Leaked Afghan war files a 'dangerous' risk: Gates

[unhappycamper]

Leaked Afghan war files a 'dangerous' risk: Gates
AFP
Published: Thursday July 29, 2010

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said leaked US documents on the Afghan war posed grave risks for Americans in battle and for US relationships in the region.

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The unprecedented leak jeopardized the trust vital to gathering intelligence in the field, said Gates, a former CIA director.

"We have considerable repair work to do," to fix relations damaged by the leak, he said.

"That is one of the worst aspects of this, as far as I'm concerned. Will people trust us?

"Will people's whose lives are on the line trust us to keep their identities secret? Will other governments trust us to keep their documents and their intelligence secret?"



unhappycamper comment: "Will people trust us?" Why should they?

The invasions and occupations have killed and pissed off a lot of locals. Plus Afghans do not like to have their country occupied. Ask anyone who tried to occupy them for the last 1,000 years.