And the documents that were able tobe declassified and released help provide information to Americans and people around the globe about the state of al Qaeda when bin Laden was taken out, the fact that that organization was under a great deal of stress, had been diminished, but remained a threat and remains a threat.
But a spokesman for GOP presidential candidate John McCain's campaign releaseddocuments late Thursday indicating Wooten signed a waiver during his divorce that allowed his entire personnel file tobereleased.
At the end of July, shortly after Wikileaks had released tens of thousands of documents relating to the Afghan war, the US military refused tobe drawn on whether Pte Manning was a suspect in a wider investigation.