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Very convenient unsubstantiated quote there.

• neaden 9y ago
  It doesn't really matter if the quote is real. He released the information when it was obvious it put peoples lives at risk. There is a reason why responsible journalists wanted to redact that information. Julian seems to just want to put everything out there and destroy privacy and I don't want to live in a panopticon.
  • laretluval 9y ago
    > There is a reason why responsible journalists wanted to redact that information. Yes: the reason they bring it up is that the issue provides a powerful moralistic cudgel against Assange, a threat to their business model. As far as I know, there are no documented cases of deaths due to the Wikileaks leaks at issue in the unsubstantiated quote: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/feb/01/john-mccain/mccain-says-taliban-murdered-people-because-chelse/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/feb/...
    • owebmaster 9y ago
      And you sure can find deaths correlated to mainstream media fake news and social media rumours.
    • zzalpha 9y ago
      Yes: the reason they bring it up is that the issue provides a powerful moralistic cudgel against Assange, a threat to their business model. Oh this is just beyond ridiculous. They bring it up because people's lives were put at risk. I won't go so far as to claim people actually died, but that absolutely was a risk and Assange very consciously chose to take that risk. Who cares if the "old media" also happens to see WikiLeaks as a "threat to their business model"? That's literally 100% beside the core point, here, though it's a mighty fine deflection on your part.