WikiLeaks is an international organization, based in Sweden, which publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive documents while preserving the anonymity of sources. Its website was launched in 2006 and rose to prominence in 2010 when it began publishing the contents of confidential diplomatic cables.
WikiLeaks (Organisation)
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Wikileaks. The US DRIPlomatic service
Date: 30 November 2010
From: Winter, Mark, 1958-: Original cartoons by Chicane (Mark Winter), from 2007-2018
Reference: A-478-035
Description: An American bald eagle holds two buckets to collect drips from a rain shower. Text above reads 'Wikileaks' and below 'The US DRIPlomatic Service'. Context: WikiLeaks is an international non-profit organisation that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources and news leaks. In November 2010, WikiLeaks began releasing U.S. State department diplomatic cables. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, felt-tip pen and whiteout on paper, 210 x 300mm
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Winter, Mark 1958- :Bradley Manning. 1 August 2013
Date: 2013
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0025811
Description: The goddess of justice, wearing an American flag, holds tilting scales of justice and a sword with skewered pen. Caption notes the 136 year jail sentence given to Wikileaks source Bradley Manning. Refers to Manning's recent court martial which was criticised for potentially deterring media scrutiny of government. Quantity: 5 digital cartoon(s).
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Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960- :Spying on China. 2 May 2015
Date: 2 May 2015
From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.); Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-
Reference: DCDL-0031265
Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states "NZ's spying on trade partner, China is revealed, having already been caught out spying on Pacific neighbours." Depicts Prime Minister John Key holding underwear labelled 'China' and decorated with the colours of the Chinese flag. Beside him is Uncle Sam dressed as Superman; both men have 'Five Eyes' written on their shirts. Behind them is a pile of plain underwear labelled with the names of Pacific nations. Refers to revelations from Edward Snowden that New Zealand had been spying on China and the Pacific as part of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).