Less than 24 hours after Twitter locked Julian Assange and Wikileaks staff members out of their online accounts, perhaps in anticipation of this very event, Wikileaks announced the release their latest leak. Officially entitled “US Embassy Shopping List,” the leak contains access to a searchable database of over 16,000 procurement requests posted/received by United States embassies around the world. While the majority of documents are rather mundane in nature, some of them shed light on some very interesting material/topics, including the US’s sponsorship of mass surveillance programs and operations – documenting the distribution of spy equipment to various countries around the world.

Not only do the documents shed light into what the US Government does with at least some of its seemingly endless foreign aid, it also shows the true extent to which so many countries and Governments around the world are utterly dependent on US assistance – having to suckle at the US Government’s tit for even the most basic of jobs/tasks. About the leak, as was explained by Wikileaks in a press release dated December 21st 2018:

Browse Entire Procurement Database Here: https://shoppinglist.wikileaks.org/

RELEASE: The US Embassy Shopping List: 16,000 procurement requests

posted by US embassies around the world.https://t.co/LN4MjTiHvS Search the documents:https://t.co/ecyLrZrJQD pic.twitter.com/lOKXpp7uLl — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) December 21, 2018

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