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Cablegate timeline

Nov 2009: Bradley Manning contacts WikiLeaks.


18 Feb 2010: WikiLeaks releases Reykjavik 13 cable.

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

26 May: Manning arrested in Iraq.

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

Sept: Daniel Domscheit-Berg leaves WikiLeaks.

Sept: Former WikiLeaks volunteer gives file access to
Heather Brooke.

28 Nov: 220 redacted cables published by five
newspapers.

Nov: WikiLeaks volunteer posts file to BitTorrent file-
sharing network, with same passphrase.


11 Jan 2011: Redacted publication continues; 2,017
cables published as of this date.

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

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

Aug: Others piece details together; gain access.

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