WikiLeaks accounts revealed

Perhaps the most lucrative publishing group in history? The fact is that yesterday revealed the financial data of the donations raised by the organization in 2010, the year that we remember that PayPal , Visa , Mastercard and Bank of America conducted an unmatched cutting to avoid income WikiLeaks . Even so, many received aid could avoid the censorship that was submitted. The account of Wau Holland Foundation , which manages the finances of the organization.

In a document released on the web , the foundation released all the funds raised and expenditures that were made. The figure, almost round, amounting to 1.95 million in donations. Much of the fault of the last months of the year when they started to jump through several media celebrities U.S. diplomatic cables. These are the details:

• It received the amount of $ 1.9 million for the 2,010.
• More than half of that amount came between the months of November and December, coinciding with the leaking of the famous diplomatic cables.
• The contributions made ​​by the organization for the defense of Bradley Manning are not counted.
• The entire collection, $ 585,000 went to cover expenses.
• $ 200.00 Some of these costs were to cover the cost of communications (video editing, analysis and organization of documents, editing of incoming material and the participation of journalists and outside experts).
• About $ 152,000 were used to pay off the "heads of the project and activists" for services rendered, much like the company's internal salary.
• The figure of $ 87,000 went to cover the infrastructure costs (servers and other hardware).
• For travel expenses to conferences and meetings were spent $ 91,000 (in this case specifies that only include the cost of aircraft as the property of the activists is private for security reasons).
• In legal fees was paid $ 48,000 (referring to the campaign expenses of the project, legal issues and personal judgments of Assange).
• About $ 930,000 of the total received came from Paypal, the rest was through bank transfers.
• Divided on the map, 35% of the donations came from the United States, Germany 14%, 12% of the UK and the remaining 6% from other countries (Australia and Canada in the lead).

The only information which is not paid, and may also be important to know, is the quantity to Julian Assange, visible head of the group. In this case, The Wall Street Journal reports that the man was about $ 88,000 back pay for their work in the 2,010. Still, it is very positive that the organization is completely transparent to show when the money supply the data it manages. Moreover, the public can get an idea of how it organizes the activities of an organization like WikiLeaks, which, lest we forget, is pursued and has many enemies in the front.

WikiLeaks revealed accounts written ALT1040 April 27, 2011-jorge miguel
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