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It will do what it is going to do, not what we would have it do. >> and on that point, a lot of people are saying boy, this really changes the media landscape because you have wikileaks, which is basically a stateless organization, doesn't answer to anyone, doesn't answer to any government, isn't bound by the customs or traditions or laws, for example, of the united states. is that a new phenomenon now that all of us have to deal with, whether working directly with wikileaks or not? >> to some extent. i think that may have been just a little bit overstated. i mean, it is clearly a new world th...

Choose our sources. and most of the sources we deal with have an agenda of some kind. you know, what you try to do is separate the material from the source, assess whether the material is newsworthy, whether it's valid, how you interpret it. and you know, where the source does have an agenda or a motivation you try to communicate that to readers too. but it's -- it's not a marriage, you know. it's a source relationship. >> since julian asange, the founder of wikileaks, was perfectly capable of and in fact did post these 91,000 secret pages on his website, why did he come to your newspaper and ...

But wikileaks had help with this week's disclosures from three of the most prominent brands in journalism -- "the new york times," britain's "guardian," and germany's "der spiegel." they coordinated in publishing what some are comparing to the pentagon papers back in the nixon years, a move that drew a sharp blast of criticism from the obama administration. >> mr. sange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing, but the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an afghan family. >> that was a referenc...

Did not dramatically change anybody's thinking about the war. it was not full of scandals or revelations. but it was a window and i think a fascinating and important window into the war from the vantage point of the people who are fighting it. >> an important window that is now being cited by both critics and supporters of the war. no surprise there. bill keller, thanks very much for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> pentagon spokesman jeff borell tells me wikileaks demonstrates a frienlting new development because he can't negotiate with it like news outlets. he says the group is beholden to ...

Was giving the pentagon papers to the "new york times" in 1971. last point. >> that's right. >> on the first day you had james jones, the national security adviser robert gibbs, talking about the irresponsible leak and people were being at risk. by the second day obama administration officials seemed to be saying, well, there's nothing new here and most of this was already known. was that spin? do you agree with that assessment? >> not entirely, no, i don't. i mean, your newspaper, the "washington post," just published something like 13,000 words establishing that since 9/11 a large officially...