Steve Coll on the WikiLeaks Afghan War Logs from The Washington Note by Steve Clemons

My New America Foundation colleague Steve Coll, a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and one of the nation's leading national security and intelligence experts on Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, appeared on The PBS NewsHour this evening along with NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown and journalist Philip Smucker to discuss the impact and significance of the massive dump of Afghanistan war logs at WikiLeaks.
Feel free to read the entire transcript, but I wanted to draw out Coll's comments on the war logs. He highlights some key points -- including the consequences of ongoing Pakistan ISI support of Taliban operations and the on the ground realities for Afghan citizens that are far removed from whatever noble intentions the US may have there. He cautions that there is much hearsay in the materials.http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2010/07/steve_coll_on_t/

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