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WikiLeaks is the organization Julian Assange founded in 2006 to publish leaked classified, secret, or suppressed documents, often from governments and corporations, with an emphasis on anonymity for sources. It is not connected to Grok or xAI. britannica.com Major publications and effectsIts highest-impact releases include:The 2010 “Collateral Murder” video and Iraq/Afghanistan war logs from Chelsea Manning, which documented civilian casualties and the conduct of those wars. archive.is Cablegate (251,000+ U.S. diplomatic cables). 2016 DNC and Podesta emails, which were obtained by Russian military intelligence (GRU) and published in a timed way that affected the U.S. election news cycle. thedispatch.com Vault 7 (2017), a large dump of CIA hacking tools and techniques targeting phones, computers, TVs, and cars. WikiLeaks later coordinated some details with tech companies so patches could be issued before full public release. govtech.com These publications demonstrated that large volumes of primary-source material could reach the public without traditional media gatekeepers. They also showed how such material can be used for geopolitical influence operations.ControversiesCritics, including U.S. officials, argued that unredacted or poorly redacted releases endangered sources and operations. The 2016 publications aligned with Russian interests; U.S. intelligence assessments and the Mueller report documented GRU provision of material to WikiLeaks. Assange and WikiLeaks denied being a Russian cutout and framed the releases as journalism. Assange faced rape allegations in Sweden (later dropped), spent years in the Ecuadorian embassy, then years in UK prison facing U.S. extradition on Espionage Act charges.Current status (as of 2026)Assange pleaded guilty in June 2024 to one count related to obtaining and publishing classified U.S. military information, received credit for time served, and returned to Australia as a free man. He has made limited public statements since, including that he “pleaded guilty to journalism,” and his team has discussed seeking a pardon. pbs.org The original WikiLeaks site and @wikileaks account remain, but the volume of major new original document dumps dropped sharply after the late 2010s. Some observers describe the project as largely inactive in its classic form. Separate sites using similar branding (e.g., certain .ru domains) are not the same organization.If you want details on a specific leak, document set, or time period, give the topic and I can look it up. 5 web pages