Wikileaks must stop "dangerous" leaks: military

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WASHINGTON | Fri Nov 26, 2010 5:50pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks is endangering the lives of U.S. forces and people who support the United States around the world, the top U.S. military officer said, ahead of the expected release of more classified U.S. documents.

"I would hope that those who are responsible for this would, at some point in time, think about the responsibility that they have for lives that they're exposing and the potential that's there and stop leaking this information," Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS due to air Sunday.

CNN provided an advanced transcript Friday.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart, Editing by Sandra Maler)
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Dave1968 wrote:
I can’t think of something more noble than what this guy and site do. At great pesonal risk and danger to himself mindyou.Most people just keep there heads doun out of fear ,smile and wave the flag and take whatever the goverment says or dosen’t without ever a squeek of We have the RITE to know.

Nov 26, 2010 1:07am EST  --  Report as abuse
Rhino1 wrote:
It’s amazing, isn’t it. Governments should be made up of the best in the country: honest and honourable. Instead, a lot of the time they seem to be much closer to the opposite.
I hope Wikileaks will not be caught, shut down or its members even killed. They doing a hell of a job empowering the people. Knowledge is power!

Nov 26, 2010 2:30am EST  --  Report as abuse
EricLKlein wrote:
What else do they intend to “leak”? Churchill let British citizens die rather than let Germany know they had broken their codes?
Nixon was spying on Americans to steal the reelection at the Watergate?

How far back will current governments need to worry that these anarchists “protecting” the “right to know” (which is not even an option in most of the world) will release?

Nov 26, 2010 3:43am EST  --  Report as abuse
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