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TLDR: - Post goes out of its way not to deny authenticity of the leak. - Post can be traced to the Atlantic Council [1]. [1] The Atlantic Council (AC) is a c
by mafribe 9y ago
TLDR:
- Post goes out of its way not to deny authenticity of the leak.
- Post can be traced to the Atlantic Council [1].
[1] The Atlantic Council (AC) is a core ingredient for US soft power [2]
projection on other countries. Example members of AC leadership:
Chuck Hagel, Susan Rice, Richard Holbrooke,
General Eric K. Shinseki, Anne-Marie Slaughter,
General Brent Scowcroft,
Jon Huntsman. Cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Council
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power
- DiNovi 9y agoone thing Wikileaks does is give credibility to their leaks basically by putting their stamp on it that it's all authentic. This dump happened quickly and with no organization oversight - impossible for now to know which is real and which is fake. I was told 4chan put in some obviously fake bank documents, but that the emails seem real. It's something that willl play out for months now.
- mafribe 9y agoAgreed. Wikileaks has a sterling record regarding the authenticity of their own leaks. Given that the Atlantic Council is for all practical purposes an arm of the US government, and it's "Digital Forensic Research Lab" is extremely well-funded and well-connected, it is noteworthy that they go out of their way not to deny the authenticity on the leak.