with more on this. good morning, tara. reporter: good morning, betty. officials say documents contain some very sensitive information. information that taliban and al qaeda are anxious to get their hands on. wikileaks is about to do it again. we have a duty to all the people who can benefit from the release of that information. we are talking about information that derives from the war. reporter: the website s founder julian assange says his organization will soon release thousands more secret military document about the afghan war. he didn t give a specific time frame but revealed his staff has gone through half of the 15,000 remaining records. this information is so valuable. reporter: the online whistle-blower posted 76,000 files. the pentagon blasted the leak, one of the largest in u.s. history saying it put american troops and afghan informants at risk. military officials believe they identified the additional batch of documents but they fear a second leak coul
posted thousands of secret field reports on the war. tara mergener is in washington with more on this. good morning, tara. reporter: good morning, betty. officials say documents contain some very sensitive information. information the taliban and al qaeda are anxious to get their hands on. wikileaks is about to do it again. we have a duty to all the people who can benefit from the release of that information. we are talking about information that derives from the war. reporter: the website s founder julian assange says his organization will soon release thousands more secret military documents about the afghan war. he didn t give a specific time frame but revealed his staff has already gone through roughly half of the 15,000 remaining records. this information is so valuable. reporter: the online whistle-blower sparked a firestorm last month when it posted some 76,000 files. pentagon blasted the leak, one of the largest in u.s. history, saying it put american troops