About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of Chelsea Manning's leaks to WikiLeaks and the subsequent controversies surrounding Julian Assange.

Chelsea Manning has leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, including the infamous Collateral Murder video. The fallout is immediate: governments scramble, public trust is shaken, and Julian Assange becomes one of the most divisive figures in the world. We unpack the leaks that changed everything, the 2016 U.S. election controversy, Assange's years inside the Ecuadorian embassy, and the legal battle that eventually brought him back to Australia. Hero, journalist, hacker, criminal? You can decide! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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