u.s. military any more than a new policy by mcchrystal meant a change in practice by u.s. forces. >> these are war crimes. you said to cover of -- >> you already asked a question. >> with all the information you gave, what did they hold back on, and you have more? >> since december, they have been on a publishing hiatus. in order to do significant engineering to cope with the amount of submissions and the amount of public interest, it is actually a very hard engineering task to supply 2% or 5% of the entire world internet population at a single moment with materials, so we are a small organization trying to understand how to do that in a secure way theory dead -- in a secure way. as a result, we have built up an enormous backlog. in addition, along with 18 or 26 other people, we received a substantial increase in the number of submissions. we have an enormous range of material we are trying to keep up on with our sources in achieving the maximum for that material. >> [inaudible] >> this is one of those cases, so we have released to the public 76,000 reports from this set o

u.s. military has been able to use this for now for people in iraq. do they feel like this is something that the u.s. did on purpose you know when they see the effects and they see the. higher rates of birth defects and cancer rates are they feel like this is the u.s. trying to poison them on purpose or do they you know take into account that these are weapons that perhaps no one really knew what the effects might be until now well i mean one of the effects of the weapons people know to certain different extents what they are i mean whether it's the direct killing of civilians which actually did happen to fit in fallujah or whether it's effects of depleted uranium which has been recorded from one thousand nine hundred ninety one war after the invasion of kuwait so it's not necessarily new now how he has always been tried to be denied so yeah there are some things that i rather like agree with you but the thing is i mean different records will see in different ways so it depends on who you speak with but a lot of ordinary citizens will say to you that e

u.s. military and even come under some criticism from human rights organizations for that and a u.s. official has called it a potential hit list for the taliban what's your response to that it was appears the mostly be media beat up i mean where we're looking at the issue seriously to see whether that is true we did hold back pete dean thousand reports for for the through the review because they had this sort of classification that suggested maybe they contain that sort of material we approached the white house to ask them for assistance in reviewing material before we published the white house they don't accept that request at this stage we're looking at this is mostly a media beat up of course we are very concerned to make sure innocents are protected so we're very happy to receive any evidence which report is possibly revealing information about someone who is who is innocent there's also been a suggestion that the release of this information will make it harder for allied forces to get afghans this is to cooperate with them while what we reveal and that's what we've been doing fo

u.s. military history the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks published some ninety thousand classified documents exposing cover ups over the war in afghanistan reports include details of civilian casualties at the hands of american and allied troops as well as concerns that pakistani intelligence helped the taliban insurgency several files track osama bin laden despite the u.s. claims it received no reliable information on him in years pentagon chiefs admits it will take weeks to assess the damage caused by the revelations he's going to teach it comes been hearing from soldiers involved in the last major wiki leak. you know something that any military tries to keep under wraps civilians killed during an operation this april the pentagon saw one of its skeletons walk out of the closet is secretly video of american soldiers opening would looks like indiscriminate fire in a baghdad suburb three years ago more than a dozen people were reported dan including two reuters news staff also two children were wounded the incident was investing in the u.s. military concluded that the actions of the soldiers

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u.s. military is desperately trying to close in on the sources behind the biggest leak in its history pentagon chiefs admit it will take weeks to assess the damage to u.s. that operations in afghanistan after the revelations including the killing of innocent citizens. karen has been hearing from soldiers involved in the.

u.s. military. some of the most alarming findings about pakistan, that its spy service might be adding afghan insurgents and targeting americans and detail the deaths of civilians, afghans killed near the war zone by accident. >> those describe abuses by both sides in this war and it is how people can really understand what is actually going on and whether they choose to support it or not. >> reporter: now the editors of this website holding a press conference right now in europe. they are again defending their decision but also saying if you go to the website to look up these documents yourself, they say don't believe everything you read. saying some of these documents though authored by the military are in some cases not believable. live in washington, scott mcfarlane, ktvu channel 2 news. >> time now 5:15. we are also following developments from afghanistan this morning where a massive search continues for two missing u.s. servicemen. soldiers are manning checkpoints in an area outside of kabul w

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u.s. military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict and its own rules of engagement so while the u.s. military is ok with causing some quiet old damage it's when civilians die in the course of action a number of soldiers who were involved in those killings now speak out and say this shouldn't be a norm of warfare you can see in ethan mccord a soldier with the unit that's shown in the video said it hadn't been a one time experience he went s. words to say soldiers in his unit were ordered to kill civilians in certain circumstances mccord said the message they got from their commander was if someone in your line gets hit with an improvised explosive device three sixty rotational fire you kill everyone on the street. chastity bers served in the same unit as ethan mccord he refused to talk about the order because of as he said the threats and warnings that he'd received from his former army fellows but the secret video of how they come to killings seemed nothing unusual to him but from our experiences what was shown in that video was. unco

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u.s. military into harm's way and preliminary analysis suggest that that's exactly the case because the whole information that was dumped or actually provided by the weekend weeks wasn't ninety thousand files dates from zero to two zero nine so the reason the reason no way that this information can jeopardize or. or harm the american servicemen in afghanistan that's the key issue and not another point one of the political implications of the divulging of so data i believe because of this operational tempo in afghanistan whatever use more than one month is already outdated and belongs from that and should be declassified as because it provides a historic main interest not for the. intelligence but for historians so let's put it into perspective so far for this particular up to this hour the reasonable really classified data that have been provided to the international media jeopardize the operational a strategic intent of the u.s. but you mention the politics that some of the documents suggest pakistani support for the time about how would that change u.s. policy but you see we don't need to w

u.s. military has launched a full scale search and rescue operation to find these two missing u.s. service members. they are searching the area where they were last seen by air, with helicopters and planes and on the ground. they have set up military check points, checking vehicles as they come and go in and out of the area. now, according to u.s. military officials, the two members that are of the military that are missing are members of the united states navy. the sailors were last seen leaving a base in kabul sometime friday afternoon in an armored vehicle. now, it's not clear whether or not they were on an official mission or if they just happened to leave the base for some other reason. the military is not saying why they actually did leave. now, afghan government officials in logar province just south of kabul say there was a brief fire fight between this vehicle and the taliban and that the taliban ultimately captured these two individuals. the u.s. military has yet to officially confirm that, but the military has been searching that area where that armored vehicle was last s

u.s. military records posted on line. what secrets are revealed. we will have the story when the morning news continues. presenting the cadillac "summer's best" sales event. a fantastic opportunity to get a great offer on an all new cadillac srx luxury collection crossover... ..with a bose premium sound system. and an ultra-view sunroof designed to let more summer time in. summer brings out the best in all of us, so now's the perfect time to get behind the wheel of a new cadillac. hurry in for great lease or purchase offers on an all new srx during cadillac's summer's best sales event going on now at your cadillac dealer. >>> good morning to you. look back. a short final ago the founder of the wicki leaks website said there appears to be evidence of war crimes in the more than 90,000 classified u.s. military records posted on line. scott mcfarlane has late details live this morning in our washington, d.c. bureau, scott, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. really an unprecedented release of military information

u.s. military. and along that score, "the new york times" reports tonight, on thousands of classified documents, which appear to reveal that officials in the pakistani government and military are still supporters of the taliban in the violent campaign against americans fighting there. national security adviser james jones condemned the release of the classified material and praised pakistan for what he calls increased cooperation on security issues. >> thank you. >>> if it seems like we've been reporting for weeks now about how hot it is, that's because this summer of 2010 is the heat wave that won't stop. we're joined now by nbc's ron allen, who was in new york's sweltering times square with more on this, ron? >> reporter: good evening, lester, it feels great out here right now. we've had some rain, the temperature was in the 90s all day. it's now down in the 70s. but still, july is on pace here in new york to become the hottest july ever. that's what happened back in june. and there's similar stor

u.s. military documents. some 90,000 pages of documents posted on an unusual website. scott mcfarlane reports on washington from the breech. >> you probably have never heard about this before but they are reading wikileaks.org it came as no surprise to this man. >> the american people are not. they have seen the chaos broke in afghanistan and there is no clear reason why. >> they say they have an ax to grind and have an ugly picture indicating they are clapping with the television also indicating u.s. military were operating shorthand, short on resources and they say recent tropes surges is a remedy that problem. >> for years and years more troops were needed and had been requested by the commanding general but no troops were forthcoming and that is why the president increased our number of troops heading into an important election. >> reporter: they say much of what was posted on the web site is old news or not surprising to anyone who has followed the war in afghanistan but the blood that was so popular today it was knocked off line several times by users worldwide.

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u.s. military history. 92,000 classified reports on the war in afghanistan. posted on the internet for all to see. we sit down with wikileak's founder to find out why he thinks it's a public service to public what was once top secret. >>> the bottom line -- with the market for diapers worth $7 billion, it's no surprise that diaper companies have swaddling bottoms down to a science. tonight, we visit the closely guarded lab -- yes, diaper lab -- where scientists, engineers and seamstresses work to create the perfect nappy. >>> and stepping up -- he's a star in limbo. the gray area between tween heartthrob and full-on sex symbol. tonight, we go on the town with zac efron as he attempts to go through hollywood's sometimes treacherous waters. >>> good evening, i'm terry mor mor moron. it's the biggest leak in u.s. military history. 92,000 classified documents published on the website wikileaks. it paints a picture of a war gone wrong in afghanistan. details corruption in the afghan government and pakistani support for the enemy. most alarmingly, they contend what

u.s. military documents being leaked this week by the web site wikileaks.he group says it's reviewing 15,000 more records. yesterday, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff bluntly assessed the harm he thinks wikileaks and its founder julian assange have caused. >> mr. assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing, but the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an afghan family. >> reporter: pentagon leaders have ordered new security measures to safeguard information. as for safeguarding the troops, a u.s. military task force has so far spent billions of dollars to counter the continuing threat of roadside bombs. >> suarez: for more on the i.e.d. challenges facing american troops in afghanistan, we get the views of two veterans who have extensive experience dealing with them. todd bowers is a staff sergeant in the marine corps reserves. he served two tours in iraq and one in afghanistan last year. he's the deputy executive director of iraq and afghanistan

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u.s. military compound to another there in kabul. what's still baffling however is how they ended up 80 miles to the south in logar province where the armored suv driven by the two sailors was first spotted. the taliban set up an ambush, there was a shoot-out, one american was apparently killed. now u.s. military officials will not confirm the details of that account but they can't refute it either. an intensive manhunt is under way, search operations there in that area of afghanistan this morning, u.s. military have set up checkpoints, passing out leaflets with photographs of the two soldiers or two sailors offering $20,000 reward. >> to the extent the taliban has acknowledged this does that suggest there are going to be some negotiations or demands for their release? >> well, there are some reports already that one taliban group, not sure who it is exactly, are demanding the release of taliban prisoners in exchange for the body of a dead american. however, u.s. military officials repeated rather strongly this morning it remains u.s

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u.s. military history has experienced several cover ups over the war in afghanistan including the deaths of hundreds of civilians the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks handed over ninety thousand classified documents to british and american newspapers they also include information on this about attacks as well as nato pakistan and iran are fueling the insurgency the white house says the pentagon files and field reports were no surprise they threaten national security let's get more insight on this montes cross don't speak of the bell and. you're going to have both here in the studio thank you very much to get it to you first what are the implications of this leak the u.s. troops actually in the afghanistan now well for the troops there is nothing dangerous because there is no problem in iran now as this indicates that there is this information was double for more than two weeks there is no and it shows that the u.s. troops and servicemen will be put in harm's way that's the most important thing but whatever have been divulged will not jeopardize their integrity of the personal security an

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u.s. military history. a whistle-blowing web site has published nearly 100,000 documents about the war in afghanistan. and joel brown on the information that critics say could put american lives at risk. >> the founder of the web site defended his decision to go public with over 90,000 classified documents, which he gave to journalists and posted online. >> it does appear to be evidence of war crimes in the material. >> reporter: it could be the biggest leak ever, of classified documents. most are reports from the field, and they reveal secret u.s. commando units had killed afghan civilians when targeting insurgent leaders and taliban fighters have used heat-seeking missiles to shoot down american aircraft. many of the documents also suggest pakistan spy agencies could be helping the taliban in afghanistan, in its war against u.s. and afghan forces. the white house officials note that most of these documents covered the period before president obama took office. but top aides here were furious over the web

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u.s. military history. whistle-blower website posted more than 90,000 classified pentagon documents on the afghanistan war. >>> so, you say you're a big-time hollywood director. if you are and you wanted to capture a day in the life of our entire planet, how would you do that? well, you could ask people around the world to post amateur videos of their day on the internet. and as jeff glor reports, that's just what happened on saturday. >> reporter: an unknown italian ukulele player with a video camera, hoping to hit it big in a few tear film, produced by ridley scott, the man behind "gladiator" and "thelma & louise." and directed by kevin mcdonald, who made "the last king of scotland." >>er with following one person through a day or a week, but this is following everybody. >> our heroic driver taking us on this journey. >> reporter: thousands of submissions like these are expected from around the world. this was sunrise in norway. the deadline to shoot, even the mundane, is midnight and to upload within a w

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a military exercise between the u.s.and south korea is underway off the korean peninsula despite threats of a nuclear response from north korea the four day drills involved around eight thousand troops two hundred aircraft and twenty ships america currently has twenty eight thousand troops based in south korea and fifty thousand more in japan tensions have been running high in the region after an international commission blamed the north for sinking one of the south's washouts back in march it killed forty six sailors these are all accusations are pyongyang strongly denies the u.s. also included unilateral sanctions against the north a lecture on korean studies at sydney university elated petroff believes pyongyang will never strike first. north korea never threatens first north korea as a small distant you for impoverished struggling pariah state so i believe that for north korea simply reacts or sometimes reacts to the threats which comes from outside if united states decides to go ahead and execute an invasion or regi

u.s. military commanders. they repeatedly complain about lack of resources, unreliable afghan soldiers and a corrupt afghan government. some cases suggest possible military cover-ups. in may 2007 documents show the taliban shot down a u.s. helicopter with a shoulder-fired heat-seeking missile, killing seven soldiers. but american commanders concealed that fact. today, u.s. military officials tell nbc news that it was an iranian-made heat-seeker that brought down the chopper. there are concerns, however, that the massive breakdown in security, revealing sources of battlefield intelligence puts u.s. forces and their allies at greater risk. >> will we see friendly human intelligence sources murdered by the taliban in pakistan or afghanistan? will we lose access to intelligence that we use to protect our soldiers? >> reporter: the white house and pentagon argue that since most of the documents were written, the president signed off on a new strategy and more american forces are headed to afghanistan, providing a b