secret war documents from the fields of afghanistan. more than 90,000 reports now posted online. coming up, we are talking to one of the first reporters to get his hands on them for a closer look at what s inside. this is our pool. our fireworks. and our slip and slide. you have your idea of summer fun, and we have ours. now during the summer event get an exceptionally engineered e-class for 1.9 percent apr or lease one for $689 a month.
comfortable running with it. no, kyra, we felt we could publish the documents if they went through the careful process we normally so. we sifted through the thousands of documents, and in many cases we redepartmented the names of informants on the ground, afghans on the ground who were cooperating with the united states as well as certain sources and methods and other sensitive information that could jeopardize our ongoing operations in afghanistan. so we took great care to ensure there would not be, at least through the new york times, a disclosure of sensitive information. in fact, the white house has praised our efforts for doing so. so, eric, what we know about the war publicly, and now seeing these documents, and let me ask you as a correspondent that covers issues of terrorism and national security, has your perception of the war changed? do you think it is worse than what we thought now that you ve seen these documents? well, i think what you come to the conclusion of af
what exactly are they doing to fight terrorism? now the documents are revealed, what s your take? this is going to provide policymakers and members of congress with a tough decision. the united states reimburses pakistan over a billion dollars a year for pakistan s efforts along the border supplying some 150,000 troops there for counter terrorism efforts, but here these new documents that sport the report that we and other organizations have done over the last couple of years to show the very country we are helping to pay reimburse those operations for their spy services is actually supporting the militants we are fighting in afghanistan. i look forward to more reports. eric schmidt, the new york times. eric, thanks. thank you. bp s oil disaster and the pr catastrophe of its boss tony hayward could be the last day for him behind the helm as hayward s fate is decided.
suspicions that pakistan s military spy service is actually helping the taliban. the taliban is using portable heat-seeking missiles against u.s. aircraft. secret commando units are working off a capture kill list. wikileak s editor is defending the move. this material doesn t just reveal occasional abuses by the u.s. military. of course it has u.s. military reporting on all sorts of abuses by the taliban. so it does describe the abuses by both sides in this war, and it s how people can really understand what is actually going on and whether they choose to support it or not. joining me again from london, nick robertson. wikileaks founder said he discovered evidence of war crimes in these documents.
a massive amount of documents, a huge amount of detail and this is really only the kbing of it but you have to say, yes, some people are not going to provide information for fear of being named or coming out in these reports later. thank. the white house says these leaks compromise our security. national security adviser jim jones says that the united states strongly con democrats the disclosure of classified information by individuals or organizes that could put the lives of americans and partners at risk and threaten our national security. he continues, these irresponsibility leaks will not impact our ongoing commitment to deepen our partnerships with afghanistan and pakistan. we know you have thoughts on this story. go to cnn.com/kyra, and i ll read your comments later. two u.s. navy sailors disappeared south of kabul. there are reports that the two were captured by insurgents and