A former Wikileaks spokesman says to have deleted many files which was not published that had been passed to the whistleblowing site.
He said he had "shredded" them to avoid their sources being compromised.
A former Wikileaks spokesman Mr Domscheit-Berg previously worked alongside Julian Assange until the pair had a high profile falling-out.
It is understood that he took all the files off Wikileaks' servers at the time when he leaves Wikileaks'.
Wikileaks confirmed the claims on its tweeter feed saying: "We can confirm that the DDB claimed deleted data included a copy of the entire US no-fly list."
The list contains the names of individuals who are stopped from boarding planes in the United States or restricted for the US, based on suspected terrorist links or other security concerns.
Wikileaks' statement went on to state that Mr Domscheit-Berg had also deleted 5 gigabytes of data relating to Bank of America, the internal communications of 20 neo-Nazi organisations and US intercept information for "over a hundred internet companies."
Mr Domscheit-Berg has not confirmed those additional claims.
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