Wikileaks Cracks NATO’s Master Narrative for Afghanistan
February 27th, 2009It appears that Wikileaks is distributing NATO classified documents that some imbecile at CENTCOM left on an open webshare. The Wikileaks people ran a dictionary attack on the files and found the password on them was progress.
Via: Wikileaks:
Wikileaks has cracked the encryption to a key document relating to the war in Afghanistan. The document, titled “NATO in Afghanistan: Master Narrative”, details the “story” NATO representatives are to give–and to avoid giving–to journalists.
The encrypted document, which is dated October 6, and believed to be current, can be found on the Pentagon Central Command website “oneteam.centcom.mil”: [UPDATE Fri Feb 27 15:18:38 GMT 2009: the entire Pentagon site is now down–probably in response to this editorial]
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The encryption password is progress, which perhaps reflects the Pentagon’s desire to stay on-message, even to itself.
Among the revelations, which we encourage the press to review in detail, is Jordan’s presense as secret member of the US lead occupation force, the ISAF.
Jordan is a middle eastern monarchy, backed by the US, and historically the CIA’s closest partner in its extraordinary renditions program. “the practice of torture is routine” in the country, according to a January 2007 report by UN special investigator for torture, Manfred Nowak.
NATO spokespersons are instructed to conceal Jordan’s involvement in the ISAF coalition. Publicly, Jordan withdrew in 2001 and the country does not appear on the Feb 13 NATO public list of ISAF member states.
I can’t get to the wikileaks page, either. I’d guess they’re getting hammered — either legitimately, or by the folks who don’t want the rest of us to got there.
http://88.80.13.160/wiki/NATO_Media_Operations_Centre:_NATO_in_Afghanistan:_Master_Narrative%2C_6_Oct_2008
http://88.80.13.160/wiki/Wikileaks_cracks_NATO%27s_Master_Narrative_for_Afghanistan