In what’s been called the “biggest leak in intelligence history,” more than 90,000 classified military documents about the war in Afghanistan came to light on Sunday and are wreaking havoc in political circles around the globe. Covering the period from January 2004 to December 2009, the reports were published Sunday by whistle-blowing site Wikileaks. Analyses of the material appeared simultaneously in The New York Times, The Guardian and Der Speigel. The documents reportedly include compelling evidence of widespread yet unreported abuses during the war.
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Wikileaks Plunges Political World Into Turmoil
Posted by: Katherine Noyes July 26, 2010 12:18 PMIn what’s been called the “biggest leak in intelligence history,” more than 90,000 classified military documents about the war in Afghanistan came to light on Sunday and are wreaking havoc in political circles around the globe. Covering the period from January 2004 to December 2009, the reports were published Sunday by whistle-blowing site Wikileaks. Analyses of the material appeared simultaneously in The New York Times, The Guardian and Der Speigel. The documents reportedly include compelling evidence of widespread yet unreported abuses during the war.