bradley manning is accused of doing what he could to end this war. he did what he could. what he is needed is for people who lack access to information that will help us understand this war in a way that will enable us to understand it to show us what they know with documents, and actually, wikileaks offers itself as the best vehicle for their doing that. >> what we are going to do now is not run a fall of ", which was booked here, four simple reasons of time. we have a short film produced by wikileaks to help explain some of the technical issues involved in reading the document. it is a short film. might be helpful to you because it comes from the knowledge of the documents directly. you have canceled it? ok. we are not going to see it. that is the one. we still have this film, the we not? -- do we not? >> ok. let's do it. it is going to happen. >> because we are so incredibly overloaded presently, you might not have actually seen this yet. this is a souped up from version of what we used. this is the interface to explore and analyze the 400,000 classified documents, but

where do we think he's going to go now. >> reporter: in terms of bradley manning, he's in military trial for the leak. it has to be pointed out, he's not linked to the afghan war diary or the war logs. we don't know who is the source of the leak. wikileaks will not confirm or deny whether or not manning is the leak. they do not know who the leak is. wikileaks focuses on whistleblowers do it anonymously. their information is incrypted in a way that shields their identity. as to what assange will do next, who knows. he travels around the world. he's popping up in sweden, the uk, africa. he's originally from australia. he tries to keep his life private. how wikileaks works, very private. it's essential to keep it confidential so workers and staffers are kept safe. the work they do is so important. he fears they could come under attack. it's important for people not to know how wikileaks works. >> we appreciate you, also always, thank you so much. nine minutes past the hour, we turn to midterms. we have seen a lot of the big names on the campaign trail, sarah palin, bill clinton and presiden

. >> reporter: the documents are believed to have been given to wikileaks by army private bradley manning, who is accused of copying them while working in an operations center in iraq. more could be on the way. wikileaks says it's getting ready to release 15,000 more documents related to the war in afghanistan. cbs news, new york. >>> in other world headlines, an american born al qaeda member is calling for muslims living in the united states and europe to carry out attacks. in a 48-minute video posted on a militant website, gadahn says it's the duty of muslims to defend islam. gadahn grew up on a california farm and converted to islam before moving to pakistan in 1998. it was there he reportedly attended an al qaeda training camp. he has been wanted by the fbi since 2004. >>> authorities in haiti have now confirmed more than 200 deaths from cholera. more than 2,000 people are sick with the disease. it's the country's worst health crisis since the devastating earthquake in january. the cholera outbreak started in a rural valley in the central part of the country but it's getting closer to

afghan war documents were released they arrested somebody by the name of private first class bradley manningand charged him for being responsible for that release but yet we still have yet to see what will become of him and so as far as this leak this most recently goes we have to find out who it is and then after that we still have yet to see what the united states government will do that person or persons if they are found and that's a big if. in washington thanks for bringing all your side of the story there washington d.c. we're strongly across it as well here of moscow thank you governments in france and britain have a. reform was issued in response to the railing a column e. trade unions in the u.k. say they're preparing for the biggest ever demonstration is the country faces the most severe spending cuts since the second world war and across the channel french protests against a new pensioner view showed no sign of abating despite the senate approving a proposed two year rise in the country's retirement age of his country reports from paris. as the saying goes two things in life are c

in both cases, the documents are believed to have been given to wikileaks by army private bradley manning, who is accused of copying them while working in an operations center in iraq. so far, katie, what the documents tell us is that the iraq war was even uglier than we thought. >> couric: and, david, i understand there are also things in the documents about iranian activities in iraq. what can you tell us about that? >> well, there are reports and they were well known during the bush administration, of iran training and arming insurgents in iraq and even plotting to kidnap and kill american soldiers. what these documents show is that iranian meddling in iraq has continued well into the obama administration. >> couric: david martin at the pentagon tonight. david, thank you very much. now moving on to haiti and what so many feared would happen after the earthquake that killed as many as 300,000 people. a sudden outbreak of cholera. it's centered around saint-marc, a town that served as a refuge for survivors of the quake. at least 150 people have died from the infection so far. 1,500 are

bradley manning is accused of doing what he could to end this war. he did what he could. what he is needed is for people who lack access to information that will help us understand this war in a way that will enable us to understand it to show us what they know with documents, and actually, wikileaks offers itself as the best vehicle for their doing that. >> what we are going to do now is not run a fall of ", which was booked here, four simple reasons of time. we have a short film produced by wikileaks to help explain some of the technical issues involved in reading the document. it is a short film. might be helpful to you because it comes from the knowledge of the documents directly. you have canceled it? ok. we are not going to see it. that is the one. we still have this film, the we not? -- do we not? >> ok. let's do it. it is going to happen. >> because we are so incredibly overloaded presently, you might not have actually seen this yet. this is a souped up from version of what we used. this is the interface to explore and analyze the 400,000 classified documents, but

jon: i asked fred about prosecution and obviously bradley manning is going to be facing some charges here. what about the people who are releasing this stuff? what about wikileaks founder stange stange sta*pbg sta pbg staining staining julian saa -- ashes ssang. >> i could say it doesn't apply to a northern national operating on foreign soil with a foreign corporation. legitimate real news organizations tkraoet this information accordingly. these people for whatever reason, their political agenda, for whatever reason, they are serving their own needs, are releasing information. and forget the danger to our troops. that is a serious issue. the danger, as neil pointed out to people who have provided information. the taliban ain't real strong on due process and they weren't there when they taught about cruel and unusual punishment and would think nothing about slaughtering these people once they find out their identity, and just because it's not in there doesn't mean they can't find it out. jon: the fact that a lot of the documents talk about the fact that iraqi guards miss thraoeted --

wikileaks never stated where it obtained the information, though, an intelligence analyst bradley manningce of classified material. what is the pentagon -- has the pentagon done to mitigate the fallout? >> well, what the pentagon has done is there is a task force pulled together in the region, washington, d.c. region, going through every, single document. you can -- now you have 5, 600,000 documents, you have to go through and they are analyzing them and they'll determine if there is fallout and if there is any activity, that needs to be investigated. or not. and they are taking the appropriate action and you can imagine the strain that this puts on the bureaucracy and the pentagon and on the intelligence community to try to, a, the first priority is to take care of our troops down range and are trying to figure out whether or not there is information that is harmful and whether or not sources are being named and you have to pull them off the front lines. and take care of our troops first. and the next priority is to figure out has something been reported that wasn't fully looked into or

it is this soldier, 23-year-old former army intelligence analyst, bradley manning, who the pentagon believese source of the leaked documents. he's now in a military detention facility in quantico, virginia. but legal charges may go beyond manning. the head of wikileaks believes the fbi may go after him. >> the united states is conducting an aggressive investigation in relation to trying to get up an espionage charge against me personally. >> reporter: that is not stopping wikileaks. they now say they'll release 15,000 more documents about the war in afghanistan. dan? >> more to come. an ongoing challenge for the pentagon. martha, thank you. >>> and speaking of the pentagon, joining us now from there is the spokesman, geoff morrell. geoff, good morning to you. and thanks for getting up to talk to us this morning. >> not a very good morning over here, dan. >> how bad is the damage in your view? >> listen. this is an extraordinarily concerning release of classified information. we have been assessing this potential impact for quite some time. we believe that our primary exposure here is in the

. >> this private first class bradley manning is accused of having done so in the first document. you think in all likelihood has stemmed from his access this time around? >> well, i think the investigation will have to reveal that, but at the end of the day if he could do it so could others. we have to go back and look at our system and make sure you have it need to know and come pat rt information. >> if we are being probed constantly by the chinese, the russians and others. >> i want to switch gears to get you thoughts on the u.s. military deciding to agree to a $60 billion plan with saudi arabia to help with threats to its borders and to the oil infrastructure. any chance this is something we'll regret, selling $60 billion in arms and equipment to saudi arabia? >> no, i think this is secretary clinton engaged and trying to come up with an alternative strategy to hemming in the iranians. the iranians are going nuclear. the israelis are a threat to survival because of it. and we are now building a coalition of arab states to hedge in iranian aggression. the saudis, all the gulf

. >> reporter: the documents are believed to have been given to wikileaks, bradley manning who is accused of copying them while working in an operations center in iraq. more could be on the way. wikileaks says it is getting ready to release 15,000 more documents related to the war in afghanistan. >>> this is the second time this year wikileaks released classified documents. the first involved more than 70,000 documents on the war in afghanistan. >>> a shocking arrest at a prestigious baltimore city high school as a schoolworker is caught trying to sell guns on campus. detectives say it happened at city college high school. according to the media partner the baltimore sun, tiree miles was arrested after officers organized a sting on campus. he was fired immediately. >>> traffic is flowing again on i83 after a car crash caused a major backup last night. police had to close a few lanes while crews cleared a wrecked vehicle from the road. no word yet on the condition of the driver. the cause is also under investigation. >>> a man is left dead this morning after he is gunned down in west balti

the prime suspect is a 22-year-old army pfc by the name of bradley manning who worked as an intelligence in iraq. he's already in custody accused of leaking documents, some of it to wikileaks. if he's involved in this leak, he's just not saying. >> you got to wonder, too, how he got away with all of this. jim, it's like almost half a million documents that he's had access to when you add it all up. >> yes, and if he is in fact involved in the leak of all of those, according to military officials, what he did was took a disk into the skiff, that's a classified area, loaded them into the machine, but according to some reports, as he sat there at his computer, he would then sing or hum lady gaga songs to make everybody think that those disks were actually music disk, but allege idly it appeared he was downloading this material that he allegedly passed on to wikileaks. he's charged with some of those leaks and could face up to a lifetime incarceration if not the death penalty. nobody thinks it will go that far, but it's possible. >> that's interesting there, the lady gaga cover-up. thanks so

wikileaks would have to know that are facing a risk of being where bradley manning is right now, accused of these things. i do not know who the source is. if the president should approved it is readily manning, we can give him on reserved -- unreserved admiration. whoever did it, acted appropriately. it has one characteristic that is not want to come out clearly in these 400,000 pages. the origins of the war were clearly in the form of lying to the public of britain and america. it was in the order of carrying on an illegal war of aggression. also, the non-civilian casualties are in the role of fighting against foreign occupiers, innovators, and by the standards of the world, the question is raised very much whether their death by the innovator is not also to be counted among the were -- among the murders? i want very much to congratulate all of you who are mining this material to learn what we could have learned as if it had come out earlier. >> yes. gregory is representing a group that was mentioned earlier giving the sam adams award for intelligence, integrity, and we want very much t

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