It’s No Secret: Afghanistan Is a Quagmire

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 26, 2010 The tens of thousands of classified military documents posted on the Internet Sunday confirm what critics of the war in Afghanistan already knew or suspected: We are wading deeper into a long-running, morally ambiguous conflict that has virtually no chance of ending well.We don't need WikiLeaks to know we are wading deeper into a long-running, morally ambiguous conflict that has virtually no chance of ending well. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks Reveals 6 Years of Afghanistan War Secrets

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2010 The whistle-blower website just dropped 91,000 secret documents, which were simultaneously published by The New York Times, The Guardian and Der Spiegel There are many revelations and more to come, but we already know that NATO forces appear to be responsible for hundreds of unclaimed civilian deaths and injuries continued. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Soldier Facing Criminal Charges for Leaking to WikiLeaks (Update)

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2010 He's been hailed as a hero for allegedly publicizing classified video of a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack that killed 12 civilians in Iraq, but now Pfc. Bradley E. Manning is catching heat from the military for the WikiLeaks exposé. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iceland Passes WikiLeaks Law

Staff / Truthdig Jun 17, 2010 The Icelandic parliament has approved a package of broad protections for journalists, making the island nation perhaps the safest place in the world to afflict the comfortable and speak truth to power. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Australia Loses Freedom Points’ Edition

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2010 Chinese swingers head to jail, Australia hunts down and grounds the founder of WikiLeaks, and David Lynch does Dior. All this and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: The Wikileaks Squeal-stapo

Staff / Truthdig Apr 13, 2010 After highly upsetting video footage, taken from a U.S. Apache helicopter, showing 12 Iraqi citizens being killed by American gunfire was posted on WikiLeaks, Stephen Colbert wonders how long it'll be before the website's proprietors can be tracked down by Predator drones. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

War and Taxes Edition

Staff / Truthdig Apr 13, 2010 On today's list: Behind the Vatican's blame-the-gays strategy, how much you owe for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the most corporate band and nine myths about socialism in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gates Defends U.S. Soldiers’ Actions in Infamous Video

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2010 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has defended the U.S. soldiers who were made infamous in a video released by the website Wikileaks last week, saying the critiques of those who fired upon and killed a group of reporters and civilians lack context. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Collateral Murder in Iraq

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 7, 2010 A United States military video was released this week showing the indiscriminate targeting and killing of civilians in Baghdad. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Judge Silences Whistle-Blower Site

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2008 A California court has ordered Wikileaks.org, a Web site that allows users to anonymously post documents and allege corruption, to be shut down. A Swiss bank brought the case after someone using the site alleged the firm had facilitated money laundering. Wikileaks says it was "given only hours notice" of the hearing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )