Whistle-blower website Wikileaks carried out the biggest leak of diplomatic documents in history when it released 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables on November 28, 2010. Previously it had made public tens of thousands of classified documents on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
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Extradition of Wikileaks founder granted
Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, was given verdict on Thursday that he is to be extradited to Sweden to face his sexual assault allegation.
Howard Riddle, district judge of Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in south London, agreed to extradite Assange to Sweden despite his lawyers' argument that Assange would not receive a fair trial in Sweden. [Full story]
• Assange vows website will stay strong
• WikiLeaks founder stars in rap comedy
• Largest U.S. bank suspends Wikileaks payments
• WikiLeaks founder granted bail
• US Air Force cuts WikiLeaks news access
• Protesters rally to support WikiLeaks founder
• WikiLeaks backers threaten more cyber attacks
• WikiLeaks backers threaten more cyber attacks
• Young Dutch hacker arrested for WikiLeaks attacks
• Russia expects NATO to explain WikiLeaks report
• UN voices concern at 'cyber war' against wikiLeaks
• Hackers take revenge for WikiLeaks
• NATO plans to defend Baltics from Russia
• WikiLeaks sympathisers attack websites
• WikiLeaks founder Assange arrested in Britain
• Wikileaks' Assange in UK, police know where
• Assange can get Australia's consular help to if arrested abroad
• Leaks may hamper U.S. anti-terrorism intelligence sharing
• Debates on WikiLeaks disclosures get hotter in U.S.
• Mother of WikiLeaks founder: 'Don't hunt down my son'
• Interpol issues arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder
• U.S. limits cable access after massive leak
• Disclosure of secret files attack on U.S. interests
• UN not to comment on authenticity of WikiLeaks files
• WikiLeaks: Israel plans to counter Iran's nuke program
• Pakistan rejects WikiLeaks cables as 'condemnable act'
• WikiLeaks: Saudi king urged U.S. to attack Iran
• U.S. diplomats ordered to spy on UN leadership
• White House warns against release of classified cables
• US briefs allies on new documents leak
Iraq War |
The WikiLeaks website has published classified military documents from the Iraq war. The site's editor-in-chief told the files are "compelling evidence of war crimes," CNN reported on Saturday.
The reports make it clear that most civilians, by far, were killed by other Iraqis. [Full story]
• Pentagon urges media not to publish Wikileaks trove
Afghanistan War |
WikiLeaks to release more Afghan files
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said the whistleblower website planned to release more secret Afghan war documents regardless the Pentagon's warning to withhold the material, according to media reports. [Full story]
• WikiLeaks investigation expanded
• Obama in damage control over war leak
• Afghan gov't shocked by leakage of U.S. military reports
• Pentagon fears more war-log leaks
• Canada worried about Afghan document leak
• U.S. investigates Afghanistan war leaks
• Afghan war secrets leaked online
Opinion |
• WikiLeaks needs an operational standard
• Questions linger around WikiLeaks
• Defining boundaries for diplomatic confidentiality
• Decoding official statistics takes both sides
• Wikileaks: treason or patriotism?
• WikiLeaks highlights U.S. hurdles in run-up to Afghanistan withdrawal
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