Whistle-blower site continues to face heavy criticism and a criminal probe, while founder Julian Assange, sought by Swedish authorities, remains in hiding.
WikiLeaks reappears on Swiss Net domain The publisher of classified information disappeared from the Net yesterday when an address service cut the group off. It's back with new Web site hosted in Switzerland.&149' Amazon cuts off WikiLeaks &149' Amazon: U.S. played no role in WikiLeaks disconnect (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland) December 3, 2010 3:03 AM PT
WikiLeaks faces more U.S. demands for prosecutionWikiLeaks encounters another round of criticism as heads of Senate Intelligence Committee call for espionage prosecution of Julian Assange and "possible accomplices."&149' Republicans slam White House over WikiLeaks response &149' AG says WikiLeaks criminal probe is 'ongoing' &149' Congressman wants WikiLeaks listed as terrorist group (Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh) December 2, 2010 4:56 PM PT
WikiLeaks files detail U.S. electronic surveillance Included in today's leak of more than 250,000 diplomatic cables: U.S. ordered surveillance of U.N. leaders, and China's Politburo ordered penetration of Google's network. &149' WikiLeaks has U.S. scrambling to plug holes &149' WikiLeaks: We are under denial-of-service attack (Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh) November 28, 2010 1:27 PM PT
Sweden issuing arrest warrant for WikiLeaks' Assange Stockholm court says Julian Assange will be "detained in his absence" on rape and molestation charges, which his lawyer says are false and politically motivated. &149' Sweden reopens rape probe of Wikileaks founder (Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh) November 18, 2010 10:58 AM PT
Amid criticism, WikiLeaks shifts focus WikiLeaks, which grew out of the cypherpunks list over a decade ago, has left its early days as an informal collaboration far behind. &149' Reporters' Roundtable 53: Can you trust Wikileaks (video) (Posted in Privacy Inc. by Declan McCullagh) October 28, 2010 4:00 AM PT
Has WikiLeaks landed in cyberattack crosshairs Conservative commentators call for WikiLeaks' Iraq files, actually hosted on Amazon.com servers in California, to be electronically "assaulted." &149' U.S. denies asking other nations to attack Wikileaks (Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh) October 27, 2010 4:00 AM PT
previous coverage
Wikileaks defies feds, releases Iraq war files Despite stern warnings from U.S. military and government officials, site releases a massive trove of secret documents from the Iraq war to the media. (Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh) October 22, 2010 3:02 PM PT
Ex-DOJer helped expose alleged Wikileaks source Mark Rasch, previously the head of the Justice Department's computer crime unit, helped to turn in alleged Wikileaks source Bradley Manning. (Posted in Privacy Inc. by Declan McCullagh) August 9, 2010 4:00 AM PT
Defense Dept. demands that Wikileaks return files The U.S. Defense Department formally demands that Wikileaks return all classified military records, and it leaves open what might happen to the group's principals, if they refuse. &149' Wikileaks' war files disclosure roils Washington &149' Wikileaks draws criticism, censorship threats (Posted in Privacy Inc. by Declan McCullagh) August 5, 2010 1:25 PM PT
Wikileaks releases massive set of Afghan war files Document-leaking group releases tens of thousands of classified files to newspapers including the U.K. Guardian, which calls it a "devastating portrait of the failing war in Afghanistan." &149' Wikileaks denies receiving classified State Dept. cables (Posted in Security by Declan McCullagh and Steven Musil) July 25, 2010 4:13 PM PT
Alleged Wikileaks source charged with leaking classified files Army intelligence analyst faces criminal charges connected to leaks of thousands of diplomatic cables and a video showing U.S. troops firing on a Reuters reporter. (Posted in Security by Declan McCullagh) July 6, 2010 9:11 AM PT
Hacker turns in soldier in Iraq airstrike video leak While sympathetic, former "homeless hacker" Adrian Lamo says the Army intelligence analyst who confided in him crossed the line by exposing compromising data on U.S. foreign policy. &149' Soldier leaked Google attack investigation details, hacker says (Posted in Insecurity Complex by Elinor Mills) June 7, 2010 5:11 PM PT
Wikileaks releases video of Iraq journalist shooting Anti-secrecy activists release video showing Reuters journalists being shot by Apache gunship, which may call into question the U.S. military's official account. (Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh) April 5, 2010 6:52 PM PT .postBody h3, .postBody h4 { font-size: 1.2em' margin: 10px 0 0 0 ' padding: 0px' font-weight: bold' border-bottom: none' }
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