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I wonder if the WikiLeaks "Dead Man's Switch" will be triggered this time? I know there were some news articles in the last couple of years of this being the c

I wonder if the WikiLeaks "Dead Man's Switch" will be triggered this time? I know there were some news articles in the last couple of years of this being the case...

chvid 8y ago
It is just a bluff for attention.
antt 8y ago
I believe it was when he was sentenced?
BLanen 8y ago
As soon as he drops the promised Russia documents, I'm sure!
mrtksn 8y ago
It did, it's a video of an NSA official murdering a congressman at a park then making it look like a drug overdose. I have to say, NSA operatives have really bad haircuts.
- ColanR 8y ago
  Wow. Do you have a link?
  - mrtksn 8y ago
    Okay maybe I should't be joking on this, it's the plot of the movie called "Enemy of the State". Nice movie.
    - tyingq 8y ago
      That scene was likely somewhat inspired by the conspiracy theories about Vince Foster. Foster was found dead in Fort Marcy Park, a federal park in Virginia.
spaced-out 8y ago
The entire concept of a dead man's switch doesn't even make sense when you think about it. Say you have some embarrassing docs about the CIA/military and you threaten to release them automatically if you're killed. Have you considered that there are plenty of people in the world who would want that to happen? People with lots of money and their own highly trained murderers? Russia, China, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, possibly Mexico or Columbia (considering the shit the CIA's pulled there). Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if some US government agency, rich dude, or corporation murders you for some weird internal power struggle. Who's going to protect you? The CIA/military? The very organization that couldn't prevent its documents from getting stolen? How can you be certain they haven't shifted damage-control planning? The idea of a "dead man's switch" plays into the conspiratorial black-and-white view of the world where there's a single, unified cabal. Reality is more complex.
- jnurmine 8y ago
  But what if the "insurance" files contained some dirt on every organization that might get close enough to Assange to kill him? That way it would make sense for everyone to see to it that the files stay hidden. Like Mutually Assured Destruction.

I wonder if the WikiLeaks "Dead Man's Switch" will be triggered this time? I know there were some news articles in the last couple of years of this being the case...

chvid 8y ago

It is just a bluff for attention.

antt 8y ago

I believe it was when he was sentenced?

BLanen 8y ago

As soon as he drops the promised Russia documents, I'm sure!

mrtksn 8y ago

It did, it's a video of an NSA official murdering a congressman at a park then making it look like a drug overdose. I have to say, NSA operatives have really bad haircuts.

ColanR 8y ago
Wow. Do you have a link?
- mrtksn 8y ago
  Okay maybe I should't be joking on this, it's the plot of the movie called "Enemy of the State". Nice movie.
  - tyingq 8y ago
    That scene was likely somewhat inspired by the conspiracy theories about Vince Foster. Foster was found dead in Fort Marcy Park, a federal park in Virginia.

spaced-out 8y ago

The entire concept of a dead man's switch doesn't even make sense when you think about it. Say you have some embarrassing docs about the CIA/military and you threaten to release them automatically if you're killed. Have you considered that there are plenty of people in the world who would want that to happen? People with lots of money and their own highly trained murderers? Russia, China, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, possibly Mexico or Columbia (considering the shit the CIA's pulled there). Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if some US government agency, rich dude, or corporation murders you for some weird internal power struggle. Who's going to protect you? The CIA/military? The very organization that couldn't prevent its documents from getting stolen? How can you be certain they haven't shifted damage-control planning? The idea of a "dead man's switch" plays into the conspiratorial black-and-white view of the world where there's a single, unified cabal. Reality is more complex.

jnurmine 8y ago
But what if the "insurance" files contained some dirt on every organization that might get close enough to Assange to kill him? That way it would make sense for everyone to see to it that the files stay hidden. Like Mutually Assured Destruction.