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• WikiLeaks is a website that allows users to anonymously post various corporate and government documents. On February 15, 2008, a California court granted an injunction which essentially removed WikiLeaks.org from the Internet. Though the court turned off the domain name, users would still access the website through its IP address, or one of the many "cover names".BBC: Whistle Blower Site Taken Offline

• Fast Facts

  1. Formed by a small group of journalists
  2. Launched: December 2006
  3. Servers in Sweden hosted by the same company that formally hosted The Pirate Bay servers
  4. Private registration
  5. Wikileaks is banned in China
  6. Site claims over 1.2 million documents have been added

• Sarah Palin Email

  On September 17, 2008, emails written by Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin were posted to WikiLeaks as screenshots, after hackers reportedly broke into her [[Yahoo!]] account.Washington Post: Palin's Yahoo! Account Hacked (September 17, 2008) The material did not appear to contain information of relevance to the so-called Troopergate investigation in which Palin is embroiled. A Republican spokesman called the leak "a shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of law."Associated Press: Hackers break into Palin's e-mail account(September 17, 2008)

• FBI Investigation

  After the Palin emails were posted on WikiLeaks the FBI and Secret Service began an investigation into the leaked emails.FOXNews: FBI, Secret Service Investigate Hacking... (September 18, 2008)

• Scientology and Mormonism

  Wikileaks leaked the Wikileaks Mormonism inner workings of the Church of Scientology's 612 page bible in March 2008. The "bible" had never fully been seen by the public before it appeared on Wikileaks. The Church of Scientology contacted the website to remove the copyrighted documents. Wikileaks refused to take them down.

  In April 2008, Wikileaks posted the secret handbook of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These materials were private and most mormons have not even seen them. After the spokesperson from the church Michael Purdy asked for them to take the handbook off of their website, they refused.

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