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[[File:Arthur Nahl, Sutters's Mill.gif|thumb|[[Sutter's Mill]], 1851. First Discovery of Gold in California, January 19th19, 1848.<br>James Marshall's discovery of gold in the South Fork of the American River at Sutter's mill on January 24, 1848, started the [[California Gold Rush|great rush of Argonauts to California]]. Marshall and Captain John Sutter tried their best to keep the discovery of gold quiet until the construction of Sutter's mill was completed, well knowing that the workmen would desert their jobs and turn to digging gold. The news leaked out, and the [[stampede]] began.]]

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*The [[Pentagon Papers]], a top-secret United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. Made public on the front page of the ''[[New York Times]]'' in 1971.<ref name="amage"/>

*As reported in the [[Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture]], the CIA deliberately planted false stories with the media to mislead the public, while claiming the stories were leaked.<ref name="New York Times1">{{cite web|last=Mazzetti|first=Mark|authorlinkauthor-link=Mark Mazzetti|date=December 9, 2014|title=Senate Torture Report Condemns C.I.A. Interrogation Program|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/world/senate-intelligence-committee-cia-torture-report.html |work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdateaccess-date=June 9, 2014}}</ref>

*The [[Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)|NSA leaks]] in June 2013, in which [[National Security Agency|NSA]] employee [[Edward Snowden]] leaked secret documents exposing the American [[PRISM (surveillance program)|PRISM]] and the British [[Tempora]], clandestine espionage programs.<ref>{{Cite journal|lastlast1=Johnson|firstfirst1=Loch K.|last2=Aldrich|first2=Richard J.|last3=Moran|first3=Christopher|last4=Barrett|first4=David M.|last5=Hastedt|first5=Glenn|last6=Jervis|first6=Robert|last7=Krieger|first7=Wolfgang|last8=McDermott|first8=Rose|last9=Omand|first9=David|date=2014-08-08|title=AnINSSpecial Forum: Implications of the Snowden Leaks|journal=Intelligence and National Security|language=en|volume=29|issue=6|pages=793–810|doi=10.1080/02684527.2014.946242|s2cid=154484939 |issn=0268-4527|url=http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/78351/8/WRAP_1073563-pais-300316-snowdenspecialforum.pdf}}</ref>

*[[Spies for Peace]], a group of British anti-war activists associated with [[CND]] and the [[Committee of 100 (United Kingdom)|Committee of 100]] who publicizedpublicised government preparations for rule after a nuclear war. In 1963 they broke into a secret government bunker where they photographed and copied documents. They published this information in a pamphlet, ''Danger! Official Secret RSG-6''. Four thousand copies were sent to the national press, politicians and peace movement activists.

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