BBC News
22 August 2011
A former Wikileaks spokesman claims to have deleted thousands of unpublished files that had been passed to the whistleblowing site.
Daniel Domscheit-Berg told the German newspaper Der Spiegel that the documents included a copy of the complete US no-fly list.
He said he had “shredded” them to avoid their sources being compromised.
Mr Domscheit-Berg previously worked alongside Julian Assange until the pair had a high profile falling-out.
It is understood that he took the files off Wikileaks’ servers at the time of his departure.
Wikileaks confirmed the claims on its Twitter feed, saying: “We can confirm that the DDB claimed destroyed data included a copy of the entire US no-fly list.”
The list contains the names of individuals who are banned from boarding planes in the United States or bound for the US, based on suspected terrorist links or other security concerns…
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