Template:Cablegate timeline

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Cablegate timeline
2009

Nov: Bradley Manning allegedly contacts WikiLeaks.


2010

18 Feb: WikiLeaks releases Reykjavik 13 cable.

29 Mar : WikiLeaks releases State Dept profiles of
Icelandic politicians.

26 May: Manning arrested in Iraq.

30 July: Wikileaks posts 1.4 gigabyte encrypted file
containing WL material on several Internet exchange
platforms as "insurance."

Aug: Julian Assange gives The Guardian's
David Leigh the Cablegate file's encryption passphrase.

15 Sep: Daniel Domscheit-Berg formally leaves WikiLeaks.

Sep: WikiLeaks volunteer gives Heather Brooke
Cablegate file access.

28 Nov: 220 redacted cables published by five
newspapers.


2011

11 Jan: Redacted publication continues; 2,017
cables published as of this date.

1 Feb: David Leigh and Luke Harding publish Cablegate
passphrase in a book, believing it no longer in use.

25 Aug: Der Freitag reports file and passphrase are online;
does not reveal passphrase.

Aug: Others piece details together; gain access.

1 Sep: WikiLeaks releases all 251,287 unredacted cables.