Gates: WikiLeaks Docs Posting ‘Puts Our Soldiers At Risk’ Appearing on This Week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates denounced the WikiLeaks posting of documents about Afghanistan: “Well, I’m not sure anger is the right word. I just — I think mortified, appalled. And — and if — if I’m angry, it is — it is because I believe that this information puts those in Afghanistan who have helped us at risk. It puts our soldiers at risk because they can learn a lot — our adversaries can learn a lot about our techniques, tactics and procedures from the body of these leaked documents. And so I think that’s what puts our soldiers at risk. And — and then, as I say, our sources. And, you know, growing up in the intelligence business, protecting your sources is sacrosanct. And — and there was no sense of responsibility or accountability associated with it.”
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