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Ecuador says it cut WikiLeaks founder's internet over US election interference

labrador 10y ago
I wonder what kind of threats the Obama administration made to Ecuador? Not that I disagree with using pressure to stop someone from interfering in the election process.
- chinese_dan 10y ago
  The mainstream press has already interfered with the election process (which has probably been going on for decades). Wikileaks just brought this to our attention. It's sad that if not for Wikileaks, we would have complete and utter political bias from almost every single mainstream media outlet. A CNN reporter even said that we shouldn't pay attention to the content of the Wikileaks because it is 'illegal' and we should only listen to what the press tells us. It's one of the things that currently reminds me of Russia: the state-owned media.
  - mankash666 10y ago
    "The mainstream press has already interfered with the election process" --> random assertion by the right with no basis in reality. Please provide evidence. Assange and wikileaks seem to have fallen from grace. From giving a voice to those wanting to hold the government accountable (Manning, Snowden) now they're actively colluding with Russia and the RNC. If the leaks were non partisan, there'd be a shred of integrity left, but it's just a sideshow assisting Trump's lunacy now.
asadotzler 10y ago
They changed the wi-fi password.
jpt4 10y ago
"Ecuador respects the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other states" A reasonable policy in the abstract, though the enforcement seems rather selective given the previous WikiLeaks divulgences of e.g. Manning's documents, and contradictory with respect to Assange's asylum, which precludes the operation of the internal police affairs of Sweden. Of course any reasonable implementation of such a principle leaves discretion for the degree of interference allowed in each case, and evidently tilting the election scales is a line too far - but what then does this say about Ecuador's position on "Collateral Murder"? Perhaps the US government should quid pro quo Quito a bit harder given the latter's apparently positive endorsement of certain kinds of internal manipulation.
r721 10y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12739349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12739349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12740204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12740204
- chvid 10y ago
  I guess the multiple submissions show that there are some in the HN community who likes to discuss this news item and have it stick to the front page for more than a few minutes.
faebi 10y ago
Why does nobody go next to the embassy to make a hotspot or to place a wifi router for him?
dxg732f 10y ago
Thoughts on the difference between "quid pro quo" and actions leading to reactions?

I wonder what kind of threats the Obama administration made to Ecuador? Not that I disagree with using pressure to stop someone from interfering in the election process.

chinese_dan 10y ago
The mainstream press has already interfered with the election process (which has probably been going on for decades). Wikileaks just brought this to our attention. It's sad that if not for Wikileaks, we would have complete and utter political bias from almost every single mainstream media outlet. A CNN reporter even said that we shouldn't pay attention to the content of the Wikileaks because it is 'illegal' and we should only listen to what the press tells us. It's one of the things that currently reminds me of Russia: the state-owned media.
- mankash666 10y ago
  "The mainstream press has already interfered with the election process" --> random assertion by the right with no basis in reality. Please provide evidence. Assange and wikileaks seem to have fallen from grace. From giving a voice to those wanting to hold the government accountable (Manning, Snowden) now they're actively colluding with Russia and the RNC. If the leaks were non partisan, there'd be a shred of integrity left, but it's just a sideshow assisting Trump's lunacy now.

asadotzler 10y ago

They changed the wi-fi password.

jpt4 10y ago

"Ecuador respects the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other states" A reasonable policy in the abstract, though the enforcement seems rather selective given the previous WikiLeaks divulgences of e.g. Manning's documents, and contradictory with respect to Assange's asylum, which precludes the operation of the internal police affairs of Sweden. Of course any reasonable implementation of such a principle leaves discretion for the degree of interference allowed in each case, and evidently tilting the election scales is a line too far - but what then does this say about Ecuador's position on "Collateral Murder"? Perhaps the US government should quid pro quo Quito a bit harder given the latter's apparently positive endorsement of certain kinds of internal manipulation.

r721 10y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12739349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12739349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12740204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12740204

chvid 10y ago
I guess the multiple submissions show that there are some in the HN community who likes to discuss this news item and have it stick to the front page for more than a few minutes.

faebi 10y ago

Why does nobody go next to the embassy to make a hotspot or to place a wifi router for him?

dxg732f 10y ago

Thoughts on the difference between "quid pro quo" and actions leading to reactions?