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D ec em b er 2 00 7 W ik iL ea ks la u n ch e s o ff ic ia l w eb si te . A u g u st 2 00 9 K au p þ in g B an k se cu re s co u rt o rd er p re ve n ti n g I ce la n d ’s n a ti o n al b ro ad ca st er , R Ú V , f ro m b ro ad ca st - in g W ik iL ea ks r ep o rt s sh o w in g K au p þ in g B an k lo an ed s u sp ic io u s- ly la rg e su m s o f m o n ey t o v ar io u s o w n er s o f th e b an k, a n d la rg e d eb ts w er e w ri tt en o ff b e fo re t h e co ll ap se o f th e b an ki n g s e ct o r. Fe b ru ar y 20 10 Ju li an A ss an g e ad vi se s Ic el an d ic M o d er n M ed ia In it ia ti ve p ro p o sa l th a t Ic el an d , “ st ro n g ly p o si ti o n it se lf l e g al ly w it h r e g ar d t o t h e p ro te ct io n o f fr e ed o m s o f ex p re s- si o n a n d in fo rm a ti o n .” S ig u rð u r In g i Þ ó rð ar so n , S ig g i, Q , b e g in s w o rk in g f o r W ik iL ea ks . M ar ch 2 01 0 Ju li an A ss an g e cl ai m s U S g o ve rn - m en t w as s p yi n g o n W ik iL ea ks a ct iv it ie s in R ey kj av ík . A p ri l 2 01 0 W ik iL ea ks r el ea se s vi d eo o f U S A p a ch e m il it ar y h el ic o p te r ki ll in g Ir aq i c iv il ia n s an d t w o R eu te rs jo u rn al is ts , a .k .a . ‘ C o ll a te ra l M u rd er ,’ w it h t h e h el p o f Ic el an d ic vo lu n te er s. Ju n e 20 10 U S s o ld ie r B ra d le y M an n in g a r- re st ed f o r su p p ly in g c o n fi d en ti al d o cu m en ts t o W ik iL ea ks Ju ly 2 01 0 W ik iL ea ks p u b li sh e s A fg h an W ar D ia ri e s: 9 2, 0 0 0 d o cu m en ts o f U S m il it ar y m em o s. A u g u st 2 01 0 S w ed is h p o li ce is su e ar re st w ar - ra n t fo r A ss an g e o n t w o s ep ar a te al le g a ti o n s o f se xu al a ss au lt . S ep te m b er 2 01 0 B ir g it ta J ó n sd ó tt ir c al ls f o r A s- sa n g e to s te p d o w n d u ri n g h is p er so n al l e g al b a tt le s. O ct o b er 2 01 0 W ik iL ea ks p u b li sh e s Ir aq W ar lo g s: 4 0 0, 0 0 0 d o cu m en ts o n t h e Ir aq W ar f ro m 2 0 0 4 –2 0 0 9 N o ve m b er 2 01 0 W ik iL ea ks r el ea se s 25 0, 0 0 0 co n - fi d en ti al U S d ip lo m a ti c/ em b as sy ca b le s w it h in cr im in a ti n g in fo rm a - ti o n a b o u t U S f o re ig n r el a ti o n s an d a ct iv it ie s. D ec em b er 2 01 0 J u li an A ss an g e g iv e s h im se lf o ve r to L o n d o n ’s p o li ce , a w ai ts e x tr ad i- ti o n t o S w ed en o n s ex u al a ss au lt ch ar g e s. A u g u st 2 01 0 P ro m in en t W ik iL ea ks s ta ff er s q u it t h e o rg an is a ti o n in p ro te st o f Ju li an A ss an g e’ s le ad er sh ip a n d in su ff ic ie n t re d a ct io n s in Ir aq W ar L o g s Ja n u ar y 20 11 B ir g it ta J ó n sd ó tt ir f ig h ts U S g o v- er n m en t’ s d em an d f o r h er T w it te r a cc o u n t d e ta il s. Ju ly 2 01 1 Ju li an A ss an g e ap p ea ls ex tr ad it io n . A u g u st 2 01 1 S ig u rð u r In g i Þ ó rð ar so n a p p ro a ch - e s U S e m b as sy in R ey kj av ík w it h in fo rm a ti o n a b o u t W ik iL ea ks N o ve m b er 2 01 1 T h e B ri ti sh H ig h C o u rt r ej e ct s Ju li an A ss an g e’ s ap p ea l. Ju n e 20 12 A ss an g e fi le s fo r p o li ti ca l a sy lu m a t E cu ad o r’ s em b as sy in L o n d o n , ta ke s re fu g e th er e. Ju ly 2 01 2 T h e R ey kj av ík D is tr ic t C o u rt r u le s th a t V al it o r, w h ic h h an d le s V is a an d M as te rC ar d p ay m en ts in Ic el an d , w as in t h e w ro n g w h en i t p re ve n te d c ar d h o ld er s fr o m d o - n a ti n g f u n d s to t h e W ik iL ea ks s it e. A u g u st 2 01 2 Ju li an A ss an g e is o ff er ed as yl u m in E cu ad o r. S ep te m b er 2 01 2 Ju li an A ss an g e ad d re ss e s th e U N in s u p p o rt o f B ra d le y M an n in g a n d th e A ra b S p ri n g w h il e cr it ic is in g P re si d en t O b am a fo r “c ri m in al iz - in g m o re s p e e ch t h an a ll p re vi o u s U S p re si d en ts c o m b in ed .” D ec em b er 2 01 2 B ra d le y M an n in g p le ad s g u il ty t o 10 o f 22 c h ar g e s. Ju n e 20 13 Ic el an d ic f o rm er d ir e ct o r o f D a ta - C el l Ó la fu r V ig n ir S ig u rv in ss o n sa ys a c h ar te re d j e t is p re p ar ed to t ra n sp o rt E d w ar d S n o w d en t o Ic el an d . Ju li an A ss an g e b ro ke rs d is cu s- si o n o f p o li ti ca l a sy lu m b e tw e en E d w ar d S n o w d en a n d t h e G o ve rn - m en t o f Ic el an d . S ar ah H ar ri so n o f W ik iL ea ks a cc o m p an ie s S n o w d en o n f li g h t fr o m H o n g K o n g t o M o sc o w . Ju li an A ss an g e te ll s re p o rt er s th a t h e p ai d f o r S n o w d en ’s lo d g in g s in H o n g K o n g a n d h is f li g h t o u t o f th e co u n tr y. Ju li an A ss an g e h ai ls S n o w d en as a “ h er o ” w h o h as e xp o se d “ o n e o f th e m o st s er io u s ev en ts o f th e d e ca d e — th e cr e ep in g f o rm u la ti o n o f a m as s su rv ei ll an ce s ta te .” A ss an g e re le as ed a s ta te m en t as ki n g p eo p le t o “ st ep f o rw ar d an d s ta n d in ” w it h S n o w d en . Ju ly 2 01 3 B ra d le y M an n in g ’s la w ye rs s e ek t o d is m is s ch ar g e s o f ai d in g th e en em y. W ik iL ea ks r ev ea ls S n o w d en ap p li ed f o r p o li ti ca l a sy lu m in 2 0 co u n tr ie s. wikileaks Timeline — From 2007 to present “I was arrested for the Milestone leak in late January 2010. Kristinn Hrafnsson called me after that, I had been providing him with documents [the Milestone leak], and he wanted me to meet this guy named Julian Assange. I had no idea who he was at the time. I tried googling him, but I didn’t come up with much. I found one YouTube video of a radio inter- view with him, and I just thought that he was like 90% of the activists out there, who say they are going to do all kinds of things and then noth- ing comes of it. But my schedule was open, so I went to see him give a talk on whistleblowers at a local university.” “When I walked into the audito- rium, he wass telling off a journalist who outed me on the front page of his newspaper as the provider of the Milestone documents, so my first impression was great. I introduced myself to him after the talk and he said that Kristinn had mentioned me. We then talked for three or four hours. He ended up giving me a crypto phone to use for contacting him. I was seventeen; I had no idea about anything like this and thought it was very cool. The next weeks we met daily. We went and bought two laptops—by some strange coinci- dence, they were of the same make and model as the laptop that was later found in Alþingi [see sidebar]. Collateral Murder “We started meeting regularly, him and me and some Icelanders. Usu- ally at the restaurant Sægreifinn by the harbour. Assange really liked their lobster soup. Then one day Birgitta Jónsdóttir, a local MP for the Movement, picked me up from a café downtown and we went to her home, where Assange showed me the “Collateral Murder” video. This was in February or March of 2010.” “I remember that night especially well. I had never seen a video like it before. It was like watching a movie or a computer game. Later, I went to a friend’s house, where some peo- ple were playing “Call of Duty” [a war-simulation videogame]. I looked at it and thought, 'wow; this is exact- ly the same as the video I just saw.' The day after, I met with Assange, and he told me that there was more material of the same kind coming in. I felt like I was in a spy movie. It was exciting.” “Assange then left Iceland and I continued working for him. Do- ing research and things like that. He gave me another laptop and things were going great. And then the “Collateral Murder” video gets published. I was on the phone with Kristinn Hrafnsson that day. He was in Iraq. Everything went crazy. I con- tinued to keep contact with Assange over the Internet and I hung out in the WikiLeaks IRC chatroom. Then, that summer, a number of people left WikiLeaks, Daniel Domscheit- Berg, Herbert Snorrason and Smári McCarthy for example. That’s when my role within the organisation changed.” Chief of staff “I essentially took over the organisa- tion’s IRC chatroom. WikiLeaks was getting really famous at that point, and all kinds of individuals were joining in the conversation on the chatroom. A lot of media agencies and people wanting to volunteer for WikiLeaks joined. At that time, the key-group running WikiLeaks num- bered 6 or 7 people, which was pret- ty small for the work we were doing at the time. So it was decided to use the people who joined the chat, if they wanted to help. We set up around 100 groups that each num- bered from 10 to 20 people. These were all individuals that I handled for WikiLeaks. Their only connec- tion to the organisation was through me. The tasks came from Assange or whomever needed work done. Some involved programming, some involved research. It all went very well at that time.” “Instead of explaining my role for each and every volunteer, it was eas- ier to just tell them that I was Chief of staff or Chief of volunteers. In re- ality, WikiLeaks had no official titles or roles, but this was just easier to say.” Sigurður Ingi Þórðarson The star of this story, Sigurður Ingi—Siggi or Q—is a former WikiLeaks volunteer turned FBI informant. Siggi has claimed several roles within WikiLeaks, however the organisation will only con- firm that he operated the WikiLeaks IRC chatroom in 2010. Kristinn Hrafnsson Icelandic investigative journal- ist and WikiLeaks spokesperson. He was working at Iceland’s national broadcasting company RÚV when WikiLeaks released “Collateral Murder.” He and WikiLeaks are currently working with Edward Snowden to assist him in avoiding extradition to the United States. Kristinn on Siggi: “Oh I could say a lot about Sigurður Þórðarson. I mean, he is a liar, a pathologi- cal one it seems from our experience. He is of course a thief. His involvement, ap- parent involvement with the US Embassy and the FBI, started in late August 2011, when I was starting to press him about the proceeds of the sales from WikiLeaks merchandise. And shortly thereafter, he indicated that he would break up all rela- tions and was no longer volunteering for WikiLeaks, so from the point he was in contact with the US Embassy and started this contact as a voluntary informant for the FBI, he had no contact with the organ- isation.” Birgitta Jónsdóttir Icelandic MP for Pirate Party, former volunteer for WikiLeaks and Chair- person of the Board of International Mod- ern Media Initiative. She co-produced “Collateral Murder.” Julian Assange Founder of WikiLeaks. Cur- rently under house arrest at the Embassy of Ecuador in London to avoid extradition to Sweden where he faces al- legations of sexual assault. Daniel Domscheit-Berg German technology activist previously known as Daniel Schmitt. He volunteered for WikiLeaks and worked as their spokesperson in Germany until September 2010. Herbert Snorrason Former WikiLeaks volunteer, member of the Icelandic Pirate Party and self-proclaimed anarchist. Google gave his Gmail records to the US government. Smári McCarthy Former WikiLeaks volunteer, member of the Icelandic Pirate Party and Executive Director at International Modern Media Initiative. His Gmail metadata was given to the US government by Google. Smári on Siggi: "I've never met Siggi, and all of my deal- ings with him have been through others." Sabu Sabu, AKA Hector Xavier Mon- segur, is a hacktivist and the leader of LulzSec hacker group. He has also been a member of the influential hack- er group Anonymous. Sabu worked as an informant for the FBI, and his information resulted in the arrests of other hackers. Photo by Hörður Sveinsson Courtesy of Sigurður Ingi Þórðarson Photos in sidebar by Árný Herbertsdóttir Julia Staples www.newmediadays.com — Peter Erichsen SHARE conference JD Lasica 26The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 10 — 2013
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