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Way back before he holed-up in the Ecuadorian, well before his hero status in some quarters tarnished from the 2016 election, I had this guy pegged as a Russian
by jackfoxy 7y ago
Way back before he holed-up in the Ecuadorian, well before his hero status in some quarters tarnished from the 2016 election, I had this guy pegged as a Russian operative. I'm sure he probably viewed himself as in charge.
The nature of espionage has certainly changed over the decades. We can't allow free-lance operatives (more in line, I think, with his self image) to conduct espionage against us. He's a legitimate target.
- socceroos 7y agoFor what reason? Lots of "anti-USA" leaks?
- jackfoxy 7y agoIt's fallen into the memory hole. See the current Wikipedia page, no mention of Assange's ideologies from teenage years all the way through founding WikiLeaks. And also no information doing simple internet searches. I'm not motivated to try digging deeper, because, well...not worth the effort. IIRC (...and maybe I don't) it was easy to run across allegations (which seemed to make sense) of his ideological leanings...I think related to hangers-on of the cult his mother got the family involved in. That and his frequent appearances on Russian media at the time (8+ years ago). People forget, and however it happens, information falls into the memory hole.