I do not think that any individual has the right to disclose "classified" information without the consent of the owners of that information i.e the government, especially when lives may be at risk as a result. There is enough bloodshed without provoking more. DON new zealand

So, DON, should we just assume that the powers that be are doing the right thing at all times? Enough bloodshed? It's a fact that the operation in Iraq was based on a pretext. When called to account, the stated "mission" is changed. Same in Afghanistan. Are we still looking for Osama? No, we're there to protect the Afghan "democracy". A Kiwi should know from his country's experience at Gallipoli and in Vietnam that sometimes troops are sent to fight for no good reason at all. Systemic cover-ups keep this stuff out of the public eye, and then they are more forgiving when the next lot of young people are sent "like lambs to the slaughter". The fact that "lives are at risk" is the whole point of the disclosure.

I agree with Roger. I don't think Don quite understands how much we are kept in the dark on these matters. If we're sending out children and loved ones to fight and die in a war that the majority doesn't even believe in, shouldn't we at least be given the truth about the situation? I've lost a lot of faith in this country because of "wars" just like this, things like the Patriot Act, and the ever-present imperialistic nationalism our leaders would want to instill in us.