WikiLeaks

Arts

'Risk' Is A Messy, Ambitious Portrait Of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange

1:41pm May 05, 2017

by John Powers

Laura Poitras began filming the man known for cyber-releasing classified documents in 2011. Critic John Powers says the resulting documentary is an intimate take on an enigmatic rebel.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

Julian Assange Says WikiLeaks Will Share CIA Code With Tech Companies

2:33pm March 09, 2017

WikiLeaks on Tuesday disclosed the hacking tools from the so-called Vault 7 series. Now Assange says his group will be working with big manufacturers to develop fixes.

A seal at the CIA headquarters, photographed in February 2016. The alleged CIA documents reveal a hacking program that is very different from the one uncovered by Edward Snowden's NSA leak.

National

The CIA Document Dump Isn't Exactly Snowden 2.0. Here's Why

5:15pm March 08, 2017

The alleged CIA documents reveal a hacking program that is very different from the one uncovered by Edward Snowden's NSA leak. One distinction: Mass surveillance vs. targeted attacks.

National

WikiLeaks Releases What It Calls CIA Trove Of Cyber-Espionage Documents

6:52pm March 07, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

The release includes thousands of pages of user manuals, support guides and other documents that appear to describe CIA hacking efforts. WikiLeaks says it is choosing not to release the code itself.

Chelsea Manning had been sentenced to 35 years for leaking military secrets to WikiLeaks. Civil liberties groups have praised President Obama's decision to commute the sentence, but some Republican leaders are outraged.

National

President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Prison Sentence

6:25pm January 17, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

President Obama has shortened the 35-year prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the Army private who leaked military secrets to WikiLeaks. Obama also pardoned a general who lied to leak investigators.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (center) talks with National Security Agency and Cyber Command chief Adm. Michael Rogers prior to testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Intelligence Chiefs 'Stand More Resolutely' Behind Finding Of Russia Election Hacking

2:15pm January 05, 2017

by Brian Naylor

A Senate hearing on the cybersecurity threat comes as intelligence agencies prepare to issue their report on Russia's involvement in the fall presidential campaign.

Police officers are surrounded by media as they stand outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on Monday, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was set to be questioned over a rape allegation against him.

World News

Prosecutors Question Julian Assange Over Sex-Crime Accusations

7:49pm November 14, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The WikiLeaks founder has spent years in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, to avoid extradition for questioning over alleged sexual misconduct. Now he's taking questions after all — at the embassy.

World News

Sweden Says Julian Assange To Face Questioning Next Week

5:20pm November 07, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

More than four years after he took refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face questioning there on Nov. 14 over allegations of sex crimes, including rape.

Marco Rubio Warns GOP On WikiLeaks: 'Tomorrow, It Could Be Us'

1:23pm October 19, 2016

by Scott Horsley

The Florida senator, up for re-election, says he won't discuss leaked emails from political opponents, citing an effort by a foreign government to sway the U.S. election.

Politics & Government

WikiLeaks Claims To Release Hillary Clinton's Goldman Sachs Transcripts

7:03pm October 15, 2016

by Tamara Keith

WikiLeaks has released what it claims to be transcripts of three paid, closed-door "speeches" Hillary Clinton gave to Goldman Sachs.