"What has Wikileaks ever taught us?" ... Read on ... How often have we been told in world-weary tones that Wikileaks has revealed nothing new - especially by those who want to appear to be in the know?
Here is an aide-mémoire of a few of the highest profile revelations. Since 2006, whistleblower website WikiLeaks has published a mass of information we would otherwise not have known. The leaks have exposed dubious procedures at Guantanamo Bay and detailed meticulously the Iraq War's unprecedented civilian death-toll. They have highlighted the dumping of toxic waste in Africa as well as revealed America's clandestine military actions in Yemen and Pakistan. Open Letter in Defence of Wikileaks’ Right to Publish.