White House vs. Wikileaks
Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Leon Kennedy in Business
The White House continues to demand that Wikileaks stop posting the thousands of confidential documents related to American activities in Afghanistan. Wikileaks, meanwhile, continues to maintain its position as a force against government secrecy and for promoting accountability, and as such refuses to have the documents suppressed. Although White House officials are insisting that their primary concern is over national security, Wikileaks editor Julian Assange has suggested that documents show evidence of war crimes.
In addition to the claim that the leaked documents put American soldiers in Afghanistan at risk, the White House is also claiming that the documents put Afghan informants in danger as well. “Mr Assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing, but the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family,” said Admiral Mike Mullen.
Although it might sound like the two sides of this issue are at a standstill, Assange said yesterday that Wikileaks had contacted Washington in an attempt to set up a meeting where White House officials would be given the opportunity to examine the documents to make sure no innocent persons were identified. Apparently the White House has not yet responded to Wikileaks’ offer.
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