Leaked Afghan War Files Pose "Dangerous" Risks: GatesUS Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday that leaked documents on the Afghan war posed "dangerous" risks for Americans in battle and for US relationships in the region.

Gates told reporters that Pentagon would "aggressively investigate" who was behind the leak and ask the Federal Bureau of investigation to help in the probe.
At a press conference Gates and US military's top officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, said that the leak of 92,000 classified documents by the website WikiLeaks contained no new information and did not call into question the US strategy in the Afghan war.

Gates, however, said "the battlefield consequences of the release of these documents are potentially severe and dangerous for our troops, our allies and Afghan partners, and may well damage our relationships and reputation in that key part of the world."

"Intelligence sources and methods, as well as military tactics, techniques and procedures will become known to our adversaries," he said.

The defense secretary promised "a thorough, aggressive investigation to determine how this leak occurred, to identify the person or persons responsible, and to assess the content of the information compromised."

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