WikiLeaks has released an annotated version of a leaked transcript of a documentary in a bid to counter a film that takes a critical look at the anti-secrecy group and which opens on Friday. WikiLeaks said it had not participated in the making of “We Steal Secrets: The Story of…
Some testimony in the espionage trial of a US soldier who passed secret files to WikiLeaks will be held behind closed doors to safeguard classified information, a US judge ruled Tuesday. Evidence from 24 witnesses, including some US ambassadors, will be given in closed session as requested by prosecutors in…
WikiLeaks on Monday launched a searchable archive containing 1.7 million US State Department documents from 1973-76 that had been officially declassified but were not easily accessible to the public. The “Public Library of US Diplomacy” brings together the archived memos — referred to as the “Kissinger Cables” after then secretary…
Whistleblowing group WikiLeaks unveiled plans Saturday to field candidates in at least three states in Australia’s elections and said it would be “embarrassing” if Julian Assange won but could not take his seat. Assange, Australian-born founder of the controversial WikiLeaks site, announced that he would run for the Senate last…
Diplomat brings up subject of WikiLeaks founder taking refuge in embassy at meeting with shadow foreign secretary Ecuadorean diplomats have raised the case of Julian Assange with the Labour party as part of attempts to lay the groundwork for a resolution of the diplomatic standoff between Britain and the South…
Updated with audio and transcript, below. Bradley Manning has revealed to his court-martial at Fort Meade, Maryland, that he tried to leak US state secrets to the Washington Post,New York Times and Politico before he turned in frustration to the new anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. Manning, the US solider accused of the biggest leak of…
Soldier admits guilt in lesser crimes that carry up to 20 years in prison while denying most serious charges against him Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to having been the source of the massive WikiLeaks dump of US state secrets, though he has denied the most serious charge against him that he “aided…
The US Army published dozens of documents online Wednesday in the case of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, after media outlets and other groups had criticized a lack of transparency. The move came in response to multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests related to the case against Manning, who stands…
Government to call ‘John Doe’ American who may have been involved in Bin Laden raid to prove Manning ‘aided the enemy’ The US government is planning to call an American, possibly one of the 22 Navy Seals involved in the Abbottabad raid that killed Osama bin Laden, to give evidence at…
Charges in WikiLeaks case will not be dismissed as judge rules soldier’s right to a speedy trial has not been violated The judge presiding over the prosecution of the WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning has ruled that the US soldier was brought to trial in good time within the military rules governing a court martial.…