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It is properly good that they don't publish the names, but "information that could create additional security risks for soldiers stationed in Afghanistan" is outside what a newspaper should care about - it should be focused on getting news, not help or hinder a war.


If you're a citizen of a country at war wouldn't hindering the war be considered treason?

Besides that. Why would you want to potentially harm someone when a tiny bit of effort would prevent potential harm?

There's something good to be said about been good. We are not robots.


"Besides that. Why would you want to potentially harm someone when a tiny bit of effort would prevent potential harm?"

To prevent greater harm to others.


Uh, I disagree. One of the tenets of journalism is to minimize harm. There is probably information in those documents that could legitimately be used to kill people.




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