WikiSecrets

May 24, 2011 // 53:40
WikiSecrets
May 24, 2011 // 53:40
Season 29: Episode 15

It’s the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history — the leaking of more than half-a-million classified documents on the Wikileaks website in the spring of 2010. Behind it all, stand two very different men: Julian Assange, the Internet activist and hacker who published the documents, and an Army intelligence analyst named Bradley E. Manning, who’s currently charged with handing them over. FRONTLINE tells the full story behind the leaks and reports on the U.S. government’s struggle to protect national security information in a post-9/11 world. [Explore more stories on the original website for WikiSecrets.]

produced by
Marcela Gaviria •
Martin Smith

Features

Hacker Adrian Lamo, Who Reported Chelsea Manning, Dies at 37

March 19, 2018 // by Nicole Einbinder

Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years for WikiLeaks

August 21, 2013 // by Sarah Childress

Just How Damaging Were Manning's WikiLeaks?

August 6, 2013 // by Sarah Childress

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The "Indie" Journalists At the Center of the Bradley Manning Trial
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