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Detrimental, but our job is not to protect the u.s. the information does enlighten people about the way the u.s.en come ukt disforeign policy. >> i know you argued for greater trar transparency, but why should assange set the agenda? >> the world has changed. someone can know information now and spread it in an instant. we have to look at this the other way around and say why isn't government more transparent. it should be secret by necessary. part of the lesson is that too much is secret, much of what is secret is done in our name and we should know it, and also as fareed zakaria said this we...

Understand what the source is and sort of sort of distance yourself in a way to sort of take the information as it stands and understand -- >> to ignore the fact of where it's coming from, do you mean? >> no, not ignore the fact, but the information -- first of all, we have to make sure it's legitimate. the iraq war logs, afghan war log. understand it's news worthy information and it's accurate information. and then take the source and take the good with the bad. but you have to see what they're giving you. sources always have an agenda and you have to understand that what they might be giving...

Stengel. >> this is nonsense about lives being put in jeopardy is propertied out every time a big military or tell against organization is exhe is forred by the press. it 00 nothing new, it's not exclusively american phenomenon by any means. >> so with the obama administration conducting an investigation of wikileaks, how much responsibility do american news outlets bear some joining us, richard stengel from "time" magazine prks jeff jarvis, director of the interactive journalism program, and here in washington, mark mazetti, national security correspondent for the "times." you're a reporter, ...