An article from the Washington Post has stated that military files released by WikiLeaks disclose potential al-Qaida plots against the U.S. With relation to the recent Guantanamo Bay cables, the files have unveiled full names of potential al-Qaida members, which have now been printed in newspapers, websites, blogs etc.
The article reveals a few plots – which were never executed – by the detainees, including one to cut the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge! The Pentagon said that ‘the leaked files may or may not represent the current view of a given detainee’ (Washing Post, 2011), which conveys that the files are not necessarily representing the present opinions and/or motives of the current Guantanamo prisoners. For example, one prisoner named Jose Padilla was initially arrested through plots to blow up a building with a ‘radioactive dirty bomb’ (Washington Post, 2011), the claims were then dropped and he was later arrested for something completely unrelated.
These files have clearly brought to light many controversial issues, which in turn have raised many underlying and/or hidden matters. For example, questions of anonymity – whether it was just for the newspapers to reveal potential terrorists full names. Also the revelation that many Guantanamo detainees were not, actually, held with just cause. These underlying issues seem to arise with each article I find, but then I suspect that with 300+ cables released this would be inevitable.
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