Thousands of classified files on the Afghan war were leaked to the media by the group Wikileaks.org, which gives extreme detail on military operations faced by U.S. military personnel. Over 90,000 classified documents were released that amounts to the largest breach of information in U.S. history. Wikileaks gave the documents to the New York times, the British newspaper the Guardian, and the German magazine Der Spiegal, on the condition that they not be published until Sunday night.
The massive document leaks covers the period from January 2004 through December 2009, right before the president began the push to add additional 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. The documents go into detail of gaining Taliban strength, the disillusionment of the civilian population, and the frustration that the troops feel of fighting a under resourced war.
Details also include the revelation that the Taliban now have portable heat seeking missiles that can shoot down U.S. helicopters, and close ties by Pakistan’s intelligence agencies. The documents reveal Pakistan’s intelligence agency is actually coordinating with insurgents in conducting attacks against U.S. forces.
The question is how did Wikileaks get these documents in the first place? Was this the same as when a U.S. Army soldier was detained in May charging him with leaking classified documents to Wikileaks, of footage taken by cameras on a Apache helicopter showing the killing of civilians, including two Reuters news officials? Their needs to be a thorough investigation immediately on how the breach of classified material came into the hands of Wikileaks.
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