• XIIIesq
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      89 months ago

      How is he a Russian spy?

      Wiki leaks are published for all to view, not just Russia.

      • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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        279 months ago

        I wouldn’t characterize him as a Russian spy, more of an asset. Wikileaks selectively released information rather than being the safe harbor for all intelligence leaks that they purported to be.

        • HACKthePRISONS
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          -119 months ago

          >Wikileaks selectively released information rather than being the safe harbor for all intelligence leaks that they purported to be.

          what makes you think that it was any more than only releasing important leaks? no one cares about the timeclock at mcdonald’s on 5th and main.

            • @xor@infosec.pub
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              -59 months ago

              curious how you’re obsessed with repeating that lie over and over again…

                • @xor@infosec.pub
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                  -49 months ago

                  keep on obsessively repeating that lie without actually checking it out, then

                  • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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                    19 months ago

                    It’s not a lie, he refused to publish the Kremlin leaks for reasons I found paper thin. Sorry we don’t agree, I’ll refrain from calling you names because what’s the fucking point?

            • HACKthePRISONS
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              -69 months ago

              wasn’t he taking asylum in russia? do you really think he should have made enemies there when the US et al were already trying to jail him?

              • @ickplant@lemmy.world
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                149 months ago

                You’re thinking of Snowden. Assange was at an Ecuadorian embassy in London. Two very different cases.

                • HACKthePRISONS
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                  oh. then is there any reason at all to think he got leaks about russia that were worth publishing?

                  • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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                    59 months ago

                    Someone who worked inside Wikileaks certainly felt they were newsworthy

                    We had several leaks sent to Wikileaks, including the Russian hack. It would have exposed Russian activities and shown WikiLeaks was not controlled by Russian security services,” the source who provided the messages wrote to FP. “Many Wikileaks staff and volunteers or their families suffered at the hands of Russian corruption and cruelty, we were sure Wikileaks would release it. Assange gave excuse after excuse.”

                    You can read more here

              • PugJesus
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                09 months ago

                wasn’t he taking asylum in russia? do you really think he should have made enemies there when the US et al were already trying to jail him?

                what makes you think that it was any more than only releasing important leaks?

                • HACKthePRISONS
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                  -79 months ago

                  oh no! the situation is complex and it’s possible that even the best actors had to make some tough decisions.

                  • PugJesus
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                    59 months ago

                    Are you the actor making the tough decision to knowingly make disingenuous arguments?

      • @n2burns@lemmy.ca
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        159 months ago

        I don’t agree with the root comment, but Wikileaks has repeatedly ignored leaks of Russian classified info and many of their sources appear to be Russian Intelligence.

          • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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            9 months ago

            Lmao. I wasn’t born yesterday. There’s been years of news on this. That’s an extremely poor attempt at gaslighting.

            • XIIIesq
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              9 months ago

              There’s been years of propaganda on this.

              A guy embarrasses the richest and most powerful people in the world by telling you the dirty secrets they were hiding from you. And when they tell you that it’s the messenger who’s the enemy, you believe them SMH.

              If you’re against wikileaks, you’re against the rights of journalists and you’re opposed to the freedom of information.

              • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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                19 months ago

                Nope. If NYT wants to publish stuff about warrantless wiretapping that’s fine. More power to them.

                WikiLeaks edited video and text content from day 1. The US Army caught them out several times by just releasing the full video. They didn’t even try with the DNC emails, they put sensational headers on them had nothing to do with what was written in the email. Then there’s the revelations of the GOP and RUS hacks which somehow have yet to see the light of day.

                So yeah after that fumbling attempt at creating propaganda it wasn’t exactly a surprise to find out the Russian GRU were essentially running the site by the mid 2010’s. Assange went beyond journalism and into foreign agent territory when he edited his stuff out of truthfulness and selectively released documents to influence American politics.

                So no you don’t get to tie him to investigative journalism like the Panama Papers.