Julian Assange was involved in some capacity with the publication of secret documents from America.
Julian Assange . Assange founded WikiLeaks in 2006 , but came to global prominence in 2010 , when WikiLeaks published a series of leaks provided by Chelsea Manning . Following the 2010 leaks , the United States government launched a criminal investigation into WikiLeaks and asked allied nations for assistance . WikiLeaks . Early releases included documentation of equipment expenditures and holdings in the Afghanistan war and a report informing a corruption investigation in Kenya .