U.S. Military Lists “Problem” Officials in Secret Document Found in Afghan Bazaar

“U.S. assessment of the extent of suspected corruption among Afghan public officials and law enforcement”
hmm, our govt is concerned about corruption?!? I never would have guessed seeing the way the GOP-led federal government seems to reward corruption in their drive to make accountability a thing of the past, a relic of the 20th century.
The fact that all sorts of administration officials (Libby, Rove, Safavian, Allen, etc.) are in different stages of investigations without a congressional inquiry into the Bush administration is a mockery of ‘the rule of law.’ Karl Rove is a fitting political head of the GOP–corrupt, devisive, and yet–somehow–he is considered a leader (of what, I wonder, a push towards totalitarianism?).
How long will the public be cowed into complacency? Will the public EVER demand that the elected officials show its citizens respect and be accountable for their actions?

So don’t get me wrong, but isn’t it a crime to illegally obtain and report “top secret” information? ABC news and the press decry constitutional rights violations of GWB administration, but fail to remember we are in a war and in many wars, including Vietnam and WWII, all information about the war, gathered by the press in the field of operation had to be approved by the “censor” board before it could be released? Yet GWB is violating their freedoms by having the press investigated for releasing Top Secret information.

Messrs Coleman and MB: These guys did not illegally get “secret” info – they legally bought it in a bazaar in Kabul. Just like the govt can use your bank records as evidence once you throw them out in your rubbish, all’s fair if the govt throws its records out in the bazaar. By the way, this isn’t a war – it’s an ‘authorized use of military force’, several semantic steps down from WWII or Vietnam. Quit being so afraid.

I hope ABC does not publish the information it finds. The story is that these computers and drives are ending up on the streets for sale, not what is in them. Don’t publish the details, just that they exist.

If it was found being sold in a street bazaar it’s long past being “secret”; it and similar items have no doubt been duplicated and sold numerous times to whoever has the coin to buy them. If I were you I’d worry more about how these got to the street in the first place, and not just in Afghanistan.

What secret information did ABC report?? None that Im aware of. They simply reported that they obtained a flash disc which had secret information on it. They did not disclose the information. Come on people!! Jeez!

Some of the commentaries seem to say that the media by uncovering the leaks and exposing them are responsible for them …..like the Fed raises interest rates and gets blamed by the the fools that voted for this backrupt administration for being the cause of high interest rates. The obscene federal deficit is the cause of higher interest rates and will continue to be. The leaks and lies of this administration started at the top and the responsibility for the most dishonest and self interestedly corrupt administration in modern history is with them ….”Where does that buck stop Harry?” This administration wants to and has traded the blood of young idealistic Americans for the personal power and wealth of their oil diplomacy, neo-imperialism, elitism, and other forms of historically obvious defunct attempts governance.

Funny how some folks get their panties all in a twist over “disclosing” stuff like this, yet at the same time they’re all for outing a CIA agent to defend a lie on which a war was based, and they’re all for spying on American citizens without warrant under the guise of keeping us safe. As Homer Simpson would say: “Doh!”

Yup, just one more example of how incompetently this “war” is being pursued. I would think the pro-military, “support the troops” types would be the most angry about this kind of incompetence. But nope, instead they simply make up excuses for their chimperor no matter how many times people point out that he is buck naked for all the world to see.

If it weren’t for the Press exposing this crap, there’d be no incentive for the Govt to be more careful with stuff that they don’t want our enemies to get. The press exposes what needs to be fixed in order to have a free and democratic country.

Once again, the Rush Limbaugh fan club is making excuses for the Bush Administration. When are the righties going to wake up and smell the coffee. Maybe when the Dems take over the house and a real investigation on the Bush Crime Family is allowed. Then again, most righties fail to see the truth in investigations (i.e., Ollie North, Right-Wing Hero).

“The bright light of truth” can be inconvenient, at times. However, one has to consider that the same light we be deeply appreciated when we have another President with the moral compass of a Richard Nixon or a Lyndon Johnson — or a Hillary Clinton.
It is worth reprising some of the events that took place during the Vietnam War to fully understand just how treacherous and self serving Presidents can be. The Tonkin Gulf incident, for example. And the assassination of a South Vietnamese president that Kennedy found “inconvenient”.
I’m no fan of George Bush, or any other living politician, for that matter. All the politicians I trusted have long since pass away.
Before you get too harsh with ABC News, think about how they took Clinton apart on the Chinese political contributions — Charlie Trie, et al.
Mike

why is our media so anti-american?
ughh. so depressing.

I wish the people who “think” they know everything about our government would put themselves in the place of “OUR” soldiers, quit their griping and whining & moaning about the current administration (whether you voted for them or not, they are here so support them) and put their money where their mouth is and support our troops. – Mother of a soldier

Hey I’m preachin to the Choir here!
The lapdogs have no identities of their own. Lost souls! Best Military in the world can’t be taken as hostages or can they?

Ok, choir members, let’s all get along and support the troops (whatever that means, more bumper stickers?). Why do some people immediately jump to the defense of this administration? They can’t be right all the time, it’s impossible. As an example, we can’t blame them for the hurricane deaths, although Pres. Bush was playing golf in AZ and then playing guitar in CA while people were crying for help. He did wave when he went over on Air Force One after he finished his vacation in Texas. You’ve done a heck of a job and ON and ON and ON…..
Now since “secret” documents were found in a street bazaar we can not report about it, although anybody that wanted it already had access to it. With this administration, I believe the diet of the White House dogs are now classified so it is hard to say whether or not it was even “top secret”.
The White House leaks the name of a CIA operative (treason) and we are supposed to support the administration for that as well. Blind loyalty leads to blindness, which I am afraid many people suffer from in the USA. We need to make our government accountable for it’s actions not just follow like sheep.
Our poor troops only suffer from this kind of loyalty when their armor is not adequate and not much is done about it until the press got involved.

Hey Reg, apparently 2 troops of the best military in the world have been taken as hostages. American’s will soon see just how much these men’s lives are worth to this administration. Heavy odds say that the stupidity and selfishness of the Bush administration will end up allowing these men to die. After all 2500 dead soldiers is “just a number” …..

Good going ABCNews. I myself would like to see some of that so-called top secret info.
But from experience this really means the tip of an iceberg.
Simple educated guessing means things are worst than we know…And I for one what to know.

A) How is it that the news folks just happened across what is likely to be one of many flash disks in the market outside the base?
B) You can go to any military base in the world and find stolen things for sale in bazaars and pawn shops
C) No CIA agent was “outed”, because it was more than 5 years since she had last been undercover and that prevents it from being a crime
D) There is nothing new in this information of so-called “problem” officials; the world has been trying to get them to stamp out the drug trade in Afghanistan since the Taliban were overthrown
E) Possession of sensitive government information you are not authorized to have IS a crime, no matter how you obtained it. Much in the same way that being in possession of stolen property in your city is a crime.
F) 2500 deaths, while each one lamentable, is a small number compared to what has been achieved in overthrowing a vicious dictator in Iraq (who is about to be put to death by his own people), and an Islamic government that not only completely twisted the concepts of Islam to gain and stay in power, but which also was as oppressive in its operation and rule as any in history.
G) Blaming the deficits for the increases in interest rates demonstrates that you know very little about finance and economics, the Balance of Payments, or the fact that the economy runs in cycles.

Whoever lost their tiny flash drive is resposible for their mistake. That doesn’t mean that an enemy has found the information on the drive. It’s good to want our military and government to do better. If you are an American and you delight in our secrets being exposed then you are a traitor and deserve to die.

Let’s face it. How do we (1) know these are authentic documents – I am sure the US has seen this and co-oberated that these are authentic documents and not something a street peddler might try to boot-leg- of course ! (2) These blogs are an arena for politics. Anything that goes wrong it is immediately Bush’s fault and the conservative republicans. It must have been his flash drive. The military is the same no matter who is commander-in-chief, they don’t slack off. So get over it and support our troops. Too bad Clinton didn’t let the military go after Osama back then instead of what has happened years later – could the same be said of what has been done by getting rid of Sadaam? Of course not right, that couldn’t make sense. (3) Ever heard the line don’t believe everything you read? I think it is hysterical that you all believe in a supposedly enept administration with conspiracys and spreading lies as well as everything else, yet you are quick to believe an article circulated in the paper as fact. That I find laughable. Get a grip, we are living in a difficult time where things aren’t black and white decisions, you suffer losses, you gain victories, in the end we will previal and it’s not a victory where we dance in the hills and have parades, it will be a victory you will celebrate with your continuing freedom and livelehood while so many sacrifice so much to give that to you.

1. When these people enlist they know the consequences. They are aware that they may face dangerous situations and thats why they get trained.
2. I doubt that the information on the flashdrive is authentic. No one in our military would just leave something like lying around.
3. We’re in a war and the only people that can bring our boys home is congress…so deal with it and get over yourselves.

Without freedom of the press…in ALL THINGS, we as a society become more nieve and ignorant. We, as a unique species, have a thirst for ALL KNOWLEDGE in EVERY facet of life or death or in between. What is troubling is our government and its legal lobbiest, the religious right , are taking over ownership of the majority of news papers, tv and radio stations(FOX being the most visual). They have installed men of religion in the FCC who are now making the so called MORAL decisions to suppress the freedom of speech and doing it legally. My opinion… who needs to take over a country with bloodshed when you can do it by controlling what its people see, hear and read..

So now the people know that we are helping to weed out corrupt politician and policemen. Or assassinate them, whatever. Sounds like a good program and I hope they ramp up their efforts to do the same in the United States of….whatever.