Iraq to NSA spying: The biggest revelations by Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks
Al Jazeera
WikiLeaks unearthed documents ranging from conflicts within the US Democrats to toxic waste dumping in West Africa.
On Monday, Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, was released from prison after fighting a legal battle spanning more than 14 years.
In 2006, Assange launched the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, a platform that allows users to anonymously submit secret, classified documents and videos. The most recent publication by the platform was in 2021.
The New York-based Nation magazine reported in January 2024 that Assange said WikiLeaks was no longer able to publish documents since potential whistleblowers were thwarted following his imprisonment, United States government surveillance and funding cuts.
During the years it functioned, the whistleblower platform published classified documents that had been never seen before – embarrassing governments, causing diplomatic standoffs and forcing policy changes.
Here is a look at 10 such leaks by the platform:
