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There are a number of things connecting Assange to Russia. https://www.salon.com/2017/01/07/donald-trump-julian-assange-and-russia-how-theyre-connected-and-how

by chx 8y ago

There are a number of things connecting Assange to Russia. https://www.salon.com/2017/01/07/donald-trump-julian-assange-and-russia-how-theyre-connected-and-how-they-changed-an-election/ https://www.salon.com/2017/01/07/donald-trump-julian-assange... this lists six such things. https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/303172-pussy-riot-member-assange-openly-works-with-russia https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/303172-pus... is particularly damaging because one of the arguments of the "Wikileaks is not a Russian org" is that it sympathetizes and works with Pussy Riot... https://www.thedailybeast.com/wikileaks-inside-the-farage-assange-trump-connection https://www.thedailybeast.com/wikileaks-inside-the-farage-as... https://gizmodo.com/assange-turned-down-dirt-on-russia-strongly-suggesting-1797954045 https://gizmodo.com/assange-turned-down-dirt-on-russia-stron...

dontbenebby 8y ago
> There are a number of things connecting Assange to Russia. His own OkCupid listed that he loved everything Russian (except the food) long before the 2016 election: https://mashable.com/2010/12/13/julian-assange-okcupid/ https://mashable.com/2010/12/13/julian-assange-okcupid/ That being said, while he's a piece of shit we need to be careful we don't erode press freedoms we've had for a very long time just because we really don't like one jerk.
- chx 8y ago
  And what if a Russian agent disrupting USA elections masquerades as a journalist?
  - Synaesthesia 8y ago
    If you’re releasing factual information about the DNC that’s doing the US a service and what a journalist should do.
  - dontbenebby 8y ago
    And what if a journalist who uncovers malfeasance by a candidate is maligned as an agent of a foreign power? Part of living in a democracy is dealing with the consequences of free speech as an accepted cost of living in a free society.

by chx 8y ago

dontbenebby 8y ago

> There are a number of things connecting Assange to Russia. His own OkCupid listed that he loved everything Russian (except the food) long before the 2016 election: https://mashable.com/2010/12/13/julian-assange-okcupid/ https://mashable.com/2010/12/13/julian-assange-okcupid/ That being said, while he's a piece of shit we need to be careful we don't erode press freedoms we've had for a very long time just because we really don't like one jerk.

chx 8y ago
And what if a Russian agent disrupting USA elections masquerades as a journalist?
- Synaesthesia 8y ago
  If you’re releasing factual information about the DNC that’s doing the US a service and what a journalist should do.
- dontbenebby 8y ago
  And what if a journalist who uncovers malfeasance by a candidate is maligned as an agent of a foreign power? Part of living in a democracy is dealing with the consequences of free speech as an accepted cost of living in a free society.