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WikiLeaks (/ ˈ w ɪ k i l iː k s /) is a non-profit media organisation and publisher of leaked documents. It is funded by donations [13] and media partnerships. It has published classified documents and other media provided by anonymous sources. [14] It was founded in 2006 by Julian Assange. [15] Kristinn Hrafnsson is its editor-in-chief.
Julian Paul Assange (/ ə ˈ s ɑː n ʒ / ⓘ ə-SAHNZH; [3] né Hawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006.
On 5 April 2010, WikiLeaks released classified U.S. military footage from a series of attacks on 12 July 2007 in Baghdad by a U.S. helicopter that killed 12–18 people, [96] [97] [98] including two Reuters news staff, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen. The attack also wounded others including two children who were in a van that was fired on ...
It was founded by Assange in 2006 and lists several international media organisations among its co-publishers, research partners and funders. What is WikiLeaks and why did it get Julian Assange in ...
Among the most potent in the cache of files published by WikiLeaks was video of a 2007 Apache helicopter attack by American forces in Baghdad that killed 11 people, including two Reuters journalists.
Asked if he would be prepared to help fund WikiLeaks, which Assange founded in 2006, Waters said: "Of course. I mean, I can’t fund the whole thing. ... People. 2 women are the only passengers on ...
The founding of Wikileaks in 2006 is followed by coverage of several key events: its 2009–2010 leaks about the Icelandic financial collapse, Swiss banking tax evasion, Kenyan government corruption, toxic-waste dumping, Chelsea Manning's communications with Adrian Lamo, the release by Wikileaks of the Collateral Murder video, the Iraq War ...
Cryptome was known for publishing the alleged identities of people ... Cartome was founded. [38] In July, two FBI agents spoke ... WikiLeaks accused Cryptome of ...