Early WikiLeaks
Early Publications
First published 25 November 2009 · US Army Counterintelligence Center; US commercial pager networks · 2 releases
Two of our earlier releases: half a million pager messages from 9/11, and the 2008 US Army assessment of WikiLeaks itself.
Overview
In November 2009 we published more than half a million intercepted US text-pager messages from the 24 hours around the 11 September 2001 attacks, released in real-time sequence. Official, corporate and personal messages from the day. I did not say how we got them.
In March 2010 we published a classified 2008 US Army Counterintelligence Center report that assessed WikiLeaks as a threat and discussed how to undermine our sources' trust in us. Both came before the big 2010 releases.
What reporting revealed
- The pager archive runs from 3am on 11 September 2001 to 3am the next day, US Eastern time.
- The archive held 570,000 pager messages.
- The Army report, dated 18 March 2008, is 32 pages and was classified SECRET/NOFORN.
- The report proposed that exposing and prosecuting insiders could break the trust WikiLeaks relied on.
Catalogue records
Entries describing the release and related documents, with provenance and sources.
| Published | Cat. no. | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-03-15 | FAN-0007 | US Army Counterintelligence Center report on WikiLeaks A classified 32-page 2008 US Army counterintelligence assessment of WikiLeaks as a potential threat to the Army, which suggested that exposing our sources would deter leaks; I published it in March 2010. | Intelligence reports |
| 2009-11-25 | FAN-0006 | 9/11 pager messages More than half a million US text-pager messages sent during the 24 hours around the attacks of 11 September 2001, which I released through WikiLeaks in November 2009 in real-time sequence. | Intercepted messages |
Source
- Early Publications — original release — 911.wikileaks.org (Original publication)911.wikileaks.org