That is correct, there is a subset of ~15,000 records that are being withheld, which will be released when they no longer have a probability of being harmful to

That is correct, there is a subset of ~15,000 records that are being withheld, which will be released when they no longer have a probability of being harmful to those they mention. Source: http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/wikileaks-qa-with-ja.html http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/wikileaks-qa-with-ja.html Boing Boing: We're told that there are more documents from this archive yet to be released by Wikileaks, some 15,000 of them as reported. Some have speculated that these could relate to Iraq. Can you comment more? Jacob Appelbaum: The 15,000 documents are part of the set of Afghanistan documents. They are being redacted for harm-minimizing purposes as requested by our source, and will be made available as is applicable with respect to the relevant security concerns. I would like to know much more about the process by which Wikileaks determines what is or is not safe/relevant to be released. While I support their efforts, they are walking a thin line in becoming the very thing they are working against. I only hope that the decision was done by experienced committee, but even that raises questions as to how do you vet that committee for the ability to gauge what is and is not releasable. How does one determine those people are even of adequate credentials/authority to read the information ahead of time? If I were our the US govt., I certainly would be playing up that issue as much as possible. On the surface it would not be hard to push general sentiment in the direction of Wikileaks playing information Gods with the data they have.