Human Rights Groups Say WikiLeaks Endangered Afghan Civilians

Published August 12, 2010 3:38pm ET



WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reacted indignantly when members of the press, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen questioned the wisdom of releasing more than 77,000 classified memos without making an effort to remove information that could bring harm to Afghan civilians and Coalition troops. One wonders how Assange will respond now that a group of human rights organizations are calling him to the carpet for exposing Afghans who cooperated with Coalition forces and the Afghan government:

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