EARLY YEARS

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APR, 2004
- Abu Ghraib story breaks through CBS News, revealing horrific torture conducted by US troops running the detention center.
DEC, 2006
- Julian Assange founds Wikileaks.org, aimed at providing a platform for whistleblowers.
NOV, 2007
- Wikileaks' published PGP key expires, compromising their ability to use PGP. link
FEB, 2008
- Wikileaks exposes Swiss Bank, Julius Baer, for money laundering. Bank was helping clients launder funds via Cayman Islands.
NOV, 2009
- Wikileaks releases archive of text pager messages recorded in the US during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

2010

FEB, 2010
- US initiates Wikileaks investigation involving FBI, DOJ, NSA, CIA and more. link
APR, 2010
- Wikileaks releases Collateral Murder, a classified US Military video depicting indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in New Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff. Bradley Manning aka Chelsea Manning, an American soldier and patriot, is eventually charged and detained for the leak.
JUL, 2010
- Wikileaks releases classified US military documents on the Afghan war, revealing details of civilian victims and links between Pakistan/Taliban.
JUL 29, 2010
- Wikileaks adds an "insurance" file to the Afghan war diaries page.
AUG 10, 2010
- US media reports that the US government is encouraging its allies to open criminal investigations against Assange for the Afghan war leaks, to prevent his freedom of movement. link
AUG 12, 2010
- Assange travels to Sweden, talks about military involvement in Afghan war. Supposedly has sex with two Swedish women while there. These women are also supposedly ex-employees of Wikileaks.
AUG 20, 2010
- Two Swedish women compel police to have Assange take an STD test.
AUG 21, 2010
- Chief Prosecutor of Stockholm, Eva Finn, drops rape allegation, states no crime committed. link
AUG 25, 2010
- Chief Prosecutor Eva Finn closes the rape case, stating no suspicion of any crime whatsoever.
AUG 30, 2010
- Assange attends police interview and answers all questions asked.
SEP 15, 2010
- Assange cleared to leave Sweden.
OCT
- Wikileaks releases 400,000 accounts written by American soldiers from 2004 to 2009 revealing US decided to ignore cases of torture by Iraqi authorities on civilians.
NOV
- Swedish prosecutor re-issues European arrest warrant for Assange.
NOV
- Wikileaks releases classified US diplomatic cables. ADD MORE DETAIL HERE
NOV 28, 2010
- CBS announces that if anything happens to Assange, a key will go out to unlock Wikileaks' publishes "insurance" files.
DEC
- Assange turns himself in to London police.
DEC
- Assange released on bail, tells media the rape allegations are a politically motivated campaign to undermine his cause.
DEC 2, 2010
- Wikileaks is cut off from Amazon servers, with Amazon claiming Wikileaks violated their terms of service. link
DEC 8, 2010
- Wikileaks.org DNS provider EveryDNS suffers DDoS attack affecting all of its other customers. EveryDNS is forced to drop Wikileaks. link

2011

FEB
- British judge rules Assange can be extradited to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations, dismissing Assange's lawyer who argued Assange wouldn't face a fair trial in Sweden.
MAY 27
- Anthony Weiner Tweets a photo of himself in boxers with an erection to a 21 year old. Weiner removed the weiner pic, but someone captured screenshots and sent them to Brietbart.
JUN 10
- Weinergate scandal. Anthony Weiner is caught talking to a 17 year old girl over the internet, police question the girl and her parents, but find no wrongdoing and drop the case. His campaign takes a major hit. link
JUN 17
- Just a week after Weinergate, it's revealed that Weiner was the target of a sting operation. Two false identities of underage girls had been created by unknown parties to solicit communication with Weiner and the women he was contacting. link
JUL
- Assange appeals extradition ruling.
SEP
- Assange's unauthorised biography released in England, completely denying the sexual assault allegations.
OCT
- Assange says Wikileaks will temporarily stop publishing classified US diplomatic files to concentrate on fundraising, due to a loss of revenue and financial blockade by MasterCard and Visa.
NOV
- British High Court judges reject Assange's appeal against extradition to Sweden.

2012

JAN
- Assange appeals his extradition at British Supreme Court.
JAN 23
- Wikileaks.org abandons the use of PGP encryption. link
FEB 22
- Wikileaks adds another "insurance" file.
MAY
- British Supreme Court rejects Assange's extradition appeal, rules he must be tried in Sweden.
JUN
- Assange makes plea for asylum in Ecuador.
JUN 28
- Assange ordered by British police to turn himself in on extradition notice.
JUN 29
- Assange refuses to turn himself in. British police say they will arrest him as soon as he leaves the Ecuadorian Embassy.
JUL
- Wikileaks hires Baltasar Garzon to lead Assange's legal team.
AUG
- UK warns Ecuador it may raid the Ecuadorian Embassy in London if it doesn't hand over Assange to British police. Ecuador condemns the threat and announces asylum for Assange.

2013

AUG 17
- Wikileaks adds 3 more "insurance" files.

2016

MAR
- Unaoil leak. Huffington Post and Fairfax Media break story about leaked emails showing massive bribery scandal through Unaoil to secure contracts in the middle east. They used HSBC (see James Comey) and Citibank for private processing of funds. Implicates companies such as Halliburton (see Dick Cheney), Rolls-Royce, Samsung. link, link
APR 15
- Panama Papers leak. "John Doe" whistleblower leaks 11.5 million documents from the company Mossack Fonseca to German journalist Bastian Obermayer, exposing how the wealthy use Panama for tax evasion, fraud, and other crimes. These were not published through Wikileaks. Wikileaks claims they originated from Washington DC. link
APR 18
- John Jones QC, Assange's U.N. lawyer and Britain's top human rights lawyer dies of apparent suicide by jumping in front of a train.
MAY 11
- Michael Ratner, 72 year old civil and human rights attorney representing Assange, dies due to complications from cancer according to Ratner's brother.
JUN 3
- Wikileaks adds a 94 GB "insurance" file.
JUL 10
- Seth Rich, DNC staffer who may have leaked DNC documents/emails to Wikileaks is shot in the back and dies. Claimed to be a robbery, but nothing was stolen from his body.
AUG 5
- Edward Snowden (source of leaks on surveillance by the NSA) tweets 64 bit code (potential dead man's switch).
AUG 10
- Wikileaks offers $20,000 reward for information on murder of Seth Rich.
AUG 22
- Attempted break-in at the Embassy where Assange is living. Sweden questions London's inadequate response.
SEP 15
- Assange says he'll turn himself in if Obama pardons Chelsea Manning. link 1

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SEP 26
- John Kerry holds private meeting with Ecuador in Colombia to have them silence Assange.
OCT 3
- Wikileaks Tweets an email where Hillary Clinton is quited saying "can't we just drone this guy?" while discussing how to deal with Assange.
- Wikileaks announces that the appearance by Assange on the Embassy balcony has been canceled due to security concerns.
OCT 7
- Wikileaks.org drops first batch of Podesta emails.
OCT 10
- Four intelligence agents siege the prison where Chelsea Manning is staying and then they stage a prison break, but Manning remains in her cell for 13 hours, refusing to go along with the escape plan. Then everything goes back to normal. link
OCT 12
- Wikileaks.org announces "We are now publishing on a schedule created by our new impact maximizing publishing algorithm the Stochastic Terminator".
- Mike Cernovich Tweets about receiving info that 33,000 of Hillary's deleted emails still exist.
- John Podesta Tweets "I bet the lobster risotto is better than the food at the Ecuadorian Embassy".
- Washington Post publishes article touting the leaker of Trump's 2005 "locker room talk" video as the real star of the election.
OCT 15
- WikiLeaks releases Hillary Clinton's Goldman Sachs transcripts.
- (12pm) Pamela Anderson visits Assange at the Embassy to give him lunch - a vegan sandwich from Pret A Manger. Assange said it was torture.
- (5pm) Ecuador cuts off Assange's internet at the Embassy.
- Biden Hints at U.S. response to Russia for cyberattacks, foreshadowing John Kerry's visit the next day. link
- Last known Tweet from Assange's personal Twitter, Embassy Cat. link
OCT 16
- John Kerry visits London on unrelated business. Some people think it is a cover story to ensure that Assange is silenced. link
- (11pm) Wikileaks twitter releases three "pre-commitment" Tweets for John Kerry, Ecuador and UK FCO, with a hash/key for each.
- Roger Jason Stone Tweets "Reports the Brits storm the Ecuadorian Embassy tonite while Kerry demands the UK revoke their diplomatic status so Assange can be seized."
- Last known date/time Assange signed a message with his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) key as proof of life. His internet may have been cut off around this time, no official statement until OCT 17.
OCT 17
- RT (Russia Today) bank accounts forcefully closed by NatWest, British Treasury denies involvement.
- (6:30am) Wikileaks Tweets that Assange's internet has been cut by a state party, and they've activated contingency plans. link
- Assange requests that the Swedish rape allegation questioning be postponed until NOV 14. link
- Gizmodo publishes story "A volunteer with Wikileaks [Kelly Kolisnik] confirmed that Assange is very much alive, even tweeting out some photos of them together." Kelly later Tweeted that the photos were taken a few months ago; his reason for stating Assange was OK was due to Wikileaks Tweeting as per usual, and he was in Canada when the Gizmodo story got published. link 1, link 2
- (8:30pm) Wikileaks.org claims Julian Assange's internet link cut, contingency plans put into effect.
- GUCCIFER_2 Tweets "i'm here and ready for new releases. already changed my location thanks @wikileaks for a good job!"
- (1:04pm) Reddit user tracks down possible rendition flight "Guantanamo Express" which he suspects Assange is on. Airplane lands in North Carolina. Flightradar24 goes offline. link
OCT 18
- Witnesses photograph and report heavily armed police and vans outside Equadorian Embassy, are barred from approaching and get their cellphones confiscated. Live feeds are cut off.
- Fox News announces assange to be arrested "in a matter of hours" link
- Wikileaks.org makes https://file.wikileaks.org/file/ publicly visible, file dates/timestamps set to 1984 (Orwell reference).
- Wikileaks announces "Multiple US sources tell us John Kerry asked Ecuador to stop Assange from publishing Clinton docs during FARC peace negotiations".
- Wikileaks announces "The John Kerry private meeting with Ecuador was made on the sidelines of the negotiations which took place pricipally on Sep 26 in Colombia."
- Wikileaks announces "A front has released through US Democratic media an elaborate story accusing Julian Assange of paedophillia & taking US $1million from Russia"; publishes all docs about this case.
- Ecuador admits to 'restricting' Assange communications over US election.
OCT 19
- Craig Murray posts on his blog that "went to see Julian Assange for a whisky in the Ecuador Embassy" (….) "I left Julian after midnight. He is fit, well, sharp and in good spirits".
OCT 20
- Cryptome tweets "Wrong building for Assange's EC bolt hole. Orator perch still waving flag. 51°29'56.62" N 0°09'40.51" W".
- /r/wikileaks, /r/dncleaks, /r/wikileakstaskforce and /r/nsaleaks add 21 new moderators and remove previous mods, all threads about Assange going missing deleted since.
- Wikileaks annouces "We have a suprise in store for @TimKaine and @DonnaBrazile."
- Wikileaks Tweets 5 rapid fire messages with misspelled words. Some people speculate the incorrect letters spell out "HELP HIM".
OCT 21
- (9am) Wikileaks Tweets photo of heavily armed "police" outside the Embassy. This is late news or a different occurrence, since witnesses saw this happen on OCT 18. link
- (11:10am) Massive DDoS cyberattack hits Dyn DNS. Some people speculate it is a deliberate attempt to extract Assange from the Embassy, mute Wikileaks / Assange, and/or block the Dead Man Switch. link 1, link 2
- (4pm) Chemical scare and evacuation at London City Airport minutes away from the Embassy, involving a teargas cannister. Some people speculate Assange was being renditioned by plane at this point. link 1

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- (7pm) London City Airport declared safe.
- Wikileaks Tweets "Mr. Assange is still alive and WikiLeaks is still publishing. We ask supporters to stop taking down the US internet. You proved your point". (confusing statement, and no evidence supporting this)
- Wikileaks Tweets "The Obama administration should not have attempted to misuse its instruments of state to stop criticism of its ruling party candidate". (likely referring to John Kerry)
- Insurance key dump - eta numeris, sin topper, project runway, 7FG final request, fall of cassandra. Threads about it on 4chan and the_donald get removed. [link 1](), link 2, link 3
OCT 22
- Wikileaks co-founder and Assange's mentor Gavin Macfayden dies of lung cancer.
- Wikileaks announces on Twitter "Stochastic Terminator Algorithm update" (no explanation).
- Wikileaks Tweets "A bloody year for WikiLeaks: Jones/Ratner/Gavin"
- wikileaks subreddit adds 7 new mods who start to lock and delete threads, as well as ban users for "concern trolling" and "CTR tactics".
OCT 23
- Wikileaks Tweets a poll asking how best to prove Assange is alive (he still hasn't appeared on video or at the window since). Video option wins. link
- Wikileaks announces on Twitter "We will release a statement tomorrow about Assange. Our editor is safe and still in full command despite reduced communications with staff."
OCT 24
- WikiLeaks publishes "Editorial Board statement on the status of Julian Assange, Ecuador and the US election".
- Wikileaks publishes Michael Moore’s video (not recent, it's from June) | link
- Wikileaks announces that "While in London for #SHOCircus, Mark Halperin attempts to interview #wikileaks' founder julian assange (Video with "Assange´s reply: "Everything" about what the MSM is missing about Podesta leaks).
- Assange lawyer ‪@BarnsGreg gives interview to "ABC Radio National2 (Australia)", and states that spoke with Assange "yesterday". (interview link not working anymore)
OCT 25
- CISL Conference schedule and posters change (Announcement of Assange "live connection" from London"
- Pamela Anderson tweets photo with toy "For Julian's cat"
OCT 26
- Assange speaks at CISL technology conference in Argentina via phone call; no video. This conference was apparently advertised a week or two in advance via their website, but wasn't mentioned, advertised or promoted by Wikileaks team/staff until after it took place.
- (9:25am) Kim DotCom insinuating wikileaks has the deleted emails.
- (12:07pm) Kim DotCom again insinuating wikileaks has the deleted emails.
- (12:42pm) Kim DotCom telling Gowdy and Trump how to legally obtain deleted 33k emails by using NSA's XKeyscore.
- (4:15 PM) Kim DotCom restating legal way to obtain emails so that when the release comes from Wikileaks, to convict Hillary, congress / prosecutors can get valid evidence for US .gov
- Wikileaks Tweets about a pardon for Manning and Obama lying about Hillary's server. Podesta leaks starting to show Obama name.
- 4chan users successfully decode their first message in Wikileaks' blockchain. Threads are instantly flooded by shills saying that it's not worth looking into. The blockchain is blocked with fees and 43000 unconfirmed transactions appear in the mempool.
OCT 27
- WikileaksTaskForce tweets: "The video from #Assange's talk at @CISL_Argentina is legit. It was scheduled sometime ago. #CISL2016"
OCT 28
- Wikileaks annouces that "Sweden has rejected Mr. Assange's request to be escorted by police to the funeral of Gavin MacFadyen on Monday."
- Wikileaks releases "statement from Mr. Assange" about Swedish decision.
- FBI reopens Hillary Clinton investigation. James Comey sends letter to Congress claiming new emails have surfaced from an unrelated investigation into Anthony Weiner's sexting of an underage girl.
OCT 29
- Wikileaks tweets about John Pilger’s article "on Clinton, Trump, the media, WikiLeaks and war", where Pilger states that "Assange knows the truth. And let me assure those who are concerned, he is well, and WikiLeaks is operating on all cylinders."
OCT 30
- Wikileaks announces "We commence PHASE 3 of our US election coverage next week."
OCT 31
- Wikileaks Tweets a "poll": "Who will US president Barack Obama pardon (for distributing documents marked classified) on his way out of office? Chelsea Manning/Hillary Clinton/Julian Assange/Edward Snowden"
NOV 2
- Steve Piecznik publishes Clinton coup / counter coup video statement. | link
- TruePundit publishes story claiming NYPD recovered a laptop from Anthony Wiener, Huma Abedin's husband, containing 650,000 emails linked to numerous people and crimes. NYPD ready to blow whistle. link
NOV 3
- RT (Russia Today) publishes exclusive interview with Assange and John Pilger. There is no distinguishing shot during the entire interview, which is uncommon. Some people noticed edits, cuts and morphs in the video, but this is normal for post-production and doesn't necessarily indicate anything.
NOV 4
- Adobe releases voice emulation software. Some people suspect this or similar technology could be used to fake Assange's interviews.
- Brietbart publishes story claiming the NYPD is ready to make arrests concerning the contents of Anthony Weiner's laptop. They claim the NYPD was the first to obtain access to the laptop through a warrant, and this may be why the FBI reopened the investigation on OCT 28. link
- NYTimes publishes story about Chelsea Manning's "attempted suicide" and her account of the "staged escape" that took place on OCT 10. Very bizarre. link
NOV 5
- WND reports that in the days leading up to the election on NOV 8, the FBI terminated the NYPD's investigation of Clinton’s emails on former congressman Anthony Weiner’s laptop, demanding that the laptop and all 650,000 State Department emails be taken to the FBI in Washington. | link
NOV 6
- Huge DDoS takes down Wikileaks.org for first time in years.
NOV 8
- Donald Trump wins the presidency, scoring more delegate votes than Hillary Clinton.
NOV 10
- (8:48am) Reddit hosts an "Ask Me Anything" by the Wikileaks team, using a guest moderator. They fail to provide verification and dodge questions. Guest moderator deletes his account afterwards.
NOV 12
- Swedish prosecutors question Assange regarding rape allegations. Prosecutors talked indirectly to Assange through an ambassador, and Assange's lawyers were not present.
NOV 13
- Pamela Anderson visits Assange a second time at the Embassy, brings tray of snacks.
NOV 14
- Wikileaks releases insurance files, SHA-256 hashes do not match those tweeted in October.
NOV 15
- embassy cat makes a public appearance in the embassy window on behalf of assange, cat wearing a tie | link
NOV 21
- Mother of murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich pleads for help from the public. link
NOV 22
- WikiLeaks Tweets "The government of Sweden has announced that it will not block extradition of Assange to the United States". link