US National Security Adviser Gen James Jones said such
classified information "could put the lives of Americans and our
partners at risk". He said the documents covered the period from 2004 to 2009, before
President Obama "announced a new strategy with a substantial increase in
resources for Afghanistan". The huge cache of classified papers - described as one of the biggest
leaks in US military history - was given to the New York Times, the
Guardian and the German news magazine, Der Spiegel. Pakistan denied claims its intelligence agency, the ISI, backed the
Taliban in the war in Afghanistan. Pakistan's ambassador in Washington said the "unprocessed" reports did
"not reflect the current onground realities". (BBC News)
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