NO negotiation with Wikileaks over secret files: Pentagon

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange attends a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation in Stockholm

Washington:

The Pentagon has said it would not negotiate for a 'sanitised' release of thousands of sensitive Afghan war documents, currently in possession of whisteblower website Wikileaks that has plans to make them public.

The defence department however acknowledged that an attempt was made to contact the lawyer of the website.

WikiLeaks to release 15,000 secret files

Pentagon says it will be the 'height of irresponsibility' if the website publishes remaining documents it has on the Afghanistan war

London:

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange insisted on Thursday the whistleblower website still planned to release its final batch of US military files on the Afghan war, despite American demands it hold back.

Speaking via video link to an audience in London, Assange said the site was preparing to release the final 15,000 classified files, the remaining documents from a huge cache which were published last month.

"We are about 7,000 reports in," he said, without giving a date when the files would be released. Asked whether the website would press ahead with the release, he responded, "Absolutely."

'ISI paid Taliban to kill Indians'

Secret files Documents released by Website Wikileaks substantiate claims

NEW YORK:

India has lonng believed Pakistan to be the pupet master behind a series of attacks on Indian assets inn Afghanistan in recent years. Among the 91,000 secret US documents released by the Website Wikileaks in its 'Afghan War Diary' are reports that substantiate these claims.

WikiLeaks hacker breaks cover

June 23, 2010

BRUSSELS:

The elusive founder of WikiLeaks, who is at the centre of a potential US national security sensation, has surfaced from almost a month in hiding to tell the Guardian he does not fear for his safety but is on permanent alert.