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| − | This is a '''timeline of {{w| | + | This is a '''timeline of {{w|WikiLeaks}}''', an international {{w|non-profit}} organization that publishes {{w|news leak}}s,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifla.org/publications/what-is-the-effect-of-wikileaks-for-freedom-of-information |title=What is the effect of WikiLeaks for Freedom of Information? |last=Karhula |first=Päivikki |date=5 October 2012 |publisher=International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions |access-date=11 October 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630172755/http://www.ifla.org/publications/what-is-the-effect-of-wikileaks-for-freedom-of-information |archivedate=30 June 2012 |deadurl=no }}</ref> |
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| 2010 – 2011 || The first massive information leak happens in 2010.<ref name="US intelligence versus Julian Assange - a brief history">{{cite web |title=US intelligence versus Julian Assange - a brief history |url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/12/why-american-army-and-cia-want-to-get-revenge-on-assange-and-wikileaks |website=euronews.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> In 2011, WikiLeaks receives many awards. | | 2010 – 2011 || The first massive information leak happens in 2010.<ref name="US intelligence versus Julian Assange - a brief history">{{cite web |title=US intelligence versus Julian Assange - a brief history |url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/12/why-american-army-and-cia-want-to-get-revenge-on-assange-and-wikileaks |website=euronews.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> In 2011, WikiLeaks receives many awards. | ||
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| − | | 2016 || {{w| | + | | 2016 || {{w|WikiLeaks}} intervention disrupts the {{w|2016 United States elections}} and more precisely the [[w:Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] political campaign. |
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| 2017 || WikiLeaks publishes the biggest ever leak of {{w|CIA}} documents, revealing the agency’s hacking and surveillance techniques.<ref>{{cite web |title=Radical who refused to compromise |url=https://mondediplo.com/2019/05/03assange |website=mondediplo.com |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> | | 2017 || WikiLeaks publishes the biggest ever leak of {{w|CIA}} documents, revealing the agency’s hacking and surveillance techniques.<ref>{{cite web |title=Radical who refused to compromise |url=https://mondediplo.com/2019/05/03assange |website=mondediplo.com |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> | ||
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! Year !! Month and date !! Event type !! Details | ! Year !! Month and date !! Event type !! Details | ||
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| − | | 1971 || || Prelude || United States military analyst {{w|Daniel Ellsberg}} releases the ''{{w|Pentagon Papers}}'', a top-secret [[w:The Pentagon|Pentagon]] study of the [[w:Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] decision-making in relation to the {{w|Vietnam War}}, to ''{{w|The New York Times}}'' and other newspapers. This study would be {{w|Julian Assange}} inspiration for {{w| | + | | 1971 || || Prelude || United States military analyst {{w|Daniel Ellsberg}} releases the ''{{w|Pentagon Papers}}'', a top-secret [[w:The Pentagon|Pentagon]] study of the [[w:Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] decision-making in relation to the {{w|Vietnam War}}, to ''{{w|The New York Times}}'' and other newspapers. This study would be {{w|Julian Assange}} inspiration for {{w|WikiLeaks}}.<ref name="britannica.com">{{cite web |title=WikiLeaks |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/WikiLeaks |website=britannica.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> |
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| 1971 || July 3 || Prelude || {{w|Julian Assange}} is born in the province of {{w|Queensland}}, {{w|Australia}}.<ref name="WikiLeaks: a brief historyvv">{{cite web |title=WikiLeaks: a brief history |url=http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/caseconsortium/casestudies/70/casestudy/www/layout/case_id_70_id_627.html |website=ccnmtl.columbia.edu |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="biography.com"/> | | 1971 || July 3 || Prelude || {{w|Julian Assange}} is born in the province of {{w|Queensland}}, {{w|Australia}}.<ref name="WikiLeaks: a brief historyvv">{{cite web |title=WikiLeaks: a brief history |url=http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/caseconsortium/casestudies/70/casestudy/www/layout/case_id_70_id_627.html |website=ccnmtl.columbia.edu |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="biography.com"/> | ||
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| 2006 || December 26 || Release || The first posting on <code>leaks.org</code> is a decision (never verified) by a Somali rebel leader to execute government officials.<ref name="WikiLeaks: a brief historyvv"/><ref name="How WikiLeaks works">{{cite web |title=How WikiLeaks works |url=https://defend.wikileaks.org/wikileaks/ |website=defend.wikileaks.org |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> | | 2006 || December 26 || Release || The first posting on <code>leaks.org</code> is a decision (never verified) by a Somali rebel leader to execute government officials.<ref name="WikiLeaks: a brief historyvv"/><ref name="How WikiLeaks works">{{cite web |title=How WikiLeaks works |url=https://defend.wikileaks.org/wikileaks/ |website=defend.wikileaks.org |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2007 || || Launch || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] announces the formal launch of {{w| | + | | 2007 || || Launch || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] announces the formal launch of {{w|WikiLeaks}}.<ref name="WikiLeaks: a brief historyvv"/> |
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| 2007 || || Partnership || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] initiates a relationship with British daily newspaper {{w|The Guardian}}, which reportedly receives regular emails from WikiLeaks “editor-in-chief” Assange, sometimes with a "good story to tell".<ref name="WikiLeaks: a brief historyvv"/> | | 2007 || || Partnership || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] initiates a relationship with British daily newspaper {{w|The Guardian}}, which reportedly receives regular emails from WikiLeaks “editor-in-chief” Assange, sometimes with a "good story to tell".<ref name="WikiLeaks: a brief historyvv"/> | ||
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| − | | 2007 || August 31 || Partnership || {{w| | + | | 2007 || August 31 || Partnership || {{w|WikiLeaks}} and {{w|The Guardian}} work in tandem for the first time, with WikiLeaks posting the full text off, and the Guardian running a story on, a report by the private investigations firm Kroll about the alleged corruption of former Kenyan President {{w|Daniel Arap Moi}}.<ref name="WikiLeaks: a brief historyvv"/> |
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| − | | 2007 || November || Release || {{w| | + | | 2007 || November || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} posts the standard operating procedures for the U.S. {{w|Guantanamo Bay detention camp}}.<ref name="britannica.com"/> |
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| − | | 2007 || December || Release || {{w| | + | | 2007 || December || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} posts the {{w|United States Army}} manual for soldiers dealing with prisoners at [[w:Camp Delta (Guantanamo Bay)|Camp Delta]], a permanent American [[w:Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|detainment camp at Guantanamo Bay]].<ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts">{{cite web |title=WikiLeaks Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/03/world/wikileaks-fast-facts/index.html |website=edition.cnn.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2008 || March || Release || WikiLeaks publishes internal material from the {{w|Church of Scientology}}. This would lead to the group threatening suit on the grounds of copyright infringement.<ref name="britannica.com"/><ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> | + | | 2008 || March || Release || WikiLeaks publishes internal material from the {{w|Church of Scientology}}. This would lead to the group threatening suit on the grounds of copyright infringement.<ref name="britannica.com"/><ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> |
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| 2008 || April || Recognition || Wikileaks is awarded ''{{w|The Economist}}'s'' New Media Award at the Index on Censorship Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Announced|url=http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2008/04/winners-of-index-on-censorship-freedom-of-expression-award-announced/|publisher=Index on Censorship|accessdate=27 May 2019|date=22 April 2008}}</ref> | | 2008 || April || Recognition || Wikileaks is awarded ''{{w|The Economist}}'s'' New Media Award at the Index on Censorship Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Announced|url=http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2008/04/winners-of-index-on-censorship-freedom-of-expression-award-announced/|publisher=Index on Censorship|accessdate=27 May 2019|date=22 April 2008}}</ref> | ||
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| 2008 || November || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} posts a list of names and addresses of people it claims belong to {{w|British National Party}}, a [[w:Far-right politics|far-right]], [[w:Fascism|fascist]] [[w:list of political parties in the United Kingdom|political party in the United Kingdom]].<ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> | | 2008 || November || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} posts a list of names and addresses of people it claims belong to {{w|British National Party}}, a [[w:Far-right politics|far-right]], [[w:Fascism|fascist]] [[w:list of political parties in the United Kingdom|political party in the United Kingdom]].<ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> | ||
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| − | | 2008 || || Recognition || {{w| | + | | 2008 || || Recognition || {{w|WikiLeaks}} receives The Economist New Media Award.<ref name="Awards">{{cite web |title=Awards |url=https://medium.com/@zhivko/he-was-a-trump-booster-during-the-2016-election-theres-no-evidence-in-this-article-aside-from-a-5fdaed0d4637 |website=medium.com |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> || |
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| 2009 || March 16 || || The {{w|Australian Communications and Media Authority}} adds WikiLeaks to their proposed list of sites that will be blocked for all Australians if the [[w:Internet censorship in Australia|mandatory internet filtering scheme]] is implemented as planned.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/home/technology/banned-hyperlinks-could-cost-you-11000-a-day/2009/03/17/1237054787635.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1&page=-1/ |title=Banned hyperlinks could cost you $11,000 a day |work=The Age|place=Melbourne |date=16 March 2009 |accessdate=27 May 2019|first=Asher|last=Moses | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106205253/http://www.theage.com.au/news/home/technology/banned-hyperlinks-could-cost-you-11000-a-day/2009/03/17/1237054787635.html?page=fullpage | archivedate = 2012-11-06| deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mirror.wikileaks.info/wiki/Australia_secretly_censors_Wikileaks_press_release_and_Danish_Internet_censorship_list%2C_16_Mar_2009/index.html |title=Australia secretly censors Wikileaks press release and Danish Internet censorship list, 16 Mar 2009 |publisher=Mirror.wikileaks.info |date=16 March 2009 |accessdate=27 May 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415212707/http://mirror.wikileaks.info/wiki/Australia_secretly_censors_Wikileaks_press_release_and_Danish_Internet_censorship_list%2C_16_Mar_2009/index.html |archivedate=15 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The blacklisting would be removed by 29 November 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Josh |url=http://www.zdnet.com.au/wikileaks-removed-from-acma-blacklist-339307604.htm |title=Wikileaks removed from ACMA blacklist |work=ZDNet Australia |date=29 November 2010 |accessdate=1 December 2010 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101129235721/http://www.zdnet.com.au/wikileaks-removed-from-acma-blacklist-339307604.htm | archivedate = 2010-11-29| deadurl=no}}</ref> | | 2009 || March 16 || || The {{w|Australian Communications and Media Authority}} adds WikiLeaks to their proposed list of sites that will be blocked for all Australians if the [[w:Internet censorship in Australia|mandatory internet filtering scheme]] is implemented as planned.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/home/technology/banned-hyperlinks-could-cost-you-11000-a-day/2009/03/17/1237054787635.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1&page=-1/ |title=Banned hyperlinks could cost you $11,000 a day |work=The Age|place=Melbourne |date=16 March 2009 |accessdate=27 May 2019|first=Asher|last=Moses | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106205253/http://www.theage.com.au/news/home/technology/banned-hyperlinks-could-cost-you-11000-a-day/2009/03/17/1237054787635.html?page=fullpage | archivedate = 2012-11-06| deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mirror.wikileaks.info/wiki/Australia_secretly_censors_Wikileaks_press_release_and_Danish_Internet_censorship_list%2C_16_Mar_2009/index.html |title=Australia secretly censors Wikileaks press release and Danish Internet censorship list, 16 Mar 2009 |publisher=Mirror.wikileaks.info |date=16 March 2009 |accessdate=27 May 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415212707/http://mirror.wikileaks.info/wiki/Australia_secretly_censors_Wikileaks_press_release_and_Danish_Internet_censorship_list%2C_16_Mar_2009/index.html |archivedate=15 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The blacklisting would be removed by 29 November 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Josh |url=http://www.zdnet.com.au/wikileaks-removed-from-acma-blacklist-339307604.htm |title=Wikileaks removed from ACMA blacklist |work=ZDNet Australia |date=29 November 2010 |accessdate=1 December 2010 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101129235721/http://www.zdnet.com.au/wikileaks-removed-from-acma-blacklist-339307604.htm | archivedate = 2010-11-29| deadurl=no}}</ref> | ||
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| 2009 || November || Release || WikiLeaks posts more than half a million pager messages sent within a 24-hour period around the {{w|September 11 attacks}}. Revealing messages include exchanges from "{{w|The Pentagon}}, {{w|FBI}}, [[w:Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] and {{w|New York Police Department}}" officials. WikiLeaks states about the release: "We hope that its entrance into the historical record will lead to a nuanced understanding of how this event led to death, opportunism and war."<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web |title=Six big leaks from Julian Assange's WikiLeaks over the years |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/11/julian-assange-six-wikileaks-most-memorable-revelations/3434371002/ |website=usatoday.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | | 2009 || November || Release || WikiLeaks posts more than half a million pager messages sent within a 24-hour period around the {{w|September 11 attacks}}. Revealing messages include exchanges from "{{w|The Pentagon}}, {{w|FBI}}, [[w:Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] and {{w|New York Police Department}}" officials. WikiLeaks states about the release: "We hope that its entrance into the historical record will lead to a nuanced understanding of how this event led to death, opportunism and war."<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web |title=Six big leaks from Julian Assange's WikiLeaks over the years |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/11/julian-assange-six-wikileaks-most-memorable-revelations/3434371002/ |website=usatoday.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2009 || || Recognition || {{w| | + | | 2009 || || Recognition || {{w|WikiLeaks}} is awarded The Amnesty New Media Award.<ref name="Awards"/> |
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| − | | 2010 || February || Funding || {{w| | + | | 2010 || February || Funding || {{w|WikiLeaks}} announces it has been given the US$200,000 in donations it needs to continue work.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nickson |first1=Chris |title=WikiLeaks fixes its money leak |url=https://www.techradar.com/in/news/internet/wikileaks-fixes-its-money-leak-668189 |website=techradar.com |accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2010 || April 5 || Release || {{w| | + | | 2010 || April 5 || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} posts a classified military video showing a {{w|Boeing AH-64 Apache}} firing on and killing two journalists and a number of Iraqi civilians in 2007. The military claims that the helicopter crew believed the targets were armed insurgents, not civilians.<ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> |
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| 2010 || May || Legal || The first formal charges are filed when low-level U.S. Army intelligence analyst {{w|Bradley Manning}} is arrested in connection with the release of the 2007 helicopter video.<ref name="britannica.com"/> | | 2010 || May || Legal || The first formal charges are filed when low-level U.S. Army intelligence analyst {{w|Bradley Manning}} is arrested in connection with the release of the 2007 helicopter video.<ref name="britannica.com"/> | ||
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| 2010 || December || Recognition || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] is named "Person of the Year" by ''{{w|Time Magazine}}''.<ref name="biography.com">{{cite web |title=Julian Assange Biography |url=https://www.biography.com/activist/julian-assange |website=biography.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | | 2010 || December || Recognition || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] is named "Person of the Year" by ''{{w|Time Magazine}}''.<ref name="biography.com">{{cite web |title=Julian Assange Biography |url=https://www.biography.com/activist/julian-assange |website=biography.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2010 || || Recognition || {{w| | + | | 2010 || || Recognition || {{w|WikiLeaks}} is awarded The Sam Adams Award for Integrity.<ref name="Awards"/> |
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| 2011 || January || Reception || Libyan politician {{w|Muammar Gaddafi}} blames WikiLeaks for the {{w|Tunisian revolution}} stating "[Do not be fooled by] WikiLeaks which publishes information written by lying ambassadors in order to create chaos."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1612073.php/Libya-s-Gaddaffi-pained-by-Tunisian-revolt-blames-WikiLeaks |title=Libya's Gaddaffi pained by Tunisian revolt, blames WikiLeaks |publisher=Monsters and Critics |date=16 January 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219002539/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1612073.php/Libya-s-Gaddaffi-pained-by-Tunisian-revolt-blames-WikiLeaks |archivedate=19 February 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | | 2011 || January || Reception || Libyan politician {{w|Muammar Gaddafi}} blames WikiLeaks for the {{w|Tunisian revolution}} stating "[Do not be fooled by] WikiLeaks which publishes information written by lying ambassadors in order to create chaos."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1612073.php/Libya-s-Gaddaffi-pained-by-Tunisian-revolt-blames-WikiLeaks |title=Libya's Gaddaffi pained by Tunisian revolt, blames WikiLeaks |publisher=Monsters and Critics |date=16 January 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219002539/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1612073.php/Libya-s-Gaddaffi-pained-by-Tunisian-revolt-blames-WikiLeaks |archivedate=19 February 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | ||
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| 2011 || || Recognition || Icelandic investigative journalist and {{w|WikiLeaks}} spokesperson {{w|Kristinn Hrafnsson}} is awarded The {{w|National Union of Journalists}} Journalist of the Year.<ref name="Awards"/> | | 2011 || || Recognition || Icelandic investigative journalist and {{w|WikiLeaks}} spokesperson {{w|Kristinn Hrafnsson}} is awarded The {{w|National Union of Journalists}} Journalist of the Year.<ref name="Awards"/> | ||
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| − | | 2011 || || Recognition || {{w| | + | | 2011 || || Recognition || {{w|WikiLeaks}} is awarded The Sydney Peace Foundation Gold Medal, the Blanquerna Award for Best Communicator, the Walkley Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism, the Voltaire Award for Free Speech, the International Piero Passetti Journalism Prize of the National Union of Italian Journalists, and the Jose Couso Press Freedom Award.<ref name="Awards"/> |
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| 2012 || February 23 || Legal || {{w|Bradley Manning}} is formally charged with aiding the enemy, wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the Internet, transmitting national defense information and theft of public property or records.<ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> | | 2012 || February 23 || Legal || {{w|Bradley Manning}} is formally charged with aiding the enemy, wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the Internet, transmitting national defense information and theft of public property or records.<ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> | ||
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| 2012 || June || Legal || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] applies for asylum in {{w|Ecuador}} and seeks refuge in the {{w|Embassy of Ecuador, London}}, after his extradition appeal was denied and with a Swedish arrest warrant pending.<ref name="britannica.com"/> "According to a New York Times article, Assange came to the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in June 2012, seeking to avoid extradition to Sweden. "<ref name="biography.com"/> | | 2012 || June || Legal || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] applies for asylum in {{w|Ecuador}} and seeks refuge in the {{w|Embassy of Ecuador, London}}, after his extradition appeal was denied and with a Swedish arrest warrant pending.<ref name="britannica.com"/> "According to a New York Times article, Assange came to the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in June 2012, seeking to avoid extradition to Sweden. "<ref name="biography.com"/> | ||
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| − | | 2012 || || Recognition || {{w| | + | | 2012 || || Recognition || {{w|WikiLeaks}} is awarded The {{w|Privacy International}} Hero of Privacy.<ref name="Awards"/> |
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| 2013 || February 4 || Recognition || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] is awarded in New York with the Yoko Ono Lennon {{w|Courage Award for the Arts}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=WikiLeaks Founder Assange Awarded Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2013/2/4/headlines/wikileaks_founder_assange_awarded_yoko_ono_lennon_courage_award_for_the_arts |website=democracynow.org |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> | | 2013 || February 4 || Recognition || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] is awarded in New York with the Yoko Ono Lennon {{w|Courage Award for the Arts}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=WikiLeaks Founder Assange Awarded Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2013/2/4/headlines/wikileaks_founder_assange_awarded_yoko_ono_lennon_courage_award_for_the_arts |website=democracynow.org |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| 2013 || February 28 || Legal || {{w|Bradley Manning}} pleads guilty to some of the 22 charges against him, except the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, which carries a life sentence.<ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> | | 2013 || February 28 || Legal || {{w|Bradley Manning}} pleads guilty to some of the 22 charges against him, except the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, which carries a life sentence.<ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> | ||
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| − | | 2013 || April || Recognition || {{w| | + | | 2013 || April || Recognition || {{w|WikiLeaks}} is awarded the Global Exchange Human Rights People’s Choice Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=And the People’s Choice Award Winner is… |url=https://globalexchange.org/2013/04/09/and-the-peoples-choice-award-winner-is/ |website=globalexchange.org |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> |
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| 2013 || July || Political campaign || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] launches the {{w|WikiLeaks Party}} in {{w|Australia}} and announces his candidacy for a seat in the {{w|Australian Senate}}.<ref name="britannica.com"/> | | 2013 || July || Political campaign || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] launches the {{w|WikiLeaks Party}} in {{w|Australia}} and announces his candidacy for a seat in the {{w|Australian Senate}}.<ref name="britannica.com"/> | ||
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| 2014 || June || Recognition || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] is awarded the Kazakstan Union of Journalists Top Prize.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kazakh Journalists' Union Honors WikiLeaks Founder |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakh-journalists-union-honors-wikileaks-founder/25433039.html |website=rferl.org |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> | | 2014 || June || Recognition || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] is awarded the Kazakstan Union of Journalists Top Prize.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kazakh Journalists' Union Honors WikiLeaks Founder |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakh-journalists-union-honors-wikileaks-founder/25433039.html |website=rferl.org |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2015 || June 19 || Release || {{w| | + | | 2015 || June 19 || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} publishes 500,000 cables and Foreign Ministry documents from the {{w|Saudi Government}}.<ref name="How WikiLeaks works"/> |
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| 2015 || October || Recognition || WikiLeaks section editor [[w:Sarah Harrison (journalist)|Sarah harrison]] is awarded the Willy Brandt Award for Political Courage.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Harrison acceptance speech for the Willy Brandt Prize for political courage |url=https://wikileaks.org/Sarah-Harrison-acceptance-speech.html |website=wikileaks.org |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> | | 2015 || October || Recognition || WikiLeaks section editor [[w:Sarah Harrison (journalist)|Sarah harrison]] is awarded the Willy Brandt Award for Political Courage.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Harrison acceptance speech for the Willy Brandt Prize for political courage |url=https://wikileaks.org/Sarah-Harrison-acceptance-speech.html |website=wikileaks.org |accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2015 || November 16 || Release || {{w| | + | | 2015 || November 16 || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} publishes the Final Texts of the {{w|Trans-Pacific Partnership}} trade deal.<ref name="How WikiLeaks works"/> |
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| 2016 || March || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} unveils a searchable archive containing 30,000 e-mail messages and attachments retrieved from a private server maintained by {{w|Hillary Clinton}} during her tenure as {{w|United States Secretary of State}} (2009–13). The collection is made public by the [[w:United States Department of State|State Department]] through the {{w|Freedom of Information Act}}.<ref name="britannica.com"/> | | 2016 || March || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} unveils a searchable archive containing 30,000 e-mail messages and attachments retrieved from a private server maintained by {{w|Hillary Clinton}} during her tenure as {{w|United States Secretary of State}} (2009–13). The collection is made public by the [[w:United States Department of State|State Department]] through the {{w|Freedom of Information Act}}.<ref name="britannica.com"/> | ||
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| 2016 || July 20 || Censorship || The {{w|Turkish government}} blocks access to Wikileaks after it releases nearly 300,000 emails involving the ruling [[w:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]]. The email releases are in response to the {{w|2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-wikileaks-idUSKCN1000H1|title=Turkey blocks access to WikiLeaks after ruling party email dump|publisher=Reuters|date=July 20, 2016|accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | | 2016 || July 20 || Censorship || The {{w|Turkish government}} blocks access to Wikileaks after it releases nearly 300,000 emails involving the ruling [[w:Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]]. The email releases are in response to the {{w|2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-wikileaks-idUSKCN1000H1|title=Turkey blocks access to WikiLeaks after ruling party email dump|publisher=Reuters|date=July 20, 2016|accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2016 || July 22 || Release || An amount of nearly 20,000 emails from {{w|Democratic National Committee}} staffers is released by {{w| | + | | 2016 || July 22 || Release || An amount of nearly 20,000 emails from {{w|Democratic National Committee}} staffers is released by {{w|WikiLeaks}}. The emails appear to show the committee favoring {{w|Hillary Clinton}} over {{w|Bernie Sanders}} during the {{w|United States presidential primary}}.<ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> |
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| 2016 || July || Release || WikiLeaks publishes more than 60,000 Democratic National Committee (DNC) e-mail messages and documents, days before the Democratic Party officially nominates Clinton as its candidate in the {{w|US Presidential Election 2016}}.<ref name="britannica.com"/> | | 2016 || July || Release || WikiLeaks publishes more than 60,000 Democratic National Committee (DNC) e-mail messages and documents, days before the Democratic Party officially nominates Clinton as its candidate in the {{w|US Presidential Election 2016}}.<ref name="britannica.com"/> | ||
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| − | | 2016 || October 7 || Release || {{w| | + | | 2016 || October 7 || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} publishes the {{w|Podesta emails}}, a collection of 58,660 emails from {{w|Hillary Clinton}} campaign {{w|Chairman John Podesta}}.<ref name="How WikiLeaks works"/> |
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| − | | 2016 || December 1 || Release || {{w| | + | | 2016 || December 1 || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} publishes the German [[w:Federal Intelligence Service|BND]]-[[w:National Security Agency|NSA]] Inquiry Exhibits, an amount of 90 gygabites of information relating to the BND-NSA Inquiry.<ref name="How WikiLeaks works"/> |
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| 2017 || January 3 || || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] announces in interview that {{w|Russia}} did not give WikiLeaks hacked emails.<ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> | | 2017 || January 3 || || [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] announces in interview that {{w|Russia}} did not give WikiLeaks hacked emails.<ref name="WikiLeaks Fast Facts"/> | ||
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| 2017 || January 17 || Legal || {{w|United States President}} {{w|Barack Obama}} commutes the sentence of {{w|Chelsea Manning}}, setting the stage for her to be released on May 17.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obama commutes sentence of Chelsea Manning |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/17/politics/chelsea-manning-sentence-commuted/ |website=edition.cnn.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | | 2017 || January 17 || Legal || {{w|United States President}} {{w|Barack Obama}} commutes the sentence of {{w|Chelsea Manning}}, setting the stage for her to be released on May 17.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obama commutes sentence of Chelsea Manning |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/17/politics/chelsea-manning-sentence-commuted/ |website=edition.cnn.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2017 || February 16 || Release || {{w| | + | | 2017 || February 16 || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} publishes {{w|CIA}} espionage orders for the {{w|2012 French presidential election}}.<ref name="How WikiLeaks works"/> [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] claims he has damaging information on the leading French presidential candidate {{w|Emmanuel Macron}} having a homosexual affair.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fearnow |first1=Benjamin |title=Emmanuel Macron Emails: Wikileaks Releases French President's Campaign Messages |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/emmanuel-macron-emails-wikileaks-releases-french-presidents-campaign-messages-2572612 |website=ibtimes.com |accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref> |
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| 2017 || March 7 || Release || WikiLeaks publishes thousands of internal {{w|CIA}} documents (known as ''{{w|Vault 7}}''), including alleged discussions of a covert hacking program and the development of spy software targeting cellphones, smart TVs and computer systems in cars. [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] states that the website published the documents as a warning about the risk of the proliferation of "[[w:Cyberweapon|cyber weapons]]". However, the documents are not independently authenticated.<ref>{{cite web |title=WikiLeaks claims to reveal how CIA hacks TVs and phones all over the world |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/07/technology/wikileaks-cia-hacking/index.html?iid=EL |website=money.cnn.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | | 2017 || March 7 || Release || WikiLeaks publishes thousands of internal {{w|CIA}} documents (known as ''{{w|Vault 7}}''), including alleged discussions of a covert hacking program and the development of spy software targeting cellphones, smart TVs and computer systems in cars. [[w:Julian Assange|Assange]] states that the website published the documents as a warning about the risk of the proliferation of "[[w:Cyberweapon|cyber weapons]]". However, the documents are not independently authenticated.<ref>{{cite web |title=WikiLeaks claims to reveal how CIA hacks TVs and phones all over the world |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/07/technology/wikileaks-cia-hacking/index.html?iid=EL |website=money.cnn.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| 2017 || October || || {{w|CNN}} reports that in 2016 a {{w|Cambridge Analytica}} executive approached WikiLeaks requesting access to emails from {{w|Hillary Clinton}}. Assange confirms the exchange in a tweet.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trump campaign analytics company contacted WikiLeaks about Clinton emails |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/cambridge-analytica-julian-assange-wikileaks-clinton-emails/index.html |website=edition.cnn.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | | 2017 || October || || {{w|CNN}} reports that in 2016 a {{w|Cambridge Analytica}} executive approached WikiLeaks requesting access to emails from {{w|Hillary Clinton}}. Assange confirms the exchange in a tweet.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trump campaign analytics company contacted WikiLeaks about Clinton emails |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/cambridge-analytica-julian-assange-wikileaks-clinton-emails/index.html |website=edition.cnn.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2017 || November 25 || Release || {{w| | + | | 2017 || November 25 || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} publishes more than 500 documents from the {{w|United States Embassy}} in {{w|Sana’a}}, {{w|Yemen}}.<ref name="How WikiLeaks works"/> |
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| − | | 2018 || September 28 || Release || {{w| | + | | 2018 || September 28 || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} publishes a secret document concerning a dispute over a £3.6 billion Middle Eastern arms deal.<ref name="How WikiLeaks works"/> |
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| − | | 2018 || October 11 || Release || {{w| | + | | 2018 || October 11 || Release || {{w|WikiLeaks}} publishes a "Highly Confidential" internal document from the cloud computing provider [[w:AWS|Amazon]].<ref name="How WikiLeaks works"/> |
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| 2019 || January || || WikiLeaks sends a 5,000-word email to journalists listing 140 things they should not say about Assange, from asserting that he has been an agent of any intelligence service to that he has ever bleached his hair.<ref>{{cite web |title=Julian Assange arrested after almost 7 years in embassy |url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/11/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested-police-london-n991236 |website=euronews.com |accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref> | | 2019 || January || || WikiLeaks sends a 5,000-word email to journalists listing 140 things they should not say about Assange, from asserting that he has been an agent of any intelligence service to that he has ever bleached his hair.<ref>{{cite web |title=Julian Assange arrested after almost 7 years in embassy |url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/11/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested-police-london-n991236 |website=euronews.com |accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:04, 30 July 2019
This is a timeline of WikiLeaks, an international non-profit organization that publishes news leaks,[1]
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| 1990s | Julian Assange and other hackers gain control over MILNET for two years with the use of a back door, gaining full access to the Pentagon Security Coordination Center. The IT rebels are also able to use their computers to interfere with the authorities who are investigating them.[2] |
| 2010 – 2011 | The first massive information leak happens in 2010.[3] In 2011, WikiLeaks receives many awards. |
| 2016 | WikiLeaks intervention disrupts the 2016 United States elections and more precisely the Democrats political campaign. |
| 2017 | WikiLeaks publishes the biggest ever leak of CIA documents, revealing the agency’s hacking and surveillance techniques.[4] |
| 2018 | Amazon Atlas is released. |
Full timeline
| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details | |
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| 1971 | Prelude | United States military analyst Daniel Ellsberg releases the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers. This study would be Julian Assange inspiration for WikiLeaks.[5] | ||
| 1971 | July 3 | Prelude | Julian Assange is born in the province of Queensland, Australia.[6][7] | |
| 1991 | Prelude | Assange, now a noted computer hacker, pleads guilty to a host of cybercrime charges, but because of his youth he receives only minimal punishment.[5] | ||
| c.1993 | Prelude | Assange cumulates 31 counts of computer hacking and related crimes, eventually pleading guilty and paying a minimal fine.[6] | ||
| 1999 | Launch | Assange registers leaks.org.[2]
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| 2006 | Assange starts using leaks.org actively.[6]
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| 2006 | December | Launch | Sunshine Press launches the wikiLeaks.org website, as part of an international non-profit organization that obtains and publishes sensitive information.[2][5]
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| 2006 | December 26 | Release | The first posting on leaks.org is a decision (never verified) by a Somali rebel leader to execute government officials.[6][8]
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| 2007 | Launch | Assange announces the formal launch of WikiLeaks.[6] | ||
| 2007 | Partnership | Assange initiates a relationship with British daily newspaper The Guardian, which reportedly receives regular emails from WikiLeaks “editor-in-chief” Assange, sometimes with a "good story to tell".[6] | ||
| 2007 | August 31 | Partnership | WikiLeaks and The Guardian work in tandem for the first time, with WikiLeaks posting the full text off, and the Guardian running a story on, a report by the private investigations firm Kroll about the alleged corruption of former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi.[6] | |
| 2007 | November | Release | WikiLeaks posts the standard operating procedures for the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[5] | |
| 2007 | December | Release | WikiLeaks posts the United States Army manual for soldiers dealing with prisoners at Camp Delta, a permanent American detainment camp at Guantanamo Bay.[9] | |
| 2008 | March | Release | WikiLeaks publishes internal material from the Church of Scientology. This would lead to the group threatening suit on the grounds of copyright infringement.[5][9] | |
| 2008 | April | Recognition | Wikileaks is awarded The Economist's New Media Award at the Index on Censorship Awards.[10] | |
| 2008 | September | Release | WikiLeaks posts emails from the Yahoo email account of US politician Sarah Palin.[9] | |
| 2008 | November | Release | WikiLeaks posts a list of names and addresses of people it claims belong to British National Party, a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom.[9] | |
| 2008 | Recognition | WikiLeaks receives The Economist New Media Award.[11] | ||
| 2009 | March 16 | The Australian Communications and Media Authority adds WikiLeaks to their proposed list of sites that will be blocked for all Australians if the mandatory internet filtering scheme is implemented as planned.[12][13] The blacklisting would be removed by 29 November 2010.[14] | ||
| 2009 | June | Recognition | Wikileaks is awarded the Amnesty International's UK Media Award.[15][16] | |
| 2009 | September 4 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes the "Minton report", a study commissioned by Trafigura to determine the toxicity of the waste dumped in Abidjan during the 2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump.[8] | |
| 2009 | November | Release | WikiLeaks posts more than half a million pager messages sent within a 24-hour period around the September 11 attacks. Revealing messages include exchanges from "The Pentagon, FBI, FEMA and New York Police Department" officials. WikiLeaks states about the release: "We hope that its entrance into the historical record will lead to a nuanced understanding of how this event led to death, opportunism and war."[17] | |
| 2009 | Recognition | WikiLeaks is awarded The Amnesty New Media Award.[11] | ||
| 2010 | February | Funding | WikiLeaks announces it has been given the US$200,000 in donations it needs to continue work.[18] | |
| 2010 | April 5 | Release | WikiLeaks posts a classified military video showing a Boeing AH-64 Apache firing on and killing two journalists and a number of Iraqi civilians in 2007. The military claims that the helicopter crew believed the targets were armed insurgents, not civilians.[9] | |
| 2010 | May | Legal | The first formal charges are filed when low-level U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning is arrested in connection with the release of the 2007 helicopter video.[5] | |
| 2010 | May 19 | Recognition | The New York Daily News lists WikiLeaks first among websites "that could totally change the news",[19] | |
| 2010 | May 26 | Legal | The United States Armed Forces detains Bradley Manning on charges of illegally downloading hundreds of thousands of classified US documents, including the US helicopter gunship attack posted on WikiLeaks, and classified State Department records. Manning is turned in by threat analyst Adrian Lamo, who Manning confided in about leaking the classified records.[9][6] | |
| 2010 | July 6 | Legal | The United States Armed Forces announce having charged Bradley Manning with violating army regulations by transferring classified information to a personal computer and adding unauthorized software to a classified computer system and of violating federal laws of governing the handling of classified information.[9] | |
| 2010 | July 17 | Reception | American independent journalist Jacob Appelbaum speaks on behalf of WikiLeaks at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference in New York City, replacing Assange because of the presence of federal agents at the conference.[20][21] He announces that the WikiLeaks submission system is again operating, after it has been suspended temporarily.[20][22][23] | |
| 2010 | July 25 | Release | WikiLeaks posts more than 90,000 classified documents relating to the War in Afghanistan. This would be called the biggest leak since the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War. The documents are divided into more than 100 categories and touch on everything from the hunt for Osama bin Laden to Afghan civilian deaths resulting from US military actions."[9] | |
| 2010 | August | Team | WikiLeaks decides to move their headquarters to Uppsala and begins to mainly be hosted by the Swedish internet service provider Bahnhof, where there are now a couple WikiLeaks servers in the Pionen facility.[2] | |
| 2010 | August 18 | Censorship | The Thai Government blocks access to WikiLeaks website in its country.[24] | |
| 2010 | October 22 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes nearly 400,000 classified military documents from the Iraq War, providing new figures of deceased Iraqi civilians, as well as the role that Iran has played in supporting Iraqi militants and many accounts of abuse by Iraq's army and police.[9] "So, WikiLeaks published the Iraq War Logs on October 22nd of 2010. In so doing, it became the biggest leak in the military history of America up to that point, far surpassing the Afghan War Diary of July 25th from that same year."[2] | |
| 2010 | October 23 | Recognition | WikiLeaks and Assange are awarded the 2010 Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence award for releasing secret U.S. military reports on the Iraq and Afghan wars.[25] | |
| 2010 | November 28 | Release | WikiLeaks begins publishing approximately 250,000 diplomatic cables from the United States Department of State dating back to 1966. The site says the documents will be released "in stages over the next few months."[9][26] | |
| 2010 | November 28 | wikileaks.org suffers an attack designed to make it unavailable to users. A Twitter user called Jester claims responsibility for the attack.[9]
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| 2010 | November 29 | Censorship | Thailand Blocks Access To WikiLeaks Website.[27] | |
| 2010 | November 29 | Reception | Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez states his support for WikiLeaks following the release of US diplomatic cables in November 2010 showing the United States attempts to rally support from regional governments to isolate Venezuela.[28] | |
| 2010 | November | Release | WikiLeaks releases selections from a list of some 250,000 classified diplomatic cables between the United States Department of State and its embassies and consulates around the world. These secret documents contain U.S. efforts to politically and economically isolate Iran, primarily in response to fears of Iran’s development of nuclear weapons.[5] | |
| 2010 | December 1 | Amazon.com removes WikiLeaks from its servers after political pressure.[29][30][31] | ||
| 2010 | December 2 | Reception | Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard makes a statement that she 'absolutely condemns' WikiLeaks' actions and that the release of information on the site is 'grossly irresponsible' and 'illegal.'[32] | |
| 2010 | December 3 | The Obama administration bans hundreds of thousands of federal employees from calling up the WikiLeaks site on government computers because the leaked material is still formally regarded as classified.[33] | ||
| 2010 | December 9 | Reception | United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression Frank LaRue supports the idea that Julian Assange is a "martyr for free speech." LaRue goes on to say Assange or other WikiLeaks staff should not face legal accountability for any information they disseminated, noting that, "if there is a responsibility by leaking information it is of, exclusively of the person that made the leak and not of the media that publish it. And this is the way that transparency works and that corruption has been confronted in many cases."[34] | |
| 2010 | December 15 | Reception | Philipino President Benigno Aquino III condemns WikiLeaks and leaks documents related to the country, saying that it can lead to massive cases of miscommunication.[35] | |
| 2010 | December | wikileaks.org faces a number of setbacks, being forced to go off-line once again when the site’s domain name provider terminates its account in the wake of a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks. However, as with previous service interruptions, WikiLeaks remains available on mirror sites or by directly linking to its IP address.[5]
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| 2010 | December | Legal | The British police arrests Assange on an outstanding Swedish warrant for alleged sex crimes.[5] | |
| 2010 | December | PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard suspend online payment processing for donations to WikiLeaks.[5] | ||
| 2010 | December | Recognition | Assange is named "Person of the Year" by Time Magazine.[7] | |
| 2010 | Recognition | WikiLeaks is awarded The Sam Adams Award for Integrity.[11] | ||
| 2011 | January | Reception | Libyan politician Muammar Gaddafi blames WikiLeaks for the Tunisian revolution stating "[Do not be fooled by] WikiLeaks which publishes information written by lying ambassadors in order to create chaos."[36] | |
| 2011 | April | Release | WikiLeaks begins publishing more secret files from the military facilities at Guantanamo Bay, containing detailed information about the majority of prisoners detained at the detention camp from 2002 to 2008, including photographs, health records, and assessments of the potential threat posed by each prisoner. The files also indicates that dozens of detainees have passed through radicalized British mosques prior to their departure for Afghanistan and, ultimately, their capture by United States forces.[5] | |
| 2011 | April 25 | Release | WikiLeaks obtains nearly 800 classified US military documents revealing details about the alleged terrorist activities of Al Qaeda operatives captured and housed in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[8] | |
| 2011 | June | Recognition | Assange is awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism.[37] | |
| 2011 | September 2 | Release | Assange releases its archive containing more than 250,000 unredacted US diplomatic cables.[9] | |
| 2011 | October 24 | WikiLeaks announces a temporary halt in publication in order to focus its efforts on fund-raising. Assange states that a financial blockade by Bank of America, VISA, MasterCard, PayPal and Western Union has cut off 95% of WikiLeaks' revenue.[9][5] | ||
| 2011 | December 1 | Release | Wikileaks releases documents exposing 160 companies in the mass surveillance industry.[8] | |
| 2011 | Recognition | Icelandic investigative journalist and WikiLeaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson is awarded The National Union of Journalists Journalist of the Year.[11] | ||
| 2011 | Recognition | WikiLeaks is awarded The Sydney Peace Foundation Gold Medal, the Blanquerna Award for Best Communicator, the Walkley Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism, the Voltaire Award for Free Speech, the International Piero Passetti Journalism Prize of the National Union of Italian Journalists, and the Jose Couso Press Freedom Award.[11] | ||
| 2012 | February 23 | Legal | Bradley Manning is formally charged with aiding the enemy, wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the Internet, transmitting national defense information and theft of public property or records.[9] | |
| 2012 | February | Release | WikiLeaks publishes secret emails from American geopolitical intelligence platform Stratfor that shows US authorities have drawn up secret charges against Assange.[38][9] | |
| 2012 | July 5 | Release | WikiLeaks begins publishing more than 2.4 million emails from Syrian politicians, government ministries and companies.[9] | |
| 2012 | June | Legal | Assange applies for asylum in Ecuador and seeks refuge in the Embassy of Ecuador, London, after his extradition appeal was denied and with a Swedish arrest warrant pending.[5] "According to a New York Times article, Assange came to the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in June 2012, seeking to avoid extradition to Sweden. "[7] | |
| 2012 | Recognition | WikiLeaks is awarded The Privacy International Hero of Privacy.[11] | ||
| 2013 | February 4 | Recognition | Assange is awarded in New York with the Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts.[39] | |
| 2013 | February 28 | Legal | Bradley Manning pleads guilty to some of the 22 charges against him, except the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, which carries a life sentence.[9] | |
| 2013 | April | Recognition | WikiLeaks is awarded the Global Exchange Human Rights People’s Choice Award.[40] | |
| 2013 | July | Political campaign | Assange launches the WikiLeaks Party in Australia and announces his candidacy for a seat in the Australian Senate.[5] | |
| 2013 | August | Legal | Though being acquitted of aiding the enemy Bradley Manning is sentenced by military judge to 35 years in prison.[5][9] | |
| 2013 | September 20 | Recognition | Assange is awarded the Brazillian Press Association Human Rights Award.[41] | |
| 2014 | April | Release | Sony Pictures becomes the target of a massive data breach, and a group calling itself the Guardians of Peace soon begin releasing sensitive company information in small batches. The hack is eventually attributed to North Korea. The following April, WikiLeaks published more than 200,000 of the stolen documents in a searchable database, a move that was immediately criticized by Sony."[5] | |
| 2014 | June | Recognition | Assange is awarded the Kazakstan Union of Journalists Top Prize.[42] | |
| 2015 | June 19 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes 500,000 cables and Foreign Ministry documents from the Saudi Government.[8] | |
| 2015 | October | Recognition | WikiLeaks section editor Sarah harrison is awarded the Willy Brandt Award for Political Courage.[43] | |
| 2015 | November 16 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes the Final Texts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.[8] | |
| 2016 | March | Release | WikiLeaks unveils a searchable archive containing 30,000 e-mail messages and attachments retrieved from a private server maintained by Hillary Clinton during her tenure as United States Secretary of State (2009–13). The collection is made public by the State Department through the Freedom of Information Act.[5] | |
| 2016 | May 25 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes documents from the Trade in Services Agreement trade deal.[8] | |
| 2016 | July 20 | Censorship | The Turkish government blocks access to Wikileaks after it releases nearly 300,000 emails involving the ruling Justice and Development Party. The email releases are in response to the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.[44] | |
| 2016 | July 22 | Release | An amount of nearly 20,000 emails from Democratic National Committee staffers is released by WikiLeaks. The emails appear to show the committee favoring Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders during the United States presidential primary.[9] | |
| 2016 | July | Release | WikiLeaks publishes more than 60,000 Democratic National Committee (DNC) e-mail messages and documents, days before the Democratic Party officially nominates Clinton as its candidate in the US Presidential Election 2016.[5] | |
| 2016 | October 7 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes the Podesta emails, a collection of 58,660 emails from Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta.[8] | |
| 2016 | December 1 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes the German BND-NSA Inquiry Exhibits, an amount of 90 gygabites of information relating to the BND-NSA Inquiry.[8] | |
| 2017 | January 3 | Assange announces in interview that Russia did not give WikiLeaks hacked emails.[9] | ||
| 2017 | January 12 | WikiLeaks tweets that Assange will agree to be extradited to the United States if Obama grants clemency to Chelsea Manning.[9] | ||
| 2017 | January 17 | Legal | United States President Barack Obama commutes the sentence of Chelsea Manning, setting the stage for her to be released on May 17.[45] | |
| 2017 | February 16 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes CIA espionage orders for the 2012 French presidential election.[8] Assange claims he has damaging information on the leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron having a homosexual affair.[46] | |
| 2017 | March 7 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes thousands of internal CIA documents (known as Vault 7), including alleged discussions of a covert hacking program and the development of spy software targeting cellphones, smart TVs and computer systems in cars. Assange states that the website published the documents as a warning about the risk of the proliferation of "cyber weapons". However, the documents are not independently authenticated.[47] | |
| 2017 | May 3 | FBI Director James Comey refers to WikiLeaks as "intelligence porn" during a Senate hearing, and declares that the site's disclosures are intended to damage the United States rather than educate the public.[9] | ||
| 2017 | May 17 | Legal | Chelsea Manning is released from prison.[48] | |
| 2017 | October | CNN reports that in 2016 a Cambridge Analytica executive approached WikiLeaks requesting access to emails from Hillary Clinton. Assange confirms the exchange in a tweet.[49] | ||
| 2017 | November 25 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes more than 500 documents from the United States Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen.[8] | |
| 2018 | September 28 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes a secret document concerning a dispute over a £3.6 billion Middle Eastern arms deal.[8] | |
| 2018 | October 11 | Release | WikiLeaks publishes a "Highly Confidential" internal document from the cloud computing provider Amazon.[8] | |
| 2019 | January | WikiLeaks sends a 5,000-word email to journalists listing 140 things they should not say about Assange, from asserting that he has been an agent of any intelligence service to that he has ever bleached his hair.[50] | ||
| 2019 | April | Legal | Assange asylum is rescinded, and he is indicted in the United States for violating the Espionage Act.[7] | |
| 2019 | April | Recognition | Assange is awarded the Galizia Prize for Journalists, Whistleblowers & Defenders of the Right to Information.[51] |
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References
- ↑ Karhula, Päivikki (5 October 2012). "What is the effect of WikiLeaks for Freedom of Information?". International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "A History of WikiLeaks". medium.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ↑ "US intelligence versus Julian Assange - a brief history". euronews.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ↑ "Radical who refused to compromise". mondediplo.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 "WikiLeaks". britannica.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 "WikiLeaks: a brief history". ccnmtl.columbia.edu. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Julian Assange Biography". biography.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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