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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A leak is unpublished material that is classified,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

Investigating leaked material

Payments to service providers

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.



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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).



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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.


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.



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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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