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Suspicions that pakistans military spy service is actually helping the taliban. the taliban is using portable heat-seeking missiles against u.s. aircraft. secret commando units are working off a capture kill list. wikileaks editor is defending the move. >> this material doesnt just reveal occasional abuses by the u.s. military. of course it has u.s. military reporting on all sorts of abuses by the taliban. so it does describe the abuses by both sides in this war, and its how people can really un...

And they say they have never put out anything thats been a forgery or hoax, that the track record so far is 100%. now, juliana hasan himself, elusive, travels around the world. has no set permanent home, and hes also believed to have been wanted by fbi officials who have been wanting him for questioning, thats what he believes and is now refusing to travel to the united states. he said his motivation for putting out this information is that he simply wants more transparency. he wants abuses that...

Public the information it needs to have an informed opinion on the war. >> this material doesnt just reveal occasional abuses by the u.s. military. of course, the u.s. military is reporting on abuses by the taliban, suicide bombers, ieds going off and so on, so it does describe the abuses by both sides in this war. and thats how people can really understand what is actually going on, whether they choose to support it or not. >> reporter: now, the fact is theres such a massive amount of informati...

That missed a target. >> reporter: in a statement responding to wrchthe document release, the white house said, "the united states strongly condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organizations which could put the lives of americans and our partners at risk and threaten our national security." but the editor for wikileaks denies that the site has put troops in danger and says it did hold back some sensitive material. >> there certainly have been people that have lost...

The big events, the casualty events, it is the boy killed by a shell that missed the target. >> reporter: in a statement responding to wikileaks afghan document release, the white house said, the united states strongly don condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organizations which could put the lives of americans and our partners at risk, and thenen our national security. but the editor for wikileaks denies this has put troops in damg danger and says it held back se...

The owe obama administration will be quick to tell you they are not a news organization, they are quickly antiwar. they say there may be evidence from war crimes in these documents. here is more from the founder. >> the revolution of abuses by u.s. and coalition forces may cause afghanis to be upset and rightly so, and if governments dont like populations being upset, they should treat them better, not conceal abuses that have been undertaken. >> reporter: clearly an effort to undermine support ...

Heat-seeking missiles to shoot down u.s. aircraft. and they have secret commando units working from the capture list. >> the suicide bombers and ieds are going off and so on. so it does describe the abuses by both sides in this war. and thats how people can understand what is actually going on and whether they choose to support it or not. >> now, thats one view, but senator john kerry say that is the documents came to light illegally. the white house says a disclosure of classified information t...

Context of that that was so important, and as we go through these 91,000 documents that have come to light today, its about going through, also, and getting the context of where they came from which is what the pentagon was talking about. you know, julian assange says hes not out to hurt the troops, theyve edited out that information, the pentagon says how would you know the context of what will and wont effect the troops? weve got more sound because julian a sang makes few public appearances. h...

>> we know there is a lot of waste in government, but when you hear it put this way, its stunning. $110 billion in 2009 was lost in two major ways. this is what the president said when he was signing this legislation. >> sometimes the payments are a result of mistakes or reflect valid claims paid at the wrong time. but sometimes they result from abuses, by scam artists and crooked companies. all tolled, they added up to $110 billion. i want everybody to understand just -- get perspective on it. ...

Putting the private companies in charge of all prisons. how would it work, rich? >> you let private companies bid for prison services. why couldnt wal-mart do better job than government? if you put in health, safety and lower rate for recidivism, why couldnt it be open for bids? >> david: save money. >> lindsay is getting time off for bad behavior, painting her nails or something. if you want to privatize my garbage collection, go ahead. but you cant privatize the prisons. you will get abuses. >...