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Carney says Afghan leaks amount to ‘treason’
Congressman Chris Carney (D-10) isn’t happy about the recently-leaked trove of Afghan war documents.
Carney, a Navy Reserve commander, said this week that whoever leaked the documents “committed treason in my eyes.” The documents were released to news organizations by the Web site WikiLeaks, and their publication late last weekend has drawn renewed scrutiny to prosecution of the almost-nine-year-old war.
“You never want that [information] to fall in the hands of your enemies,” Carney told a local newspaper in northeast Pennsylvania. “And the thing is you never know who your enemy is going to be at any given time.”
Carney said news organizations reporting on the leaked documents “displayed enormously bad judgment,” and challenged whoever leaked the documents to explain themselves to “the families of those that we’ve lost at war.”
“It’s unconscionable and, from my perspective, unforgivable,” he said.
The sophomore Democrat faces former U.S. Attorney Tom Marino in November. The race is currently No. 10 on the pa2010.com Congressional Power Rankings.
July 27, 2010 at 9:34 am
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David Diano
Jul 27th, 2010
It’s a shame, but no surprise, that Carney is less interested in the truth than trying to blame someone for exposing the truth about how badly this war has been handled.
Reports indicate that the documents may even reveal war crimes and cover ups, during the Bush administration. These should be investigated, especially cases indicating the death of children.
Any member of the armed forces or government involved in such acts are not representing the US, and don’t deserve the respect the majority of our soldiers earn every day.
NE PA VET
Jul 28th, 2010
As a Veteran living in the 10th District, I am proud to have a Congressman representing me who understands what our troops go through. Chris Carney is an Intel Officer in the Navy Reserves and has a vast amount of experience dealing with sensitive information. Its a shame he is being accused of “blame” – As a Veteran it is reassuring that my Congressman has the guts to take a tough stand against someone within our ranks that would jeopardize the safety of his fellow soldiers.
David Diano
Jul 29th, 2010
Advocating cover-ups over the release of an honest assessment of the how the war is being conducted has led to MORE troop deaths and the pursuit of bad policies (and war crimes). It seems like US money going to Pakistan wound up being funneled to help the Taliban fight our own soldiers. If we had this information publicly available 5 years ago, the policies could have been altered and more US soldiers would be alive and with their families.
One can only hope that since this information represents the Bush era and policies, that Obama has learned from these errors in crafting current policy.