the issues raised by the leak are political. they have to do with the pending vote on funding for the afghanistan adventure. the materials leaked do quite alot of reframe the debate about what the war looks like, what's going on, where things have gotten to. they also make it pretty obvious that the scenario there is civil war. maybe that's why the political class feels compelled to act as though this is all old news:
washingtonpost.com
which is the infotainment management tack of the day.
yesterday was more about endangering people.
whatever works, i suppose.