Media | WikiLeaks Pentagon Asks Media Not to Publish WikiLeaks' Iraq Files Pushes against distribution of war material By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Oct 18, 2010 1:35 PM CDT Copied Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a joint new conference with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, not seen, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, at NATO headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool) The Defense Department is asking media organizations not to publish or post on websites classified US war files released by WikiLeaks. The department has been bracing for a possible leak of as many as many as 400,000 documents from a military database on the Iraq war. The documents are mostly field reports, summarizing actions taken by troops and intelligence gathered. Click here for more what might be in the files. Read These Next University does 180 on professor fired for Charlie Kirk post. The woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis was a 37-year-old mom. Mayor rejects feds' account of deadly ICE shooting. Lego turned CES on its head this year with its latest innovation. Report an error