WikiLeaks Gets Hacked

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2010 WikiLeaks, the website that has provided damning classified material on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, says it has come under a denial-of-service attack as it prepares to release another batch of secret U.S. documents. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Braces for Another WikiLeak

Staff / Truthdig Nov 27, 2010 US officials are warning foreign governments that the WikiLeaks website is about to let fly with another batch of sensitive diplomatic documents that will be “harmful to the U and our interests” . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks Promises Biggest-Ever Leak

Staff / Truthdig Nov 23, 2010 The whistle-blower enabler tweeted the following Sunday night, along with a link to donate: "Next release is 7x the size of the Iraq War Logs intense pressure over it for months Keep us strong" If true, that's seven times 391,832 reports -- the largest ever release of classified material . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wars Went MIA From Midterm Debates

Jon Dillingham / Truthdig Nov 18, 2010 Despite the exit of some U.S. troops from Iraq, the war there and in Afghanistan is still vibrant. But you certainly wouldn’t know it from the public debate that led up to the Nov. 2 midterm elections. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

War Should Be an Election Issue

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 27, 2010 Just days away from crucial midterm elections, WikiLeaks, the whistle-blower website, unveiled the largest classified military leak in history. But in the U.S., it barely warranted a mention on the agenda-setting Sunday talk shows. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks Files Show Torture, Civilian Deaths and Contractor Abuses

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2010 Amy Goodman and the "Democracy Now!" team dig into the hundreds of thousands of documents that whistle-blowers released to the public and summarize the revelations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Wikileaks Unloads 400,000 Documents on Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2010 The release of some 400,000 classified military documents on the Iraq War has led the U.N. to call on the Obama administration to investigate American troops' human rights abuses. Leaked documents tying British forces to possible war crimes sparked a demand for a public inquiry in the U.K. as well. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pentagon Braces for Latest WikiLeaks Release

Staff / Truthdig Oct 23, 2010 The Pentagon is once again articulating its oft-cited trope that release of classified documents on the WikiLeaks website could endanger U.S. and allied troops and Iraqi civilians as the whistle-blower site prepares to publish even more classified files on the Iraq War. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks’ Nuclear Bunker Is Like the Bat Cave, Only Cooler

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2010 The whistle-blower outfit has made enough enemies to warrant some secure digs, but a former nuclear bunker excavated in rock 98 feet below Stockholm might be overkill. It's actually the home of what must be the world's coolest Internet hosting company, which will house the future stash of WikiLeaks' digital treasures. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scattered Violence Kills 21 in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2010 At a point when news from the Afghanistan war seems to be at its worst ever -- low public support in the US, record-level casualties and falling confidence in NATO's mission -- new bad news tells of at least 21 people being killed, including U troops, children and Afghan security force members, in a span of only 48 hours. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rape Accusation Against WikiLeaks Founder Dropped

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2010 Just hours after their initial accusation, Swedish authorities announced that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is no longer suspected of rape in a case that reeks of a smear campaign against the website that released damning evidence against U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq. Swedish authorities have just announced that Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, is no longer suspected of rape in a case that reeks of a smear campaign against the website. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )