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On air: Are you glad this information is public?

Krupa Thakrar Padhy Krupa Thakrar Padhy | 17:00 UK time, Monday, 26 July 2010

, and have published more than 92,000 secret military files from the detailing the war in Afghanistan. The news has got you divided.

Scott on writes,

'To me, Wikileaks doesn't put out information for education's sake, but rather for media glitz and to spur unnecessary controversy.'

Siraj responds,

'They should be given Nobel Peace Prize,or an equivalent in the media industry for bringing out the true picture of Afghanistan!Kudos to them.'

Twitters buzzing over the story. Sanderchan in the Netherlands calls it 'the greatest intelligence leak ever - Wikileaks, a game changer.'

Are you pleased you've been given this information, or like , do you think it's nothing new?


The White House has gone into damage control mode, calling the leak .


For , Wikileaks is simply revolutionising news.

But , blogger at Secrecy News says,



"Wikileaks is not the solution to our secrecy problem -- that requires a change in our own policy -- but I think it can serve a useful purpose as long as it exercises a modicum of editorial responsibility."


Was Wikileaks right to release this information?



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