WikiLeaks
Secrets publication site
WikiLeaks is an international organization that publishes leaked documents and classified information from anonymous sources.
Founded in 2006, it gained global attention for releasing secret military and diplomatic materials, including footage of U.S. airstrikes and State Department cables.
The organization, led by Julian Assange, sparked debates about transparency, journalism, and national security: The WikiLeaks disclosures embarrassed governments worldwide.
Heavy ropes or wires
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- documentsFormal written records
- diplomaticTactful and sensitive
- revelationsSurprising facts made known
exposure · intelligence · embassy · redaction · disclosure · confidential · espionage · informant
NSA contractor turned fugitive
- informantOne who provides intelligence
- insiderOne with confidential access
- sourcePoint of origin
- courageFortitude facing danger
expose · testimony · dissent · hero · traitor · asylum · prosecution · persecution
Causing sharp division
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- debateFormal argument on issues
- backlashStrong negative reaction
censorship · prosecution · extradition · asylum · Sweden · press freedom · national security · treason
Obligation for one's actions
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- freedom of informationPublic access to state records
public interest · truth · revelation · democracy · watchdog · sunshine laws · government accountability · open government
Online page collection
- encryptedTransformed into cipher
- digitalOf discrete data
- archiveStored historical records
- repositoryPlace for storing things
publication · redaction · journalism · media · distribution · hosting · database · searchable
cables
Heavy ropes or wires
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- documentsFormal written records
- diplomaticTactful and sensitive
revelations · exposure · intelligence · embassy · redaction · disclosure · confidential · espionage · informant · corruption
Snowden
NSA contractor turned fugitive
courage · expose · testimony · dissent · hero · traitor · asylum · prosecution · persecution · protection
polarizing
Causing sharp division
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- debateFormal argument on issues
backlash · censorship · prosecution · extradition · asylum · Sweden · press freedom · national security · treason · First Amendment
accountability
Obligation for one's actions
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- opennessQuality of being accessible
freedom of information · public interest · truth · revelation · democracy · watchdog · sunshine laws · government accountability · open government · FOIA
website
Online page collection
repository · publication · redaction · journalism · media · distribution · hosting · database · searchable
- digital rightsdigital rights, digital freedom, digital privacy, data privacy, data protection
- scandalsscandal, controversy, coverup, cover-up, disgrace
- WhistleblowersEdward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Deep Throat, exposers, informers
- 2000s History9/11, September 11, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Arab Spring
- 2000s PoliticsTrump, Obama, Biden, Brexit, Putin
- free speechfree expression, freedom of speech, protected speech, speech rights, speech protection
WikiLeaksgovernment secrecy
Official information suppression
classified information · state secrets · cover-up · official secrets · information blackout
WikiLeaksNSA
Federal cryptologic intelligence agency
CIA · intelligence agencies · classification system · MI6 · surveillance state
WikiLeaksstate propaganda
Government-produced persuasion material
embedded journalism · government spokesperson · press secretary · Pravda · spin
leaking, leaks, leaked, wiki, Wikipedia, leaker, wikis, leakers