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Wikileaks are up to something tonight... But what?
Tonight’s ‘big announcement’ from the group comes on the eve of the first anniversary of Chelsea Manning’s conviction on espionage charges.
THE WIKILEAKS ORGANISATION is promising a big announcement in the next few hours.
The group’s given a few clues about it’s new revelations — but so far, this tweet’s all we’ve got to go on…
As you might expect, there’s always some wag happy to try and fill the information vacuum…
WikiLeaks angered the United States in 2010 by publishing hundreds of thousands of classified documents on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as a huge cache of US diplomatic cables that embarrassed governments worldwide.
The group’s founder, Julian Assange, has been holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London for more than two years as he fights sexual abuse charges.
This evening’s announcement comes on the eve of the first anniversary former US soldier Chelsea Manning’s conviction on espionage charges.
Previously known as Bradley Manning, the former intelligence analyst is serving 35 years in prison for passing along 700,000 secret documents to the Wikileaks organisation.
Includes copy from AFP
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