Link to video with Amy Goodman and a roundtable discussion on the Wilikeaks/Afghanistan War material: here.
Interestingly, Amy Goodman talks with Daniel Ellsberg, to get his thoughts on the comparison between this release and the Pentagon Papers/Vietnam War.
Set up to video:
from Democracy Now
The New Pentagon Papers:
WikiLeaks Releases 90,000+ Secret Military Documents
Painting Devastating Picture of Afghanistan War
It’s one of the biggest leaks in US military history. More than 90,000 internal records of US military actions in Afghanistan over the past six years have been published by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. The documents provide a devastating portrait of the war in Afghanistan, revealing how coalition forces have killed hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents, how a secret black ops special forces unit hunts down targets for assassination or detention without trial, how Taliban attacks have soared, and how Pakistan is fueling the insurgency…
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