The founder of the website WikiLeaks is defending his organization's decision to publish more than 75,000 internal documents on Afghanistan on its website, saying the goal was to create a complete picture of the war effort.
Speaking in London Monday, Julian Assange said no one document has great impact, but put together, the secret U.S. military reports are compelling.
"It is a history, it is an enormous compendium of material that will affect many different people in many different ways," Assange said.
The White House, Britain and Pakistan have condemned the online whistleblowing group's release Sunday of the classified documents. White House national security adviser Jim Jones said the release "put the lives of Americans and our partners at risk".
The Afghan government in Kabul expressed shock over the release, while at the same time insisting most of the information is not new.
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