Assange: Danish govt requested files the US refused to give them

Source: Ekstrabladet.dk

Det danske forsvar har bedt om - og fået - fortrolige filer af Wikileaks, som de amerikanske myndigheder nægtede at udlevere.

Det fortalte stifteren af Wikileaks, Julian Assange, i et interview, som han netop har givet via Skype til forsamlede journalister på Arij-konferencen for undersøgende, arabisk journalistik, der finder sted i Amman i Jordan.

Det danske forsvarsministerium forsøger for øjeblikket at komme til bunds i anklager om, at danske soldater har udleveret Irakiske fanger til tortur.

I den forbindelse skulle de bruge adgang til en række dokumenter, såkaldte 'war-logs', som vores allierede i det amerikanske militær ligger inde med. Men danskerne fik nej, siger Assange.

Read more: http://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/samfund/article1459516.ece

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Translation: The Danish Department of Defense has requested, and been given, confidential files from Wikileaks that the US government refused to hand over.

Julian Assange said this in an interview he just gave via Skype to journalists at the Arij conference for investigative Arabic jouranlism in Amman, Jordan.

The Danish Dept of Defense are investigating whether Danish troops handed Iraqi prisoners over (To the Americans i presume) to be tortured. They requested War logs from the US military, but they refused.

The Danish military confirms that they have the documents, but that the US military gave it to them, and not Wikileaks.

PB

Lots of messes to clean up after this little party.

breaking international law?

it has been trying to cling on to plausible deny-ability regarding its part in the US "rendition" and torture programs. There has been an unholy alliance between our local right wing politics and the US government.

on the mess. Have you ever cleaned your own house? You need to know where the mess is.

of their government.

I think I like this more and more.

:rofl:

Thanks for the translation Lars.

:hi:

Thanks for the thread, Lars.