Years ago, WikiLeaks smashed the mainstream media paradigm by leaking crucial videos and documents which were evidence of war crimes on the part of the US government and their allies. In recent years WikiLeaks has been more or less silent and pushed into obscurity by various governments that have sought to take them down.

However, it seems that WikiLeaks may now be back with a vengeance, with news this week that the whistleblower organization has come into possession of hacked files that were retrieved from CIA chief John Brennan's email account.

WikiLeaks said that the information will be released "soon."

The hack was reportedly carried out by an American teenager who worked with others to tap into Brennan's email account. The hackers have yet to be identified, and have been taunting the government for the past week about the emails.