Acquired Quote by Rebecca MacKinnon

WikiLeaks published the Afghan War Logs and U.S. diplomatic cables stolen from a classified network by an Army private.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats.

— Evgeny Morozov

WikiLeaks is a source protection organization. We are famous for never having exposed one of our sources over 10 years. That's why sources trust…

— Julian Assange

Discerning the legal difference between what WikiLeaks did and what news organizations do is difficult and would set a terrible precedent.

— George Packer

As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, we continue…

— Julian Assange

In my view, a huge portion of WikiLeaks's activities has nothing to do with legitimate newsgathering, informing the public, commenting on important public controversies,…

— James Comey

The difficulty that WikiLeaks has, of course, is that we can't go around speculating on who our sources are. That would be irresponsible.

— Julian Assange

But on the contrary Wikileaks is under heavy attack by the government and corporations are participating in that by closing down their websites.

— Noam Chomsky

Regarding Wikileaks, I have profound ambivalent feelings about it. I am a firm believer in a strong intelligence service. There's a need for classified…

— Valerie Plame

Amazon webhosting dropped Wikileaks as a customer after receiving a complaint from U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, despite the fact that Wikileaks had not been…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Inexplicable: I recently won in court to stop my book "America by Heart" from being leaked, but US Govt can't stop Wikileaks' treasonous act?

— Sarah Palin

Most of what is done I think is to kept secret so the public won't know. The same is true of what Wikileaks exposed.

— Noam Chomsky