Wikileaks

View of the WikiLeaks homepage taken in Washington on December 3, 2010. The White House ordered government agencies to block employees from accessing WikiLeaks from official computers, saying the diplomatic cables leaked by the website remain classified documents.'The recent disclosure of US government documents by WikiLeaks has resulted in damage to our national security,' the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said in a message to all federal agencies obtained by AFP. WikiLeaks faced growing pressure as its founder Julian Assange (pictured) dealt with a new arrest warrant and death threats, while the website hopped around the globe trying to evade efforts to shut it down. As the fallout grew from its release of secret US diplomatic cables, the whistleblower site found new domain names in a string of European countries after its original wikileaks. org address was shut down by an American provider.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange displays a page from the Wikileaks page on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange displays a page from the Wikileaks page on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces. AFP PHOTO / Leon Neal.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange displays a page from the Wikileaks page on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange displays a page from the Wikileaks page on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces. AFP PHOTO / Leon Neal.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange (R) waits to speak to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces. AFP PHOTO / Leon Neal.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London to release previously secret files on the Iraq war. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange (R) waits to speak to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces. AFP PHOTO / Leon Neal.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange (L) is filmed as he speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London to release previously secret files on the Iraq war. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

UPDATING INFO(FILES) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange poses on August 14, 2010 in Stockholm. The founder of the controversial whistleblower website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, is wanted in Sweden where he has been accused of rape, the prosecutor's office said on August 21. 2010. Swedish prosecutors later on August 21, 2010 cancelled the arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, saying the boss of the website that released secret documents on the Afghan war was no longer suspected of rape.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces. AFP PHOTO / Leon Neal.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange (R) waits to speak to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange arrives for a press conference on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London to release previously secret files on the Iraq war. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London to release previously secret files on the Iraq war. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange (R) waits to speak to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange (R) waits to speak to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange arrives for a press conference on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London to release previously secret files on the Iraq war. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange coughs as he speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange arrives for a press conference on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London to release previously secret files on the Iraq war. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange (R) waits to speak to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London to release previously secret files on the Iraq war. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London to release previously secret files on the Iraq war. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London to release previously secret files on the Iraq war. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange (R) waits to speak to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Collaborator with the Wikileaks website Kristinn Hrafnsson takes part in a press conference on October 23, 2010 at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange coughs as he speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange (R) waits to speak to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces. AFP PHOTO / Leon Neal.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange coughs as he speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces.

Founder of the Wikileaks website Julian Assange speaks to the media on October 23, 2010 during a press conference at the Park Plaza hotel in central London. WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange said today that hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents leaked by the website showed the 'truth' on the Iraq war. 'This disclosure is about the truth,' Assange told a news conference in London after WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents which give a grim snapshot of the Iraq war, including showing the abuse of Iraqi civilians by Iraqi security forces. AFP PHOTO / Leon Neal.

Jon Karlung, the chairman of the board and founder of Bahnhof, one of the companies to host WikiLeaks servers, points at Wikileaks servers on November 9, 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. By the chairman's own admission, the data centre is essentially like any other, and WikiLeaks is treated just like any other client Bahnhof provides server services to. But the place looks like something straight out of a science-fiction or espionage film, reflecting the secretive character of its most talked-about tenant, WikiLeaks' enigmatic leader Julian Assange.

CORRECTING DATE IN CAPTIONJon Karlung, the chairman of the board and founder of Bahnhof, one of the companies to host WikiLeaks servers, points at Wikileaks servers on December 9, 2010 in Stockholm. By the chairman's own admission, the data centre is essentially like any other, and WikiLeaks is treated just like any other client Bahnhof provides server services to. But the place looks like something straight out of a science-fiction or espionage film, reflecting the secretive character of its most talked-about tenant, WikiLeaks' enigmatic leader Julian Assange.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange requests the floor during a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. The review came just two weeks after WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange requests the floor during a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. The review came just two weeks after WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange requests the floor during a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. The review came just two weeks after WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange requests the floor during a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. The review came just two weeks after WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's attends a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. The review came just two weeks after WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's attends a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. The review came just two weeks after WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's attends a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. British police and the security services of several nations know the whereabouts of Julian Assange, his lawyer said on December 2, without explicitly confirming the location of the WikiLeaks boss.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange requests the floor during a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. The review came just two weeks after WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange requests the floor during a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. The review came just two weeks after WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's hand is pictured as he holds a paper requesting the floor during a meeting between the US State Department officials and an NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on November 5, 2010 at the UN Office in Geneva. The review came just two weeks after whistleblowing website WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange requests the floor during a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. The review came just two weeks after WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange requests the floor during a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. The review came just two weeks after WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's attends a meeting between the US State Department officials and NGO on the sideline of the first review of the United States by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at the UN Office in Geneva on November 5, 2010. The review came just two weeks after WikiLeaks published 400,000 classified US documents on the Iraq war, reviving concern about a lack of accountability for abuse.