Assange's arrest in London Thursday on a US extradition request could spell the end of 13-year-old WikiLeaks.
Assange spent nearly seven years in the Ecuadoran embassy in London. AFP/File/Justin TALLIS
Skilled at hacking and cryptography — and motivated by a deep distrust of traditional institutions — Australia-born Assange took a cypherpunk’s libertarian streak to the challenge of government secrecy. But it drew attention. Over the next year, WikiLeaks obtained documents baring the Kenyan leader’s corruption, the secret operating rules for the US Guantanamo Bay prison camp, and offshore banking records from a Swiss bank.
Assange partnered with The New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, and others to help sort through and make sense of the Manning material. WikiLeaks won awards and Assange was put on the cover of Time magazine. WikiLeaks copycat sites opened in different countries. Journalists became trained in the use of encryption and secret file transfers.
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