Politician nominates WikiLeaks for Nobel Peace Prize

A Norwegian politician said he called Wikileaks for a Nobel Peace Prize, citing the site's contribution to "democracy and freedom of expression worldwide.

Nominations for the Peace Prize was closed on Tuesday. Any legislator beneficiary, or the academic world can nominate anyone for the price, as the website price.

Storting members Snorre Valen said he appointed Wikileaks because it helped to draw a map of the freedom of information.

Xiabao Liu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, fought for human rights, democracy and freedom of expression in China, Vale, wrote in his blog. Similarly, Wikileaks took part in the battle those same values throughout the world, revealing a number of other things, corruption, war crimes and torture.

Wikileaks is a nonprofit site that publishes documents based business and government misconduct. Critics have accused of undermining national security, while supporters say it protects whistleblowers.

The site has published numerous secret documents, including in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan.

The military authorities have condemned the publication of documents. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he was shocked by the liberation of Afghanistan last year in the Journal of War.