WikiLeaks: Forskelle mellem versioner

 

== Baggrund ==

Domænet ''wikileaks.org'' blev registeret den [[4. oktober]] [[2006]].<ref name="whois">{{cite web|title=Whois Search Results: wikileaks.org|url=http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=wikileaks.org&isc=ALEXADOM|work=GoDaddy.com|accessdate=10 December 2010}}</ref> Hjemmesiden blev indviet, og offentliggjorde det første dokument, i december 2006.<ref name="TIME">{{Cite news |title=WikiLeaks' War on Secrecy: Truth's Consequences |date=2 December 2010 |author=Calabresi, Massimo |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2034276-3,00.html |work=Time |location =New York |accessdate=19 December 2010 |quote=Reportedly spurred by the leak of the Pentagon papers, Assange unveiled WikiLeaks in December 2006.}}</ref> WikiLeaks er overvejende repræsenteret i offentligheden siden januar 2007 af [[Julian Assange]], der nu er almindeligt anerkendt som "grundlæggeren af ​​WikiLeaks".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/rudd-government-blacklist-hacker-monitors-police/story-e6frg8yx-1225718288350 |title=Rudd Government blacklist hacker monitors police |work=The Australian |location =Sydney |author=Guilliatt, Richard |date=30 May 2009 |accessdate=17 June 2010}}</ref> Ifølge Wired magazine, sagde en frivillig, at Assange beskrev sig selv i en privat samtale, som "''the heart and soul of this organisation, its founder, philosopher, spokesperson, original coder, organizer, financier, and all the rest''".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/world/24assange.html |work=The New York Times |title=WikiLeaks Founder on the Run, Trailed by Notoriety |date=23 October 2010 |last1=Burns |first1=John F. |last2=Somaiya |first2=Ravi |accessdate=19 December 2010}}</ref>