White House: Website's leak of secrets is 'alarming'

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

WASHINGTON -- The monumental leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened Monday to create new conflict with Pakistan, whose spy agency was a focus of much of the material, and raised questions about Washington's own ability to protect military secrets. The White House called the disclosures "alarming" and scrambled to assess the damage.

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