the production of this piece isn't so simple as "getting a bunch of files".
check this short blog from jay rosen @ nyu;s journalism school:
PressThink: The Afghanistan War Logs Released by Wikileaks, the World's First Stateless News Organization
if this guy's right, we're watching something quite interesting happen to the way in which journalism gets done.
to wit:
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In media history up to now, the press is free to report on what the powerful wish to keep secret because the laws of a given nation protect it. But Wikileaks is able to report on what the powerful wish to keep secret because the logic of the Internet permits it. This is new.
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