-Aaron Swartz creates DeadDrop with James Dolan, Kevin Poulson reviewing architecture and code.

-Stable version achieved December 2012, launch date set.

-Freedom of the Press Foundation formed December 17, 2012 by John Perry Barlow and others.

-Aaron Swartz dies January 11, 2013 in his Brooklyn apartment, ruled suicide.

-Freedom of the Press Foundation takes over DeadDrop in Oct 2013, renaming it SecureDrop

-June 2013 Edward Snowden leaks 1000’s of NSA documents

-2014 Snowden joins FPF board.

-James Dolan, age 36, found dead in a Brooklyn hotel December 2017, ruled suicide.

-Barlow dies in his sleep January 8, 2018 in San Francisco

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Wikileaks gathers leaks and posts so anyone can view raw data (after vetting/redaction of highly classified data.)

SecureDrop gathers leaks and distrbutes narrative through MSM.