Wikileaks releases secret Iraq documents

The website “WikiLeaks” released nearly 400,000 classified U.S. files on the Iraq war yesterday, some detailing gruesome cases of prisoner abuse by Iraqi forces that the U.S. military knew about but failed to investigate.

U.S. officials said the leak endangered U.S. troops and had identified some 300 Iraqi collaborators who were now at risk.

“We should condemn in the most clear terms the disclosure of any classified information by individuals and organizations which puts the lives of United States and partner service members and civilians at risk,” said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The Pentagon said the files were only "ground-level" field reports from a well-chronicled war with no big surprises.

All U.S. forces are set to withdraw from Iraq by the end of next year. Listen: