The Pentagon believes WikiLeaks has more than 400, 000 documents from the Iraq war, mostly raw, low-level intelligence reports.

WSJ: Pentagon Vets Iraq Documents WikiLeaks May Post

And you need resources to turn those raw materials into Olympic-level gold medal winning athletes, and that's income.

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On one level, the whole thing was an assertion of raw power, dressed up with the trappings of a grand global strategy.

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