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PRE-EDIT: The comment I was replying to got deleted. It expressed the sentiment that Assange and Wikileaks should not have aspersions cast upon them based on on

PRE-EDIT: The comment I was replying to got deleted. It expressed the sentiment that Assange and Wikileaks should not have aspersions cast upon them based on one's unhappiness that they leaked the Podesta mails, and that an interest in truth must include truth as a whole principle, rather than wanting only truths that reinforce one's political preferences. ---- Furthermore, beyond the campaign coverage, Wikileaks has revealed a lot of non-election related things over the last year, including CIA programs to remotely hijack any Samsung SmartTV and turn it into a listening device. Wikileaks appear to be staying true to their mission. It's sad that there is such a strong impulse to discredit the organization as a whole, and ignore/derail large amounts of the absolutely critical work they are doing, just because the group exposed the corrupt practices of one's favored political candidate.

jnwatson 9y ago
All you have to do is scan through Wikileaks' twitter posts to determine what side they are on. It takes a certain willful blindness to think otherwise.
- cookiecaper 9y ago
  Well, the first several tweets in their stream right now are: Project Dumbo (this story, a leak against the CIA), a leaked series of documents on Swedish arms sales to India, a link to leaked transcripts of Trump's calls with Mexican and Australian leaders, a criticism of the Washington Post's decision to leave "minor spelling and grammatical errors" in the leaked documents intact (as these could be useful in identifying the leaker), a criticism that U.S. interference in Venezuela has worsened their governance crisis, and finally, two tweets that link to leaked phone calls which strongly imply Seth Rich was Wikileaks's source for the Podesta mail dumps. That seems to be pretty much what you'd expect from Wikileaks, no? A bunch of links to raw documents and cited critiques on international meddling and journalistic practice? That stream includes a criticism of U.S. meddling in international affairs, two leaks against the Trump admin, and a criticism of the WaPo's incompetence in sanitizing their leak, thus risking their inside man. How does it reveal "the side" that Wikileaks is on? If it's simply a matter of willful blindness, please enlighten me; I've got my eyes open here.
- elif 9y ago
  They are on the side of transparency and seek to correct propaganda spread about them. They did not choose to be the left's whipping boy, but are in a position of defense.

jnwatson 9y ago

All you have to do is scan through Wikileaks' twitter posts to determine what side they are on. It takes a certain willful blindness to think otherwise.

cookiecaper 9y ago
Well, the first several tweets in their stream right now are: Project Dumbo (this story, a leak against the CIA), a leaked series of documents on Swedish arms sales to India, a link to leaked transcripts of Trump's calls with Mexican and Australian leaders, a criticism of the Washington Post's decision to leave "minor spelling and grammatical errors" in the leaked documents intact (as these could be useful in identifying the leaker), a criticism that U.S. interference in Venezuela has worsened their governance crisis, and finally, two tweets that link to leaked phone calls which strongly imply Seth Rich was Wikileaks's source for the Podesta mail dumps. That seems to be pretty much what you'd expect from Wikileaks, no? A bunch of links to raw documents and cited critiques on international meddling and journalistic practice? That stream includes a criticism of U.S. meddling in international affairs, two leaks against the Trump admin, and a criticism of the WaPo's incompetence in sanitizing their leak, thus risking their inside man. How does it reveal "the side" that Wikileaks is on? If it's simply a matter of willful blindness, please enlighten me; I've got my eyes open here.
elif 9y ago
They are on the side of transparency and seek to correct propaganda spread about them. They did not choose to be the left's whipping boy, but are in a position of defense.