Wikileaks

By denoja_cbc

  • Daniel arap Moi family corruption

    Wikileaks released a report by the international investigative firm, Kroll associates, that alleged that billions of U.S dollars were looted from Kenya by former President Daniel arap Moi and his associates. The report, commissioned by the Kenyan government, was submitted in 2004, but never acted upon.

  • Guantanamo Bay procedures - 2003 edition

    A copy of standard operating procedures for Camp Delta – the U.S. Army detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, – dated March 2003 was released by Wikileaks on this day four years later. It revealed some of the restrictions placed over detainees at the camp, including the designation of some prisoners as off-limits to the International Committee of the Red Cross, something that the U.S. military had denied was the case.

  • Guantanamo Bay procedures - 2004 edition

    Wikileaks released a copy of the updated, 2004 edition of the operating manual for the U.S. detention centre at Guantanamo Bay together with a detailed analysis of the changes that had been instituted since the previous manual was leaked.

  • Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account

    The contents of a Yahoo account belonging to Sarah Palin were posted on Wikileaks after being hacked into by the group Anonymous. Palin came under fire for using private email accounts to conduct state business. Critics alleged that she used the account to get around public records laws.

  • British National Party membership list

    The name, address, age and occupation of members of the far-right British National Party was posted to Wikileaks. The list included several police officers. In Britain, police officers are banned from joining or promoting the BNP and at least one officer was dismissed for being a member.

  • Baghdad airstrike video

    Wikileaks released classified U.S. military footage from a series of attacks on July 12, 2007 in Baghdad by a U.S. helicopter. Twelve civilians were killed including two Reuters news staff, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen.

  • Afghanistan war logs

    Wikileaks released to The Guardian, The New York Times and Der Spiegel over 92,000 documents related to the war in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2009. The logs detail individual incidents including friendly fire and civilian casualties.