Is WikiLeaks A Threat To National Security?

Pentagon Sees a Threat From Online Muckrakers -- New York Times

To the list of the enemies threatening the security of the United States, the Pentagon has added WikiLeaks.org, a tiny online source of information and documents that governments and corporations around the world would prefer to keep secret.

The Pentagon assessed the danger WikiLeaks.org posed to the Army in a report marked “unauthorized disclosure subject to criminal sanctions.” It concluded that “WikiLeaks.org represents a potential force protection, counterintelligence, OPSEC and INFOSEC threat to the U.S. Army” — or, in plain English, a threat to Army operations and information.

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Secret Document Calls Wikileaks ‘Threat’ to U.S. Army -- Threat Level
Why Do All These Classified "How to Stop Leaks" Documents Keep Leaking Onto WikiLeaks? -- Fast Company
Army: Wikileaks A National Security Threat -- Information Week
US Army considered attack on Wikileaks -- Register
Pentagon Targets WikiLeaks -- Prison Planet
U.S. Army worried about Wikileaks in secret report -- CNET
The Government’s Secret War On Wikileaks -- Gizmodo
US Army considered hacking Wikileaks to expose whistleblowers -- Geek.com

WNU Editor: The Pentagon report (pdf) is here.