Monday, December 6, 2010

WikiLeaks: Publishing Classified Documents.

    The website, wikileaks.com, has been releasing classified documents for the past couple years, these documents include ones that relate to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. On November 28, 2010, the site started to release millions of articles that showed how the U.S. kept tabs on its allies and the UN. Also how the American officials had personally described foreign leaders, which wasn't right at all. Months before this the website had let out that the government was 'turing a blind eye' on reports or abuse from hundreds of people. Wikileaks had published and released over 77,000 documents on the U.S. military and intelligence documents, which read many details on the war in Afghanistan that many people did not know. These articles where released on July 25, 2010. This website has been called 'the largest leak in American military history since the Pentagon Papers in 1971'. Since then the government has been trying really hard to shut the website down for good, but no luck.
    In my opinion, I approve of the website. These things that they are currently releasing should have never been kept from people. These 'secrets' should have been released a long time ago.

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