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Toensing commented: “It is true, as per the White House pushback, that little in the Wikileaks documents is entirely new. What this trove does, however, is present fine-grained confirmation of suspicions on the part of war critics that the Afghanistan war is essentially a fool's errand. It is also intriguing that the leaked intelligence assessments are field reports, meaning that it may have been junior officers -- the men and women on the front lines -- who spilled the beans."

Chris Toensing is executive director of MERIP and editor of Middle East Report.