Why won't the Pentagon help WikiLeaks redact documents?

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When the controversy first arose over the lack of redactions in the war documents released by WikiLeaks, the website insisted that, using the New York Times as an intermediary, it had asked the Obama administration for help in removing names of Afghans before releasing the documents, a claim the Pentagon vehemently denied.  The New York Times, needless to say, sided with the Government -- that's what the NYT does -- but they did so by simultaneously confirming the ...