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Julian Assange warns WikiLeaks will expose Google

17 points by cronjobber 10y ago

tanqueray 10y ago
he's been talking a lot recently without releasing much at all. Wonder what he's got. If it's about when Schmidt was CEO why wait till now? Although given that Google seems ever more obsessed with collecting/retaining data I guess it's just as relevant...
Tomte 10y ago
So, after announcing that he would leak important information at a press conference he then only announced again that he would do so. And now -- finally -- he is announcing yet again that... he may announce something in the future, I guess?
- p10_user 10y ago
  It feels like he's trying to stay relevant and retain as much public support he can get.
  - kbenson 10y ago
    If he actually does what he said he would and releases a bunch of info about one or the other of the candidates right before the election, he'll have used up the last of the goodwill I afforded him. The only reason to release at that time is if you want to affect people's voting emotionally before there's any chance to examine and verify the information.
    - 2AF3 10y ago
      His lawyer, John Jones, died recently under suspicious circumstances, suicide by train, and a man was climbing the walls of his embassy at 2 am in the morning... I have a little sympathy for him. "Inquest rules that death of Julian Assange's lawyer, John Jones QC, was not 'suicide'"
      - contingencies 10y ago
        http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/qc_who_worked_on_julian_assange_case_jumped_in_front_of_west_hampstead_train_after_being_allowed_out_of_private_hospital_1_4664571 http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/qc_who_worked_on_julian_assang...
  - 0xFFC 10y ago
    So sorry but let me be frank, I am not American citizen, but as far as I can see you guys so isolated in your news media propaganda, you don't see what is going on around you. The guy (I want to say wiki leaks foundation, but we are know talking about Assange) yesterday released one of the most damaging and wrecking e-mail records in whole history. (As far as I did see in primaries, whole Clinton defense against Sanders was being equally liberal and having more experience, and those emails proved Clinton as always is liar and she is not liberal at all, specially in economical and foreign relations related issues which makes her campaign total fraud from and outsider perspective) But American politics so bizarre and so ridiculous and people are so brainwashed, can't see the that huge leaks. Instead trying to make fun of someone who isn't been 48h since he published one of the best resource about knowing truth about your liar candidate. Let be honest, if 10% of that leaks was in Sweden election, I am 100% sure the candidate would dropped out already. Let alone Trump calling some women "grabbing by p*". Your whole country is fucking disaster. I think military industrial complex have eaten your country. No kidding, I cannot absorb how you guys give fcukig right to yourselves to talk about democracy in other countries.
    - jacobwg 10y ago
      It's a massive country with extreme diversity. There's lots of people who see what is going on like you do, and lots who don't. Point being, just know that many, many people on the inside aren't "brainwashed" like it may appear. Politics or foreign policy is a poor representation of the country as a whole, in my opinion, simply due to the vastly differing views held by the populace. Whatever party or candidate or policy "wins" in the end definitely doesn't represent the entirety of the country, or even the technical majority on occasion. "Democracy" is an interesting beast.
      - 0xFFC 10y ago
        I completely agree with your comment but not with your last line. This is not democracy at all, not even remotely , this is complete, perfect example of oligarchy. People live in media isolation, power and money is restricted to only establishment. There is no way for an outsider (I, as Iranian, I literally love Jill Stein) to participate equally in election process without being ignored by mass media. At the other hand ordinary people live in so much pressure they don't tend to educate themselves (AFAIK, and from what I heard from my close friends who are student in USA). I have bad news, this is same exact system Islamic Republic uses in Iran. We have media. So many. But all of them are fucking crap and trying best to ignore outsiders. There is political debate, but just like USA , it is between two same player every time. Sometimes I think the designers of Islamic republic looked at united States and design a perfect Islamic model of that system.
sidcool 10y ago
Google is too big right now to be damaged significantly by leaks.
- jacquesm 10y ago
  Trump might disagree. No party is too big to be damaged by leaks it all depends on the nature of that which is leaked and the timing.
jacquesm 10y ago
No actual exposure, so no news.
strict9 10y ago
He is trying incredibly hard to affect the election purely for his own (potential) gain. One of the two candidates is much more likely than the other to put wheels in motion to allow his movement away from de facto imprisonment in the embassy. Any other explanation for his shenanigans would be laughable.

17 points by cronjobber 10y ago

he's been talking a lot recently without releasing much at all. Wonder what he's got. If it's about when Schmidt was CEO why wait till now? Although given that Google seems ever more obsessed with collecting/retaining data I guess it's just as relevant...

Tomte 10y ago

So, after announcing that he would leak important information at a press conference he then only announced again that he would do so. And now -- finally -- he is announcing yet again that... he may announce something in the future, I guess?

p10_user 10y ago
It feels like he's trying to stay relevant and retain as much public support he can get.
- kbenson 10y ago
  If he actually does what he said he would and releases a bunch of info about one or the other of the candidates right before the election, he'll have used up the last of the goodwill I afforded him. The only reason to release at that time is if you want to affect people's voting emotionally before there's any chance to examine and verify the information.
  - 2AF3 10y ago
    His lawyer, John Jones, died recently under suspicious circumstances, suicide by train, and a man was climbing the walls of his embassy at 2 am in the morning... I have a little sympathy for him. "Inquest rules that death of Julian Assange's lawyer, John Jones QC, was not 'suicide'"
    - contingencies 10y ago
      http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/qc_who_worked_on_julian_assange_case_jumped_in_front_of_west_hampstead_train_after_being_allowed_out_of_private_hospital_1_4664571 http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/qc_who_worked_on_julian_assang...
- 0xFFC 10y ago
  So sorry but let me be frank, I am not American citizen, but as far as I can see you guys so isolated in your news media propaganda, you don't see what is going on around you. The guy (I want to say wiki leaks foundation, but we are know talking about Assange) yesterday released one of the most damaging and wrecking e-mail records in whole history. (As far as I did see in primaries, whole Clinton defense against Sanders was being equally liberal and having more experience, and those emails proved Clinton as always is liar and she is not liberal at all, specially in economical and foreign relations related issues which makes her campaign total fraud from and outsider perspective) But American politics so bizarre and so ridiculous and people are so brainwashed, can't see the that huge leaks. Instead trying to make fun of someone who isn't been 48h since he published one of the best resource about knowing truth about your liar candidate. Let be honest, if 10% of that leaks was in Sweden election, I am 100% sure the candidate would dropped out already. Let alone Trump calling some women "grabbing by p*". Your whole country is fucking disaster. I think military industrial complex have eaten your country. No kidding, I cannot absorb how you guys give fcukig right to yourselves to talk about democracy in other countries.
  - jacobwg 10y ago
    It's a massive country with extreme diversity. There's lots of people who see what is going on like you do, and lots who don't. Point being, just know that many, many people on the inside aren't "brainwashed" like it may appear. Politics or foreign policy is a poor representation of the country as a whole, in my opinion, simply due to the vastly differing views held by the populace. Whatever party or candidate or policy "wins" in the end definitely doesn't represent the entirety of the country, or even the technical majority on occasion. "Democracy" is an interesting beast.
    - 0xFFC 10y ago
      I completely agree with your comment but not with your last line. This is not democracy at all, not even remotely , this is complete, perfect example of oligarchy. People live in media isolation, power and money is restricted to only establishment. There is no way for an outsider (I, as Iranian, I literally love Jill Stein) to participate equally in election process without being ignored by mass media. At the other hand ordinary people live in so much pressure they don't tend to educate themselves (AFAIK, and from what I heard from my close friends who are student in USA). I have bad news, this is same exact system Islamic Republic uses in Iran. We have media. So many. But all of them are fucking crap and trying best to ignore outsiders. There is political debate, but just like USA , it is between two same player every time. Sometimes I think the designers of Islamic republic looked at united States and design a perfect Islamic model of that system.

sidcool 10y ago

Google is too big right now to be damaged significantly by leaks.

jacquesm 10y ago
Trump might disagree. No party is too big to be damaged by leaks it all depends on the nature of that which is leaked and the timing.

jacquesm 10y ago

No actual exposure, so no news.

strict9 10y ago

He is trying incredibly hard to affect the election purely for his own (potential) gain. One of the two candidates is much more likely than the other to put wheels in motion to allow his movement away from de facto imprisonment in the embassy. Any other explanation for his shenanigans would be laughable.