In 2010 , the site WikiLeaks ( which had been founded in 2006 ) gained a great deal of both fame and notoriety as a result of a set of leaked documents the site published of classified materials from the United States government , notably footage of the July 12 , 2007 , Baghdad airstrike , the Afghan War documents leak and the United States diplomatic cables leak . The site runs on the MediaWiki application , and began as a wiki editable by anyone , but in 2010 had its permissions changed so that only its administrators could edit pages
July 12 , 2007 , Baghdad airstrike
July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike
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