You are right. The information the NYT released can get some of our soldiers killed.
The information WikiLekas released embarrassed some diplomats. Regardless, it seems as each released classified information. On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you truly not see any qualitative difference between this and most of > what wikileaks posted? > > nyt: > the USA is looking at expanding military operations into yet another > country, a nuclear country, with a massive Muslim population, and an > unfriendly government. > > wikileaks: > a diplomat called that guy fat. > > The differences to me could not be clearer. > > > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/21/nyt >> >> Should they be treated the same as #wikileaks? >> >> "Senior American military commanders in Afghanistan are pushing for *an >> expanded campaign of Special Operations ground raids across the border into >> Pakistans tribal areas*, a risky strategy reflecting the growing >> frustration with Pakistans efforts to root out militants there. >> >> The proposal, *described by American officials in Washington and >> Afghanistan >> *, would escalate military activities inside Pakistan, where the movement >> of >> American forces has been largely prohibited because of fears of provoking a >> backlash. >> >> The plan has not yet been approved, but military and political leaders say >> a >> renewed sense of urgency has taken hold, as the deadline approaches for the >> Obama administration to begin withdrawing its forces from Afghanistan. >> >> Americas clandestine war in Pakistan has for the most part been carried >> out >> by armed drones operated by the C.I.A. . . . But interviews in recent weeks >> revealed that on at least one occasion, the Afghans went on the offensive >> and destroyed a militant weapons cache. >> >> The decision to expand American military activity in Pakistan, which would >> almost certainly have to be approved by President Obama himself, would >> amount to the *opening of a new front in the nine-year-old war*, which has >> grown increasingly unpopular among Americans. . . . [O]ne senior American >> officer said, Weve never been as close as we are now to getting the >> go-ahead to go across. >> >> The officials who described the proposal and the intelligence >> operations *declined >> to be identified by name discussing classified informatio >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332810 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
