Thursday, August 19, 2010

Wikileaks Will Receive No Help From The Pentagon


Pentagon Tells WikiLeaks Lawyer It Won't Help 'Sanitize' Documents -- Voice of America

The Pentagon has told a lawyer who said he represents the founder of the website WikiLeaks it will not negotiate to arrange the release of secret documents with key information removed. Officials of the group told reporters Wednesday the Pentagon had agreed to open a dialogue on the issue.

A letter from Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson says the defense department will not discuss what he calls "some 'minimized' or 'sanitized' version of a release by WikiLeaks of additional U.S. Government classified documents." The letter also repeat's the department's demand that all the documents be returned, and that those which already have been published be removed from Wikileaks' databases and destroyed.

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More News On Wikileaks

Pentagon, WikiLeaks Spar Over 'Missed Meeting' -- AOL News
Pentagon Rebuffs Negotiations With WikiLeaks -- Wall Street Journal
Pentagon: Not working with WikiLeaks, just want documents back -- CNN
Military Denies WikiLeaks Cooperation Claims -- AOL News
Pentagon rules out negotiations on 'sanitized' Wikileaks -- AFP
WikiLeaks Has Yet to Contact ‘Competent Authorities’ -- U.S. Department of Defense
WikiLeaks Founder Describes Possibility of Casualties as Acceptable Risk -- FOX News
Visualizing the Wikileaks War Logs -- New York Times
Are risks from WikiLeaks overstated by government? -- AP
The Justice Department weighs a criminal case against WikiLeaks -- Washington Post editorial

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