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About WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is a non-profit organisation founded in
2006 to publish suppressed materials that support the
public interest. WikiLeaks launched as a joint project
between Chinese dissidents, scientists,
mathematicians, journalists, and technologists.
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What is a Leak?
A leak is unpublished material that is classified,
censored, restricted, or is being actively suppressed.
The information published by WikiLeaks is of political,historical, scientific, or ethical significance.
"Could become as important a journalistic tool as the
Freedom of Information Act." - Time Magazine
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Submission ProcessThere are two primary methods for submitting
materials:
Online, using our secure online dropbox at
WikiLeaks.ch
Postal Mail, by mailing us a CD/DVD or USB harddriveBOX 4080
Australia Post Office - University of Melbourne Branch
Victoria 3052Australia
Once received, the material will be thoroughly investigated and published
accordingly.
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How is WikiLeaks Funded?
WikiLeaks is funded through the generouscontributions of supporters around the world.
Funding pays for:
Running the website
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For more information on donating, please visit:
http://wikileaks.ch/support.html
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About Our Media Partners
To maximise the impact of the information werelease, we frequently team up with veteran
journalists and news agencies to cross-publish leaked
material.
Joining forces with news organizations allows us to
make critical information available to people across
geographic, political, and language backgrounds, who
would otherwise be denied access to it.
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Documents cross-published by TheGuardian show that the former president
of Kenya used shell companies and
secret trusts to funnel hundreds of
millions of pounds out of Kenya and intohis personal accounts in other countries.
This laundered money was then used to
purchase expensive properties in London,
New York, South Africa and Australia.
http://www.wikileaks.ch/wiki/The_looting_of_Kenya_under_President_Moi
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In January 2008, WikiLeaks began publishingdocuments detailing money laundering between
Swiss Bank Julius Baer and anonymous trusts in the
Cayman Islands. Bank Julius Baer sought an
injunction against the wikileaks.org domain registrarin the United States, which temporarily forced the
domain offline. Seeking to censor WikiLeaks brought
additional negative publicity to the bank's practices.
After court filings by the Electronic FrontierFoundation and ACLU, the injunction was lifted in
February 2008 and the case against WikiLeask was
dropped.http://www.wikileaks.ch/wiki/Bank_Julius_Baer_vs._Wikileaks
2008
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The publication of the 2003 Standard Operating
Procedures for Camp Delta the operating
manual for Guantanamo Bay revealed that some
prisoners had been designated as off-limits fromRed Cross workers sent to review their conditions.
This is a violation of the Geneva Conventions and
contradicted public statements made by militaryofficials to the media.
http://www.wikileaks.ch/wiki/Testimony_of_Guantanamo_SOP_manual_(2003)
Guantanamo SOP
2007
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In December 2007, the Center for the Study of
Human Rights in the Americas at UC Davis foundthat the guidelines violated international
humanitarian law and constituted abuse. In
addition to the standardoperating procedures,
additional abusive actions and negligentconditions were imposed upon detainees.
Witness testimonies were collected from medical
personnel, translators, soldiers, and others come
together to paint a disturbing picture of life at the
world's most notorious prison.
http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project/testimonies/
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Toxic Dumping in Africa
2009A report commissioned by Trafigura showed thattoxic dumping off the Ivory Coast lead to seriousinjuries ultimately affecting more than 100'000
people. In September 2009, Trafigura obtained a
super-injunction to prevent reporting the incident.
Nine days after the material was published by
WikiLeaks, Trafigura announced that it would make
$46million available to assist those affected by the
tragedy. In October, the injunction was lifted, which
allowed the Guardian to run the story as well.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/16/carter-ruck-abandon-minton-injunction
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Internal documents from Kaupthing Bank show that
billions of euros were loaned to major shareholders
just prior to the collapse of the bank. The collapse ofKaupthing and other major banks led to the 2008-
2010 Icelandic financial crisis. In the wake of the
resulting uproar in Iceland, criminal charges relating
to improper financing are currently being investigated.
Kaupthing Bank
2009
http://www.wikileaks.ch/wiki/Kaupthing_leak_exposes_loans
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9/11 Pager Messages
2009
In November 2009, WikiLeaks began publishing
570'000 intercepts of pager messages collected theday ofSeptember 11th, 2001. These messages were
between people living in New York City, as well as
between the Pentagon and the NYC Police
Department.
http://www.wikileaks.ch/wiki/Egads!_Confidential_9/11_Pager_Messages_Disclosed
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US Defense Report on WL
2010The US Department of Defense developed a secret
counterintelligence report in 2008 in response to what
they perceived to be the threat of future classifieddisclosures to WikiLeaks. The report describes in-
detail potential methods for deterring potential
whistleblowers and discrediting the organization as a
whole.
http://mirror.wikileaks.info/leak/us-intel-wikileaks.pdf
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Collateral Murder
2010On July 12th, 2007, an Apache helicopter
crew came upon nine individuals walking
through the streets of New Baghdad, one
of which was believed to be armed. This
group of included two Reuters journalistscarrying camera equipment, Namir Noor-
Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh, who were
accompanied by seven members of thelocal community who were familiar with the
area.
http://www.collateralmurder.com/
NamirNoor-Eldeen, 2007
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Collateral Murder
2010The helicopter crew may have mistaken the cameraequipment for weapons, and as a result, requested
permission to open fire on a group of otherwise-
unarmed civilians. Permission was granted based onthe inaccurate description of the group as being
heavily-armed five to six individuals with AK47s. The
Apache opened fire, killing all but one of the men with
30mm machine-gun rounds.
http://www.collateralmurder.com/
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Collateral Murder
2010Saeed Chmagh was critically-wounded in the attack,and attempted to crawl to safety. He had crawledmore than a hundred meters when a mini-van
happened upon the scene. Three good samaritans
attempted to assist Saeed into the van, as two smallchildren remained inside (visible through the window).
http://www.collateralmurder.com/
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Collateral Murder
2010With ground forces headed to thescene, permission to engage wasagain granted based on the
helicopter crews misleading
description of the samaritansactivities. Saeed Chmagh and his
three rescuers were killed, and the
two small children in the van were
gravely wounded.
http://www.collateralmurder.com/
Saeed Chmagh, 2007
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Collateral Murder
2010The official statement on the incident in 2007 was thatUS forces engaged an active hostile threat and indoing so killed nine insurgents and two civilians. This
contradicts eye-witness testimony, police accounts
and the leaked video.
The release of the video highlighted not only the harsh
conditions journalists face in Iraq, but trials that
average Iraqi families must endure as a consequenceof ongoing military action in Baghdad.
http://www.collateralmurder.com/
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Afghan War Diary
2010The Afghan War Logs consist of 91000 reportswritten by soldiers and intelligence officers within
Afghanistan between 2004 and 2010. WikiLeaks has
published more than 75000 of these reports, redactedfor safety, and is holding back another 15000 so that
they can undergo further review. We are committed
to releasing these additional documents once this
harm minimization process is complete.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_War_documents_leak
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Afghan War Diary
2010Taken as a whole, these detailed narratives offer the
most complete picture of the war in Afghanistan to
date. Among other revelations lies the true extent ofwartime corruption and inefficiency, as well as
detailing the controversial use of paid military
contractors and mercenaries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_War_documents_leak
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Iraq War Logs
2010The Iraq War Logs consist of 391'832 reports writtenby US soldiers on the ground in Iraq. These war logs
represent a significant history of the Iraq War that was
previously untold and is the largest disclosure in US
military history. Among many notable findings, they
report that 109'000 violent deaths occurred between,
66'081 of which were of civilians. The logs also shed
light on the formal absence of torture investigations,despite at least two confirmed torture-related deaths.
http://warlogs.owni.fr/
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US Diplomatic Cables
2010
On November 28, 2010, WikiLeaks began
publishing the largest set of confidentialdocuments ever to be released into the
public domain. These documents have
given people around the world
unprecedented insight into geopoliticalaffairs.
The breathtaking breadth and depth of thesedocuments is such that they must be
released in stages, to do the material justice
and allow for maximum positive impact.http://wikileaks.ch/cablegate.html
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US Diplomatic Cables
2010
Offered additional confirmations about Tunisias corrupt oligarchs. This
information reinforced ongoing protests against President Ben Alisauthoritarian regime, which ultimately lead to the Tunisian Revolution.
Child sex trafficking knowingly-assisted by a US company (DynCorp) for
the purposes of impressing Afghan policemen.
Pfizer planned to blackmail Nigerian attorney general Michael
Aondoakaa, to pressure him into dropping charges against the company.Pfizer had been sued for negligence in the deaths of children during drug
trials.
Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton requesting credit card information,
frequent flier numbers, passwords, biometrics and DNA samples from UN
representatives.McDonalds attempted to stall the Dominican Republic Central
America Free Trade Agreement in order to win a $24million lawsuit.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh took credit for US air attacks on
Yemeni militants, while the US sold weapons to Saudi Arabia.
http://wikileaks.ch/cablegate.html
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Guantanamo Bay Detainee Files
2010
On April 24, 2011, WikiLeaks and our media partners
released files for 779 Guantanamo detainees.
Included among these are more than 150 innocentpeople who were held for several years without having
been suspected of a crime. Included in this group was
Naqib Ullah, who had been kidnapped by the Taliban
at age 14 and presented no threat to the US.
http://www.wikileaks.ch/gitmo/
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Guantanamo Bay Detainee Files
2010Sami al-Hajj, a cameraman, was held for six years forthe sole purpose of questioning him about the Al-
Jazeera News Network.
Among the documents are interviews, memos, and
assessments of detainees. These assessments
describe mysterious injuries and severe mental health
conditions that indicate poor treatment within theprison.
http://www.wikileaks.ch/gitmo/
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Other Notable Leaks 2006-
2010Cry ofBlood - Kenyan extrajudicial killings, which
won Amnesty International's New Media Award in
2009;
Somalian assassination order; Sarah Palin's emails;
British National Party membership lists (2008/2009);Scientology Operating Thetan Documents; British
Ministry of Defence guide on preventing leaks; and
many others.
http://wikileaks.ch
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Data VisualizationsMedia partners and independent journalists frequently
make creative use of WikiLeaks data to make it easierto understand.
http://wikileaks.ch
USDiplomatic Cables by Embassy; DerSpiegel
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Cablegate; The Guardian 2010
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Thank you for all your support!http://wikileaks.ch