WikiLeaks

Assange appoints WikiLeaks Party campaign director for Australian Senate bid

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CANBERRA - Fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in London's Ecuadorian embassy for nine months, has appointed a high-profile opponent of Britain's monarchy to run his campaign for a seat in Australia's upper house of parliament.

U.S. soldier pleads guilty to misusing classified data in WikiLeaks case

FORT MEADE, Maryland - The U.S. Army private accused of providing secret documents to the WikiLeaks website pleaded guilty on Thursday to misusing classified material he felt "should become public," but denied the top charge of aiding the enemy.

Tech, World, 02 Mar 2013

U.S. soldier pleads guilty to misusing classified data in WikiLeaks case

FORT MEADE, Maryland - The U.S. Army private accused of providing secret documents to the WikiLeaks website pleaded guilty on Thursday to misusing classified material he felt "should become public," but denied the top charge of aiding the enemy.

World, 01 Mar 2013

WikiLeaks soldier to take witness stand in own defense

FORT MEADE, Maryland - The U.S. Army intelligence officer accused of slipping military and diplomatic secrets to WikiLeaks is expected to take the witness stand on Thursday, when he will read aloud from a 35-page statement defending himself in the espionage case.

World, 28 Feb 2013

Judge rejects WikiLeaks soldier's request to dismiss case

FORT MEADE, Maryland - A U.S. military judge on Tuesday denied a defense request to dismiss the case against Army Private First Class Bradley Manning in the mass disclosure of military and diplomatic secrets by WikiLeaks.

World, 27 Feb 2013

Jemima Khan denounces "cultish devotion" to WikiLeaks' Assange

LONDON - Jemima Khan, a celebrity backer of Julian Assange who put up bail money for him, has gone public with her frustrations about the WikiLeaks founder, saying he demands "blinkered, cultish devotion" and should face justice in Sweden.

Tech, World, 06 Feb 2013

WikiLeaks soldier's sentence reduced - if convicted

REUTERS - A military judge on Tuesday reduced by 112 days any sentence that accused WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning might receive as compensation for harsh treatment he received in military detention, a Department of Defense spokesman said.

Tech, World, 09 Jan 2013

Hearing for US soldier in WikiLeaks centers on prison treatment

FORT MEADE, Maryland - A pre-trial hearing for U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning, who is accused of masterminding a massive leak of classified material to the WikiLeaks website, focused on Saturday on a 2011 incident when he broke down and cried in a military brig.

World, 02 Dec 2012

US soldier in WikiLeaks case plays down suicide comment

FORT MEADE, Maryland - The U.S. Army private accused of orchestrating a massive leak of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website said on Friday he may have been sarcastic in indicating he had suicidal thoughts when he first arrived at a U.S. detention center.

World, 01 Dec 2012

U.S. soldier in WikiLeaks case says he was held in a 'cage'

FORT MEADE, Maryland - A U.S. Army private facing court-martial on suspicion of leaking secret documents to the WikiLeaks website testified on Thursday he was confined to a "cage" in the early days after his arrest in 2010, and thought he would die there.

Top News, World, 30 Nov 2012

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A sign is seen outside the United States embassy in central London, November 29, 2010.  REUTERS/Andrew Winning
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WikiLeaks shows range of intel gathering

From African leaders' credit card numbers to the friendships of British politicians, the WikiLeaks cables show U.S. diplomats left no stone unturned in efforts to gather information on friends as well as foes.  Full Article