From: Trevor Timm (Director, Freedom of Press Foundation) To: Sunshine Press, Jennifer Robinson Date: 9 December, 2017 Dear Julian, This week, FPF's board unanimously found—upon review of the available evidence—that the financial blockade by the major payment processors is no longer in effect, and as such, we will soon cease processing donations on behalf of WikiLeaks readers. We consider the defeat of the financial blockade a victory for free expression rights. We are proud of the work we did over the past five years to see that WikiLeaks was able to receive so many donations from WikiLeaks readers it otherwise may have unjustly lost. If a similar extrajudicial financial blockade is re-instated in the future, our board agreed WikiLeaks would be welcome to apply for protection again. To help make this transition as smooth as possible, we will keep our donation mechanism unchanged and open for the next 30 days. As you requested, I am happy to discuss with you when and how the remaining balance will be transferred to Wau Holland, how we will notify current and recurring WL donors about the change, where they can direct their donations to in the future, or other issues related to the hand off. This decision has no bearing on FPF's position that WikiLeaks is entitled to robust First Amendment protections, as is every publisher, for publishing newsworthy information. We continue to strongly oppose any prosecution attempts by the US government for WikiLeaks's publishing activities.