The US Department of Defense on Thursday formally demanded that Wikileaks return all military records that it possesses, saying they are the "property of the US government".
Geoff Morrell, the department's press secretary, said the military "demands that Wikileaks return immediately to the US government all versions of documents obtained directly or indirectly from the Department of Defense databases or records" and permanently delete them.
In addition, Morrell said, the Wikileaks.org website "constitutes a brazen solicitation to US government officials, including our military, to break the law" by claiming that leaking confidential or classified information is legal.
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