Julian Assange
Appears in 10 conspiracy theories
Julian Assange — Political Persecution or Criminal Prosecution?
Julian Assange spent 7 years in an embassy, 5 years in a maximum-security prison, and faced 175 years under the Espionage Act. Was he a journalist being persecuted for publishing, or a reckless actor who endangered lives? The case that split the free press movement.
WikiLeaks DNC Emails & the 2016 Election
WikiLeaks published 19,252 DNC emails and 20,000 pages of John Podesta's emails during the 2016 presidential campaign. The emails showed DNC bias against Bernie Sanders, fueled Pizzagate, and became the centerpiece of the Russia investigation.
WikiLeaks — Conspiracy Theory or Conspiracy Fact?
WikiLeaks published millions of classified documents exposing war crimes, diplomatic duplicity, CIA hacking, and political manipulation. Was Julian Assange a transparency hero or a foreign intelligence asset? The answer depends on which leak you're talking about.
Chelsea Manning — The Whistleblower Who Changed Everything
Chelsea Manning was a 22-year-old Army intelligence analyst who leaked 750,000 classified documents to WikiLeaks, including the Collateral Murder video and diplomatic cables. She served 7 years of a 35-year sentence before Obama commuted it.
Internet Privacy Conspiracy
Tech giants collect, monetize, and share your data on a scale that makes the NSA jealous. The conspiracy isn't secret — it's in the terms of service you clicked 'agree' on.
Journalist Whistleblowers and Their Fates
The stories of journalists who exposed major conspiracies and cover-ups, and the professional destruction, legal persecution, and suspicious deaths some faced as a result.
Seth Rich DNC Leak Murder Conspiracy
How the tragic murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich was weaponized into a debunked conspiracy theory, the Fox News retraction, and the lawsuits that followed.
Cablegate — WikiLeaks' Diplomatic Cables Release
In November 2010, WikiLeaks began publishing a quarter-million classified U.S. diplomatic cables, exposing what American diplomats really thought about world leaders, secret deals, and the gap between public diplomacy and private reality.
Collateral Murder — WikiLeaks' Iraq War Video
In April 2010, WikiLeaks released classified footage of a U.S. Apache helicopter crew killing Iraqi civilians and Reuters journalists in Baghdad. The military had denied the footage existed. WikiLeaks published it for the world to see.
Vault 7 — CIA Hacking Tools Exposed by WikiLeaks
In 2017, WikiLeaks published 8,761 CIA documents revealing the agency's arsenal of hacking tools — capable of penetrating iPhones, Android phones, Samsung TVs, Windows PCs, and vehicle computer systems. It was the largest CIA leak in history.