The State Department and the Pentagon in a statement categorically denounced the leak of 779 secret documents about Guantanamo military prison in Cuba who won the organization Wikileaks. Several newspapers (the New York Times and Washington Post among others) have posted on their websites details of the new leak of Wikileaks.
"It is unfortunate that several media organizations have taken the decision to publish numerous documents obtained illegally by Wikileaks related to the detention center at Guantanamo," the statement said. "These documents contain confidential information about current and former detainees at Guantanamo and strongly condemn the leak of this sensitive information," the joint statement from the Pentagon and the State Department.
United States indicated that the Pentagon Papers Wikileaks include Detainee Assessment Records (DABs by its acronym in English) written by the Department of Defense between 2002 and early 2009. "These DABs were written based on information available then," the official response. The statement stressed that the Review Working Group at Guantanamo, established in January 2009, considered the DABs during its review of information from detainees.
The U.S. government insists that on occasion this working group reached the same conclusions as the DABs but there were other discrepancies. The statement stresses that Wikileaks had no access to the findings of the working group and therefore the documents obtained "illegally" by WikiLeaks may or may not represent the opinion of a particular detainee.
U.S. ensure that both current and former administration made every effort within its power to perform with the utmost "care and diligence" the transfer of Guantanamo detainees. The statement recalled that the previous government transferred 537 detainees and the current White House authorized the transfer of 67.
"For both governments to protect U.S. citizens has been a top priority and we are concerned that disclosure of the documents could damage these efforts," the statement said. 
"It is unfortunate that several media organizations have taken the decision to publish numerous documents obtained illegally by Wikileaks related to the detention center at Guantanamo," the statement said. "These documents contain confidential information about current and former detainees at Guantanamo and strongly condemn the leak of this sensitive information," the joint statement from the Pentagon and the State Department.
United States indicated that the Pentagon Papers Wikileaks include Detainee Assessment Records (DABs by its acronym in English) written by the Department of Defense between 2002 and early 2009. "These DABs were written based on information available then," the official response. The statement stressed that the Review Working Group at Guantanamo, established in January 2009, considered the DABs during its review of information from detainees.
The U.S. government insists that on occasion this working group reached the same conclusions as the DABs but there were other discrepancies. The statement stresses that Wikileaks had no access to the findings of the working group and therefore the documents obtained "illegally" by WikiLeaks may or may not represent the opinion of a particular detainee.
U.S. ensure that both current and former administration made every effort within its power to perform with the utmost "care and diligence" the transfer of Guantanamo detainees. The statement recalled that the previous government transferred 537 detainees and the current White House authorized the transfer of 67.
"For both governments to protect U.S. citizens has been a top priority and we are concerned that disclosure of the documents could damage these efforts," the statement said.
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