Wiki Leaks is an international non-for-profit organization which publishes secret information, news leaks and classified media from anonymous sources.
It began during 2006 in Iceland and was opened by the organization sunshine press.
Julian Assange who is an Australian Internet activist is generally described as its founder, editor-in-chief, and director.
The group has released a number of significant documents which have become front-page news items, early releases included documentation of equipment expenditures and holdings in the Afghanistan war and corruption in Kenya.
During April 2010, Wiki Leaks published gun sight footage from the 12th July Baghdad airstrike in which Iraqi journalists were among those killed y an AH-64 Apache Helicopter.
During July of the same year Wiki Leaks released Afghan War Diary, a compilation of more than 76,900 documents about the war in Afghanistan.
Julian Assange is an Australian editor, activist, publisher and journalist best known for being editor-in-chief and founder of Wiki Leaks which publishes submission of secret information.
Assange was a hacker activist in his youth before becoming a computer programmer and then becoming internationally known for his work with Wiki Leaks.
He has lived in several countries and has made public appearances around the world to speak about the freedom of the press, censorship and investigative journalism.
