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Double Cross With Gitmo Files  US Knew Where Osama Was Since
2005     An answer to this question is directly connected with
the cross and double cross accusations exchanged in the murky
world where the intelligence services meet mainstream media.
Publication of the US secret papers, the Guantanamo Files, was
done almost simultaneously by two competing media groups.  One
was the Wikileaks of Julian Assange and their partners The
Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, the French Le Monde.
Another one was The New York Times, The Guardian, the Israeli
Haaretz.  The Guardian said of the files: “They were obtained by
the New York Times, who shared them with the Guardian, which is
publishing extracts today, having redacted information which
might identify informants. The New York Times says the files
were made available to it not by Wikileaks, but "by another
source on the condition of anonymity".  Haaretz made more of it:
“A few media outlets, including