Julian got the name via legal means in that he brought it from doman name hosts. he choose the name as he weas leaking information onto the web for anyone to see, alter and use as they saw fit. as such he picked the name wikileaks in honor of the information site wikipedia.

It is a formal term for diplomatic messages between embassies and foreign nations. They are sent over a secure government channel.

The term comes from a time when messages were sent via submarine communication cables.

WikiLeaks published hundreds of US embassy cables on November 28, 2010.

Ecuador granted political asylum to Julian Assange.

The U.S can look into whether the information Wikileaks released was obtained illegally (such as computer hacking). If the information was obtained legally, the US can do nothing.

Because some people share the same beliefs and ideals that Julian Assange has.

No, they are different, they just have the same "wiki" prefix. Wiki is a software that allows users to contribute and edit anything online.

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia editable by any user.

WikiLeaks was formerly a wiki, but is no longer accepting edits or comments on its site. It leaks sensitive government documents from anonymous sources.

No, Julian Assange (as of 3/9/2011) is not in jail. He was released on strict conditional bail by a London court but is still under house arrest as he is appealing the decision regarding his extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.

WikiLeaks has revived the debate about freedom of the press, and it has put may people in danger everywhere. It released thousands of classified documents, and cannot be shut down.

He would be best described as a pantheist.

The thing is, Julian Assange hasn't been formally charged with anything under Swedish law.

Swedish law differentiates between three types of rape: "severe rape", "regular rape", and "less severe rape". Julian Assange would have been charged with two counts of less severe rape, which would involve sexual intercourse without consent or violence.

Julian Assange therefore would be face a sentence of 4 years in jail, maximum.

Richard Assange died on April 1, 2012, in Sydney, Australia.

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The Times stated that the documents serve an important public interest. It sent the

Obama administration copies of the documents it planned to publish ahead of time, and

excluded from publication information that the Times deemed would help the enemies

of the United States. The Times noted, however, that the US government's position is

that the release of the information would "endanger the national interest by making

foreign governments more wary of cooperating with the United States in the fight

against terrorists or other vital activities."

• North Korea: The Chinese don't know what's going on with Kim Jong-il's nuclear program, a surprising revelation for anyone who thought the Chinese could, as a last resort, put a lid on little brother.
• Pakistan: American diplomats seriously doubt that Pakistan's military, which effectively controls the state, will ever suppress extremist groups that conduct operations against our forces in Afghanistan and threaten India. That knowledge implies continuing futility for further American efforts to combat such groups in Afghanistan.
• Iran: United States officials believe that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government obtained so-called BM-25 missiles from North Korea, enabling Iran to extend its range enough to strike Western Europe or Moscow. This development largely explains the Obama administration's willingness to shift its missile defense strategy in Europe.

Because it's not a dot com its a dot org (non-profit).

Bradley Manning, a United States Army Private working as an Intelligence Analyst in Iraq, allegedly handed over approximately 90,000 war documents to the WikiLeaks organization. It is also thought that he provided video footage (known as the "Collateral Murder" video) of United States soldiers firing indiscriminately upon a group of people in Baghdad, Iraq (an incident that resulted in over a dozen deaths, including those of two Reuters News agency reporters).