She was first elected as an MP representing the Citizens ' Movement in the 2009 election . Later in 2009 , she left the Citizens ' Movement and joined The Movement . She became involved with WikiLeaks during Julian Assange 's visit to Iceland in 2010 , and also helped to produce the Collateral Murder video . Following her time with WikiLeaks , she created the International Modern Media Institute , of which she became executive director in 2011 . She was also involved in two court cases in the United States during her parliamentary term , one of which was the high-profile case '' Hedges vs Obama '' . In 2012 , close to the end of her term , she co-founded the Icelandic Pirate Party , becoming their first MP
Collateral Murder
July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike
Birgitta Jónsdóttir