Pentagon Leaders: WikiLeaks Has ‘Blood On Its Hands’

PENTAGON BRIEFING - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hold a press conference at the Pentagon, July 29, 2010, in which Gates says he has requested FBI assistance to find the individual or persons responsible for leaking classified Afghanistan War documents to the WikiLeaks organization. DoD photo by R. D. Ward

Top U.S. Officer: WikiLeaks Has ‘Blood On Its Hands’ -- The Danger Room

As Pentagon leaders go, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen are fairly mild-mannered — prone to quiet, careful assessments, not table-pounding bluster. But they could barely contain their anger on Thursday at WikiLeaks for publishing tens of thousands of secret documents about the Afghanistan war. Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went so far as to say that the transparency activists “might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier” or an Afghan partner during a Pentagon press briefing, his voice elevating slightly.

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My Comment: I said the same thing a few days ago. The fact that Wikileaks released the names of many of our informers and supporters in Afghanistan .... this alone will guarantee murders and killings as well as putting our own troops who handle these cases in extreme jeopardy.