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WikiLeaks and the War in Afghanistan
The White House, the Pentagon, national security think-tanks and some reporters say all those formerly secret documents released by WikiLeaks don’t contain anything new . But civilian casualties, Afghan corruption and Pakistan’s mixed loyalties are not what the American people have heard about from two presidents and their military commanders.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe White House, the Pentagon, national security think-tanks and some reporters say all those formerly secret documents released by WikiLeaks don’t contain anything new. But civilian casualties, Afghan corruption and Pakistan’s mixed loyalties are not what the American people have heard about from two presidents and their military commanders. Will public perceptions be changed? Will Congress start backing away? Will 92,000 raw reports from the battlefield provide new understanding of America’s longest war or more confusion than ever?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Darrell Satzman
Producer
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Jay Rosen
New York University
Spencer Ackerman
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author of “Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump”
James Corum
US Army Reserve
The full episode
2 of 3WikiLeaks and the War in Afghanistan- 0:00Massive Loss for BP in Oily Wake of Gulf Spill
- 7:27WikiLeaks and the War in AfghanistanYou’re reading this
- 39:55Filibuster Overkill