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Q Yes, sir. This is Dale Kissinger, from MilitaryAvenue.com. And good evening. Thank you for taking the time tonight to talk with us. I was kind of wondering what the Coast Guard was doing in Afghanistan, but you explained that well. My question is based on the recent WikiLeaks. Are you seeing any lack of cooperation among the anti corruption officials and in the Afghan National Security Forces -- with names being published, et cetera, that might threaten their lives and their families' lives? Are you seeing any changes like that?
CAPT. ANDERSEN: I have not seen any changes like that. And it might be too premature, if there were going to be changes. There are, separate from the WikiLeaks issue, Dale, there are certain concerns when any individual comes forward in any society to bring forward information about corruption or a crime being committed. There's always a level of concern about their safety here. It's probably a little bit more. But I will tell you that there -- my experience, in the two-and- a-half months I've been here, is that although those concerns exist, there are also some very courageous and somewhat inspiring Afghans in the police and the army who are actually standing up, and making a stand against corruption and things that are going on in the ministry they know aren't right. But as far as the WikiLeaks, I haven't seen any change based on that. |
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Staff Judge Advocate, Anti-Corruption Office, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan (NTM-A/CSTC-A) |
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