StG I was watching a US program discussing the some of the issues around the US response to Iraqi mistreatment (torture/execution etc) of prisoners and despite some strong disagreement on some issues there appeared to be some consensus that the documents showed differing responses at differing times. One of the concerns was that abuse was reported but there was a period where those further up the chain were not acting on the abuses. That changed over time.

It was also pointed out that US strategy provided a disincentive to reporting, the troop surge to gain control then hand over to local forces approach relied on the local forces being up to the task. The more abuse which was reported the harder it is to justify the idea that local forces are ready to take over.

I'd agree with the idea that what's released is not complete, unless it's clearly proven that there is deliberate withholding of relevant info by Wikileaks though the fault lies with those who as a matter of course hide infomation from the public which need not be hidden.

R0bert

A precedent is clearly proven.