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WikiLeaks
to release 400,000 US intelligence files
Monday, October 18, 2010 03:15:04 PM,
IANS
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London:
WikiLeaks is preparing to release 400,000 intelligence files on
the Iraq war and the Pentagon is bracing for its biggest ever
security breach of classified documents, it was reported here.
The latest WikiLeaks disclosure will eclipse the recent release of
over 70,000 classified US military files on the Afghanistan war,
Daily Telegraph reported Monday from Washington.
US has established a task force of 120 people to assess the
potential implications and damage of the disclosure of the
documents. Pentagon spokesman, Col. Dave Lapan, said the timing of
the leak remained unclear but the Defence Department was ready for
it as early as Monday or Tuesday.
The latest files may be on "tactical reports database" in Iraq
that lists SIGACTS ("Significant activities") relating to major
military operations, movement of personnel and alliances with key
tribal figures and allies, the media report said.
WikiLeaks expose on Afghanistan in July had led Admiral Mike
Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to warn that the
website may cause the deaths of American troops and Afghan
civilians named as cooperating with the coalition forces as the
documents contained names.
The documents showed NATO concerns that the Pakistan intelligence
services has backed the Taliban fight against US forces in
Afghanistan.
Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, has said that the leak of
classified information from Jan 2004 to Dec 2009 hadn't revealed
any "sensitive intelligence sources or methods".
Following the WikiLeaks expose, an investigation was launched.
Private Bradley Manning, who worked as a US Army intelligence
analyst in Iraq, was arrested and charged with leaking a
classified video of a 2007 helicopter attack that killed a dozen
people in Iraq.
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