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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (5 children)

IIRC a password providing access to some of the full, unredacted documents was leaked, so despite Wikileaks vetting the documents some names did still get out. It was fairly quickly scrubbed and its believed that nobody was harmed in the end, but it got pretty close.

[–] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That was an editor at The Guardian, David Leigh.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can anyone verify if this exchange is factually correct?

[–] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You could read David Leigh's book, in which he published the full decryption key: https://www.amazon.com/WikiLeaks-Inside-Julian-Assanges-Secrecy/dp/161039061X

That's literally how he leaked it.

The wikipedia article on it has the whole "he said - she said":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks:_Inside_Julian_Assange%27s_War_on_Secrecy

Including the lie that is frequently parroted about Assange not caring about people dying.

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