Afghan War Diary leak

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United States military document leak document leak whistleblowing event

The Afghan War Diary leak was a major 2010 disclosure by WikiLeaks of over 75,000 classified U.S. military documents detailing the war in Afghanistan, exposing civilian casualties, covert operations, and alleged war crimes.

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Label	Occurrences
Afghan War Diary leak canonical	2
Afghan War Diary	1
Afghan War Logs	1
Afghan War documents leak	1
Afghanistan War Logs	1
Afghanistan war logs leak	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Afghan War Diary leak
Context triple: [United States v. Chelsea Manning, relatedTo, Afghan War Diary leak]

A. Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers are a classified U.S. Department of Defense study, leaked in 1971, that revealed previously undisclosed information about American political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.
B. United States v. Chelsea Manning
United States v. Chelsea Manning was the high-profile court-martial of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in a landmark conviction under U.S. military and national security law.
C. WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is an international whistleblowing organization and website that publishes classified, censored, or otherwise restricted documents to promote transparency and expose government and corporate misconduct.
D. Ham Gate
Ham Gate is one of the main access points on the western side of Richmond Park in southwest London, leading into the park from the village of Ham.
E. United States v. Daniel Ellsberg
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg was the landmark criminal case against the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, leading to dismissed charges after revelations of government misconduct.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Afghan War Diary leak
Target entity description: The Afghan War Diary leak was a major 2010 disclosure by WikiLeaks of over 75,000 classified U.S. military documents detailing the war in Afghanistan, exposing civilian casualties, covert operations, and alleged war crimes.

A. Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers are a classified U.S. Department of Defense study, leaked in 1971, that revealed previously undisclosed information about American political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.
B. United States v. Chelsea Manning
United States v. Chelsea Manning was the high-profile court-martial of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in a landmark conviction under U.S. military and national security law.
C. WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is an international whistleblowing organization and website that publishes classified, censored, or otherwise restricted documents to promote transparency and expose government and corporate misconduct.
D. Ham Gate
Ham Gate is one of the main access points on the western side of Richmond Park in southwest London, leading into the park from the village of Ham.
E. United States v. Daniel Ellsberg
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg was the landmark criminal case against the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, leading to dismissed charges after revelations of government misconduct.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military document leak ⓘ document leak ⓘ whistleblowing event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Afghan War Logs ⓘ linked to: Afghan War Diary leak Afghanistan War Logs ⓘ linked to: Afghan War Diary leak
concernsConflict	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
containsInformationOn	Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) activities ⓘ Taliban attacks ⓘ alleged war crimes ⓘ civilian casualties ⓘ covert operations ⓘ drone strikes ⓘ friendly fire incidents ⓘ special forces operations ⓘ
countryInvolved	Afghanistan ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
criticizedBy	Barack Obama administration ⓘ linked to: Barack Obama presidency U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ linked to: Department of Defense United States government ⓘ
describedAs	one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history at the time ⓘ
disclosedBy	WikiLeaks ⓘ
documentType	SIGACTS (Significant Activity) reports ⓘ classified U.S. military field reports ⓘ
editorInChiefAtTimeOfPublication	Julian Assange ⓘ
format	digital documents ⓘ
impact	increased scrutiny of U.S. conduct in Afghanistan ⓘ raised concerns about protection of military informants ⓘ sparked global debate on transparency and national security ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leakedBy	Chelsea Manning ⓘ
legalConsequenceForSource	court-martial of Chelsea Manning ⓘ linked to: United States v. Chelsea Manning
mediaPartners	Der Spiegel ⓘ The Guardian ⓘ The New York Times ⓘ
numberOfDocuments	approximately 91,000 ⓘ over 75,000 ⓘ
publicationDate	2010-07-25 ⓘ
publisher	WikiLeaks ⓘ
relatedTo	Iraq War Logs leak ⓘ United States diplomatic cables leak ⓘ linked to: U.S. diplomatic cables leak
sourceOccupation	U.S. Army intelligence analyst ⓘ
subjectOf	U.S. criminal investigation into WikiLeaks ⓘ
timePeriodCoveredEnd	2010 ⓘ
timePeriodCoveredStart	2004 ⓘ
topic	civilian protection in war ⓘ freedom of information ⓘ laws of armed conflict ⓘ whistleblower protection ⓘ
year	2010 ⓘ

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