• HACKthePRISONS
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    -1110 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.

      • HACKthePRISONS
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        -610 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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          1410 months ago

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

          • HACKthePRISONS
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            -610 months ago

            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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              510 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

              • HACKthePRISONS
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                -610 months ago

                Foreign Policy endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election. This was the first time in its 50-year history the magazine endorsed a candidate.

                you will forgive me if i don’t find your source to be credible in this regard.

                  • HACKthePRISONS
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                    -410 months ago

                    I actually read the piece after checking for bias, and all the most damning stuff is innuendo. it’s a nothing burger.

        • PugJesus
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          010 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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            -710 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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              510 months ago

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