US urges media not to publish secret WikiLeaks files

"News organisations should be cautioned not to facilitate the leaking of classified documents with this disreputable organisation known as WikiLeaks," Pentagon spokesperson Colonel Dave Lapan told reporters.

Helping the website publish the classified records could "provide a veneer of legitimacy to WikiLeaks," he said.

But Lapan did not threaten legal action and said so far no news outlet has indicated it intends to cooperate with WikiLeaks, in what would be the second planned online document dump by the renegade website.

"We have not been approached specifically by news organizations about the release," Lapan said.

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