AZ Nomad wrote:

On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:44:41 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote:

Assange is the lowest of the low. For nothing other than personal
gain he has jeopardized hundreds, or thousands of lives, and made the
entire mission of the US in Afghanistan a more difficult one.

Bull****. I'd be impressed if you could name a *single* life affected
by the leak. Other than politicians.

How has it affected a single politician? What was the *new* news in
them- other than the specifics that had been redacted to save lives?

Don't you think that every Afghani civilian who was courageous enough
to provide info to the Americans and was named in those documents is
in danger-- along with his family?

Many of those civilians who are just acting as interpreters don't even
let their families know what they are doing.

There were also operational procedures that were included in the
documents that tip our hand, make intel gathering more difficult, and
could cost American lives.

Jim