2010

FEB

• US initiates Wikileaks investigation involving FBI, DOJ, NSA, CIA and more. link

APR

• 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

• Wikileaks releases classified US military documents on the Afghan war, revealing details of civilian victims and links between Pakistan/Taliban.

JUL 29

• Wikileaks adds an "insurance" file to the Afghan war diaries page.

AUG 10

• 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

• 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

• Two Swedish women compel police to have Assange take an STD test.

AUG 21

• Chief Prosecutor of Stockholm, Eva Finn, drops rape allegation, states no crime committed. link

AUG 25

• Chief Prosecutor Eva Finn closes the rape case, stating no suspicion of any crime whatsoever.

AUG 30

• Assange attends police interview and answers all questions asked.

SEP 15

• 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

• 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