The NYT spills key military secrets on its front page

So what's the big deal about Julian Assange?

In The New York Times today, Mark Mazzetti and Dexter Filkins expose very sensitive classified government secrets -- and not just routine secrets, but high-level, imminent planning for American covert military action in a foreign country:

Read the expose here:

http://www.salon.com/news/pakistan/index.html?story=/opinion/greenwald/2010/12/21/nyt