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In response, WikiLeaks said protecting the identity of leakers takes high priority. It operates "to expose unethical practices, illegal behavior, and wrongdoing within corrupt (government agencies and) corporations (as well as) oppressive regimes" abroad, some in collusion with Washington.
The goal - expose wrongdoing, demand accountability, and support democratic principles in a free and open society - what governments are supposed to do, but when they don't, organizations like WikiLeaks exhibit the highest form of patriotism, to be lauded, not spied on, pilloried, or destroyed.
Among its many accusations, DOD claimed WikiLeaks:
-- has possible DOD moles giving it sensitive or classified information;
-- uses its site to post fabricated and manipulated information;
-- has 2,000 pages of leaked army documents with information about US and coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, including on the kinds and numbers of equipment assigned to US Central Command;
-- Julian Assange wrote and co-authored articles, based on leaked information, "to facilitate action by the US Congress to force the withdrawal of US troops by cutting off funding for the war(s);"
-- leaked information "could aid enemy forces in planning terrorist attacks, (choose) the most effective type and emplacement of improvised explosive devices (IEDs)" and use other ways to target US military units, convoys, and bases;
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