that's what white houses do, but then by trying to minimize the important and ultimate impact of these documents. the way the obama administration has chose tony do that is to stress that these documents are totally outdated that, they're years old. the first response from the administration came from national security advisor jim jones. he released a statement that read, in part, "the documents posted by wikileaks reportedly cover a period of time from january 2004 to december 2009. on december 1st, 2009, president obama announced a new strategy with a substantial increase in resources for afghanistan, precisely because of the grave situation that had developed over several years." that sentiment that this is old news was echoed today we white house press secretary robert gibbs. >> in terms of broad revelations, this aren't any that we see. when you talk about the way the war is going in afghanistan, the documents purportedly cover from january -- i think january of