Crikey can reveal that the inability of US soldiers to differentiate between Austria and Australia helped trigger a major investigation by Australian authorities and potentially endangered Australian troops in Afghanistan. Luke Miller explains.
Wikileaks Afghanistan
Guy Rundle: Rundle: with WikiLeaks, Manning erred in being human
Just at the point when the WikiLeaks saga was collapsing into final absurdity, US soldier Bradley Manning faces 22 additional charges, including that of aiding the enemy, which attracts the death penalty.
Muller: what WikiLeaks means for media ethics
A lot of attention has been paid to the legalities surrounding the avalanche of leaked diplomatic and security material by WikiLeaks, but not much to the ethical issues it raises for the media, writes Dr Denis Muller.
WikiLeaks must be shut down
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has proudly proclaimed his ability to expose secret information, but the website may be violating the US Espionage Act and is putting lives at risk, says Marc A. Thiessen.
Australian forces remain in Afghanistan. Why no WikiLeaks coverage?
Australia is a party to the Afghanistan war and sustains — and causes — casualties. So why the lack of interest from the local media?
Gillard wants answers on WikiLeaks’ Australian troop info
Julia Gillard has ordered the Defence Department to establish a taskforce to examine the impact of the Wikileaks Afghan War Diary on the Australian Defence Force, writes Luke Miller.
Crikey Says: WikiLeaks asks for a little help
If the latest revelations are to impact the campaign it will be all Laurie Oakes’ fault. That’s the thing about a leaker — they’re pretty powerless without a good leakee.
The WikiLeaks documents are hardly The Pentagon Papers
Some commentators have likened the Afghanistan WikiLeaks documents to Daniel Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers leak in the 70’s but very little about the Afghanistan “revelations” are surprising, says Fred Kaplan.
