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Also known as cryptome.org

Cryptome is an online library and 501(c)(3) private foundation created in 1996 by John Young and Deborah Natsios closed in 2023 and reopened soon afterward. The site collected information about freedom of expression, privacy, cryptography, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and government secrecy.

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Cryptome
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John YoungDeborah Natsios
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Active
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Document archive
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English

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12/2/22 John Young on Cryptome, Wikileaks and the Persecution of Julian Assange

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cryptome.org
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166939
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1996-01-01
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Cryptome
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Contents
  • People
  • John Young
  • Deborah Natsios
  • Family
  • Policies
  • History
  • Relationship to WikiLeaks
  • <span id="Reception"></span>Reception
  • See also
  • References
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Cryptome is an online library and 501(c)(3) private foundation created in 1996 by John Young and Deborah Natsios closed in 2023 and reopened soon afterward. The site collected information about freedom of expression, privacy, cryptography, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and government secrecy.

Cryptome was known for publishing the alleged identities of people associated with the CIA, the Stasi, and the PSIA and British intelligence. Cryptome was one of the early organizers of WikiLeaks and published the alleged internal emails of the WikiLeaks organization. Cryptome republished the already public surveillance disclosures of Edward Snowden and claimed in June 2014 that they would publish all unreleased Snowden documents later that month.

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