Full data sets of WikiLeaks Afghan war logs

Re:Full data sets of WikiLeaks Afghan war logs by tibbon on Sunday July 25, 2010 @10:44PM (#1546963)

The NYT in fact is redacting information. Wikileaks also wa working with the White House to hold back a few key pieces of info according to the NYT.

Names of public figures (generals, prominent police officials, governors, warlords and senior afghan officials) have not been not redacted, though on a case-by-case basis, the names of lower-level employees have been removed. Similarly, well-known insurgent commanders or terrorists are not redacted, but the names of lower-level figures are.

The types of information that have been removed from the documents include:

  Names or precise identifying information of sources.
  Names of buildings under surveillance.
  Names of prisoners.
  Names of kidnap victims.
  Times required for various tactical military reactions.
  Radio frequencies or phone numbers used in insurgent communications.

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Re:Full data sets of WikiLeaks Afghan war logs by jgg on Sunday July 25, 2010 @11:23PM (#1547024)

Ah, I've been reading up on this, and indeed they've redacted some information. According to Assange, this is to prevent anyone operating in the region from being attacked by insurgents. I'm guessing that it would be bad for Wikileak's publicity if they got somebody killed.

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Re:Full data sets of WikiLeaks Afghan war logs by SoftwareMaven on Monday July 26, 2010 @01:44AM (#1547252)

I would hope that their primary goal would just be to ensure nobody got killed as a result of releasing the information, regardless of Wikileak's PR.

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