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They used to leak documents from many governments, back when WikiLeaks was still a real wiki. After their redesign in winter 2008 (2009?) the focus of the site
by mpyne 13y ago
They used to leak documents from many governments, back when WikiLeaks was still a real wiki.
After their redesign in winter 2008 (2009?) the focus of the site shifted entirely, to direct attention to the flaws of the USA and UK instead.
The goal seems to now be to improve the world by disrupting the state (the largest Western ones being those of the US and UK), as opposed to the goal of a "world without secrets". This fits neatly with Assange's worldview (he has said in August 2013 that of the American politicians he is most fond of the libertarians of the right-wing Republican Party).