WikiLeaks published roughly 75,000 documents from the military, some of which contain sensitive information. WikiLeaksWhite House Urges WikiLeaks To Not Publish More Secrets -- Voice Of America
The White House is urging the website WikiLeaks to not publish any more classified documents related to the Afghan war, saying it is important that no more damage be done to U.S. national security.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told NBC television Friday that all the administration can do is implore whoever has the documents to not post them.
He said a Taliban spokesman in the region stated that the Taliban is already going through the tens of thousands of documents that have already been posted to find the names of people who cooperated with international and American forces in Afghanistan.
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