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Appearing on wikileaks. there's been legislator reform as a result of material appearing on wikileaks. what has not happened is anyone being physically harmed as a result. >> reporter: he says his aim is to shine some light on abuses in the field and give the general pub applicatilic the informatio to have an informed opinion on the war. >> this material doesn't just reveal occasional abuses by the u.s. military. it does describe the abuses by both sides in this war and it's how people can really understand what is actually going on. whether they choose to support it or not. >> atika, talk a l...

I actually just came out of the press conference. it is being gibb by the editor of wikileaks. a very illusive figure. he pops up around the world, doesn't have a permanent address. this is a very, very rare event. basically he's going over the material, explaining what's in these 90,000 u.s. military records that wikileaks has put out and he's having to answer a lot of questions about that white house statement, whether or not wikileaks is endangering troops and others by publishing this material online, this raw data. he says that wikileaks has a harm minimization policy, that its ultimate g...

Correct. however, we have never released misdescribed material, and i don't expect this case to be an exception. >> cnn's tikas shebert is here with more. >> reporter: that's right. the press conference is still ongoing. this is the frontline club, a local press club here. you can see there's a lot of media attention here already. satellite trucks are setting up here taking this live. basically, julia says there are 90,000 u.s. military wreckers. excuse me, sir. sorry about that. >> i love england! >> reporter: many are coming forward to show the grim reality of the war on a day-by-day basis. ...

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 elections as a result of the material the material, there's been legislator reform as a result of t...

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 sensitive material. >> there certainly have been people who lost elections as a result of material bei...