Did WikiLeaks information endanger lives?
WikiLeaks, the website that released a video of US troops killing civilians in Iraq has now made headlines around the world for releasing more than 90,000 documents containing information about the war in Afghanistan. While the leak is being called the biggest in intelligence history, it isn't the first time important information relating to an American war has been leaked to the press and public. Neil Sheehan, is a former New York Times reporter who leaked the famous Pentagon Papers that forever changed the American public's perception of the Vietnam War. Sheehan says that Assange could have endangered lives if he failed to delete names of informants in the documents he gave to international news organizations.
WikiLeaks, the website that released a video of US troops killing civilians in Iraq has now made headlines around the world for releasing more than 90,000 documents containing information about the war in Afghanistan. While the leak is being called the biggest in intelligence history, it isn't the first time important information relating to an American war has been leaked to the press and public. Neil Sheehan, is a former New York Times reporter who leaked the famous Pentagon Papers that forever changed the American public's perception of the Vietnam War. Sheehan says that Assange could have endangered lives if he failed to delete names of informants in the documents he gave to international news organizations.
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