Wikileaks: Document dumps that shook the world - BBC News

Since 2006, Wikileaks has published thousands of classified documents and emails.

7 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, EPA/Getty ImagesJulian Assange's Wikileaks - which has published thousands of classified documents covering everything from the film industry to national security and wars - has been dividing opinion for years.

To its supporters, the whistleblowing website is a key player in exposing secrets governments and companies would rather keep hidden.

But to those who found their documents exposed on the web, it is a dangerous and reckless force.

The US government has argued that the publication of the Wikileaks files - which disclosed information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - went as far as endangering lives.

Here are a few of the leaks which went on to make headlines around the world.

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