[Peace-discuss] Prize awarded for Hypocrite Of The Week (in a tough field...)

[C. G. Estabrook]

[But Mike Mullen is this week's HOT-W! Congrats, Mike! You're not even in 
Congress...! --CGE]

	Mullen: WikiLeaks’ Assange May Have Blood on His Hands
	Trust in US Drops After Massive Leak of Classified Docs
	by Jason Ditz, July 29, 2010

In comments today Admiral Michael Mullen, the highest ranking military commander 
in the United States, declared that Julian Assange, founder of the Sweden-based 
WikiLeaks whistleblower group may have blood on his hands for the leak of 
classified military documents.

On Sunday, WikiLeaks released some 92,000 classified documents related to the 
Afghan War, on a myriad of subjects including unreported civilian deaths. US 
officials have “strongly condemned” the release, claiming it is a threat to 
national security and might harm the continuing war effort.

Several officials have suggested that the revelation of previously covered-up 
civilian killings might lead to revenge attacks on US troops, and Secretary of 
Defense Robert Gates also warned that detailing the truth about the Afghan War 
“may well damage our relationships and reputation in that key part of the world.”

The inability of the military to keep its ostensibly “secret” data from showing 
up in the Western media en masse may also effect the willingness of other 
nations to share intelligence with them, according to some officials.

US officials have detained Pfc. Bradley Manning, an Army intelligence analyst 
accused of being involved in the leak. Officials have also broached the subject 
of trying to prosecute Assange and other members of WikiLeaks, though it does 
not appear that the group has actually broken any laws, and is being accused 
primary of “undermining the war effort.”

http://news.antiwar.com/2010/07/29/mullen-wikileaks-assange-has-blood-on-his-hands/