says they ve only scratched the surface. the founderer says the release of information or videos like this one showing a u.s. army helicopter opening fire on a group of men in baghdad is about transparency, not about putting the lives of our soldiers at risk. we have a minimizizatioemini process. our goal is transform. our method is transparency. we have a series endeavor. we do things in policy. as we reported earlier, pentagon officials say they re shocked by what is shaping up to be the biggest unauthorized release sent the pentagon papers. they say it could take weeks to reveal the true damage to national security. nbc news national correspondent michael isikoff and salon.com s
kent greenwald. why did they release this to wikileaks rather than the mainstream media as they would have in the past? i think there s several reasons. they seem to trust wikileaks to make sure the public gets the information. there s a lot of times where newspapers like the new york times has sat on stories or held them. the most famous example being the new york times learned until bush was safely reelected. i also think that there s an sure of greater security that if you like to the new york times or other american newspapers it s much easier for the government to harass the newspapers, to sue them, to issue subpoenas. wikileaks has great protection for whistle blowers. sources probably assume rightfully so that there s greater security if they leak to something like wikileaks rather
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political headlines, but what does it say about america s longest war? the highlights or low lights as they may be. the the actual names of pakistan member who is have aided taliban in attacks against our soldiers. fighting the enemy with very little resources and the innocent afghan citizens are often the unintended victims of the battle. none of the information is new, but another blow in an increasingly deadly war. some comparing it to the pentagon papers. the whistle blower behind the latest document dump and the holder of thousands of more documents, wiki leak s cofounder speaking out on this in london this morning. it will shape an understanding of the past six years has been like. and that the course of the war needs to change. the manner in which it needs to
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