WikiLeaks
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Wikileaks is an amorphous, international organization based in Sweden that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive documents from governments and other organizations, while preserving the anonymity of their sources. Its website, launched in 2006, is run by The Sunshine Press. The organization has stated it was founded by Chinese dissidents, as well as journalists, mathematicians, and start-up company technologists from the U.S., Taiwan, Europe, Australia, and South Africa. Newspaper articles and The New Yorker magazine (June 7, 2010) describe Julian Assange, an Australian ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
Overview
Media:
Online
Audience:
Very large audience (1M or more) (English)
Scope:
International
Political Viewpoint:
Not Applicable
Owners:
Julian Assange | nonprofit_organization
Editorial
Edited By:
Jon Mitchell
Last Edit:
Jul 26, 2010 - 8:36 AM PDT
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Top Topics:
U.S. (4), World (3), Media (3), Politics (2), Journalism (2), Business (2), U.S. Military (1), Freedom of Speech (1), War (1), Afghanistan (1), Pakistan (1), Living (1), Law (1), U.S. Economy (1), War in Iraq (1)...
Top Authors:
Rop Gonggrijp (1), Julian Assange (1), Inji Ragnar Ingason (1), Leak Of Audio Recording (1), Alan Db (1), Birgitta Jonsdottir (1), Kristinn Hrafnnsson (1)
Top Formats:
Investigative Report (1), Not Sure (1), Special Report (1), Statement (1)
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"The Kissinger Cables": Three Years After "Collateral Murder," WikiLeaks Explores U.S. Diplomacy
(Multimedia) The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has just published "the Kissinger Cables," 1.7 million U.S. diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973 to 1976 that include many ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
WikiLeaks: Vatican Dismissed Pinochet Massacre Reports As 'Communist Propaganda'
Gen. Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship was responsible for the deaths of as many as 3,200 people in Chile in the 1970s, but the Vatican dismissed reports of bloodshed ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
More Secrets on Growing State Surveillance: Exclusive Part 2 With NSA Whistleblower, Targeted Hacker
In part two of our national broadcast exclusive on the growing domestic surveillance state, we speak with National Security Agency whistleblower William Binney, and two ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Wikileaks Publishes Millions Of Confidential Emails From Security Firm
The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks began publishing on Monday more than five million emails from a U.S.-based global security analysis company that has been likened to a shadow CIA.Posted by Dwight Rousu -
WikiLeaks: Iraqi children in U.S. raid shot in head, U.N. says
A U.S. diplomatic cable made public by WikiLeaks provides evidence that U.S. troops executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
WikiLeaks Cables Reveal "Secret History" of U.S. Bullying in Haiti at Oil Companies' Behest
The Nation magazine, in partnership with the Haitian weekly newspaper, Haïti Liberté, has launched a series of reports based on more than 19,000 classified U.S. diplomatic ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
WikiLeaks: Al-Qaida Already Has Nuclear Capacity
U.S. authorities believe al-Qaida already has nuclear capacity and is ready to use it, new WikiLeaks documents detailing prisoner interrogations in Guantanamo Bay have revealed.Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Where do all these claims about WikiLeaks doing something on Iraq today (Monday) come from?
(Blog Post) Where do all these claims about WikiLeaks doing something on Iraq today (Monday) come from? A single tabloidPosted by Jon Mitchell -
Allegations against WikiLeaks founder and spokesperson Julian Assange
(Blog Post) On Saturday 21st of August, we have been made aware of rape allegations made against Julian Assange, founder of this project and one of our spokespeople. We are deeply ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
The Afghan War Diary
WikiLeaks today released over 75,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan. This leak covers attacks on innocent people committed by US forces, incidents of friendly-fire, ...Posted by Jon Mitchell
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