Wikileaks has taken receipt of the complete catalog of Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports. The CRS writes non-partisan reports on every conceivable topic addressed by Congress. All of these materials are supposed to be in the public domain but are released to the public at the discretion of members. Previously, only a very select few reports were ever made public. Apparently (and my guess), some member of congress who wished to remain anonymous gave them all to wikileaks. Their website is understandably under a considerable load at the moment.

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Change_you_can_download:_a_billion_in_secret_Congressional_reports

John Laprise

Doctoral Candidate

Media, Technology, and Society Program

School of Communication

Northwestern University