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| | Its founder, [[Australia]]n [[Julian Assange]], has called it "an uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking and public analysis."<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/06/07/100607fa_fact_khatchadourian New Yorker, 6/7/2010]</ref> There was also evidence that ties the group, and Assange in particular, to [[George Soros]].<ref>http://sorosfiles.com/soros/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Trevor-Loudon-Assange.pdf</ref> | | Its founder, [[Australia]]n [[Julian Assange]], has called it "an uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking and public analysis."<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/06/07/100607fa_fact_khatchadourian New Yorker, 6/7/2010]</ref> There was also evidence that ties the group, and Assange in particular, to [[George Soros]].<ref>http://sorosfiles.com/soros/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Trevor-Loudon-Assange.pdf</ref> |
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| | + | Damaging leaks from the [[U.S. State Department]] were the third in a series of data dumps to the [[media]]. Embarrassing interactions between heads of states, damning details of positions and policies involved. [[Hillary Clinton]] was shown to request [[eavesdropping]] on certain people. |
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| | ==Democratic National Committee== | | ==Democratic National Committee== |
| | A few days before the opening of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, WikiLeaks posted internal DNC emails showing that [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]] and the DNC staff had favored [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] over [[Bernie Sanders]]. | | A few days before the opening of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, WikiLeaks posted internal DNC emails showing that [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]] and the DNC staff had favored [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] over [[Bernie Sanders]]. |
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| | + | Reportedly classified [[Russia]]n documents are in the media pipeline that embarrasses Kremlin leaders [[Putin]] and Medvedev. |
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| | ==Islamic Terrorism== | | ==Islamic Terrorism== |
| | For years, Wikileaks has been very useful in combating [[Islamic terrorism]] and [[sharia law]] by hosting material which elsewhere was subject to bans, [[Media blackout|blackouts]], and death threats. Examples include hosting the documentaries [[Fitna]] by [[Geert Wilders]] and [[Theo Van Gogh]]'s similar movie [[Submission (film)]]. | | For years, Wikileaks has been very useful in combating [[Islamic terrorism]] and [[sharia law]] by hosting material which elsewhere was subject to bans, [[Media blackout|blackouts]], and death threats. Examples include hosting the documentaries [[Fitna]] by [[Geert Wilders]] and [[Theo Van Gogh]]'s similar movie [[Submission (film)]]. |
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| − | Reportedly classified [[Russia]]n documents are in the media pipeline that embarrasses Kremlin leaders [[Putin]] and Medvedev.
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| | ==Iraq== | | ==Iraq== |
| | Information acquired from classified [[Iraq war]] documents shows evidence of [[Weapons of Mass Destruction]], mostly remnants of the first [[Gulf War]] stockpiles. [[Chemical weapons]] were uncovered from 2004 through the summer of 2008. Also, [[terrorist]] elements tried to acquire these and create their own clandestine chemical weapons labs.<ref>[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/10/wikileaks-show-wmd-hunt-continued-in-iraq-with-surprising-results/ WikiLeaks Show WMD Hunt Continued in Iraq – With Surprising Results, Wired, October 23, 2010]</ref> | | Information acquired from classified [[Iraq war]] documents shows evidence of [[Weapons of Mass Destruction]], mostly remnants of the first [[Gulf War]] stockpiles. [[Chemical weapons]] were uncovered from 2004 through the summer of 2008. Also, [[terrorist]] elements tried to acquire these and create their own clandestine chemical weapons labs.<ref>[http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/10/wikileaks-show-wmd-hunt-continued-in-iraq-with-surprising-results/ WikiLeaks Show WMD Hunt Continued in Iraq – With Surprising Results, Wired, October 23, 2010]</ref> |
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| | Top [[Obama Administration]] justice official [[Eric Holder]] has done nothing for months as WikiLeaks released [[top secret]] cables. Julian Assange is in the custody of [[Great Britain]] regarding rape allegations, which he denies. | | Top [[Obama Administration]] justice official [[Eric Holder]] has done nothing for months as WikiLeaks released [[top secret]] cables. Julian Assange is in the custody of [[Great Britain]] regarding rape allegations, which he denies. |
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| | + | ==[[Afghanistan]]== |
| | + | Several WikiLeaks colleagues say he, Julian Assange, acted alone when deciding to release the [[Afghan]] documents without removing the names of Afghan intelligence sources for [[NATO]] troops.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/world/24assange.html?_r=1 WikiLeaks Founder on the Run, Trailed by Notoriety, NYTimes, october 23, 2010]</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |