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"3 things: vocal & active supporter of WL & Assange for 10yrs, was in a twitter DM group that incl @wikileaks, visited assange several times at the embassy" h
by r721 7y ago
"3 things: vocal & active supporter of WL & Assange for 10yrs, was in a twitter DM group that incl
@wikileaks, visited assange several times at the embassy"
https://twitter.com/SomersetBean/status/1201620076383940610 https://twitter.com/SomersetBean/status/1201620076383940610
- wolco 7y agoExplains everything.
- mr_overalls 7y agoYeah, physically visiting a potential Russian asset _in_the_London_embassy_ will get you more scrutiny from the DoJ. I have zero sympathy for this person.
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- close04 7y ago> visiting a potential Russian asset That's unfair considering everybody is a potential asset to someone, whether the "good" or the "bad" guys.
- cthalupa 7y agoPotential in this case is being used to indicate that there is significant evidence that he is a Russian asset, but that it has not been specifically proven. Not potential in 'well he has potential uses if he is an asset.' Perhaps a more specific phrase would have been 'suspected Russian asset'
- whamlastxmas 7y agoThere is zero credible evidence that Assange is working with the Russian government. Please stop spreading propaganda.
- mr_overalls 7y agohttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/597pqn/mueller-assange-worked-with-the-russians-because-he-thought-hillary-was-a-sociopath https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/597pqn/mueller-assange-wo... "While it’s not clear whether WikiLeaks participated in that now-infamous DNC hack, Mueller’s investigation revealed that WikiLeaks sought to spread conspiracies about where they got the information, obscure whether they knew it came from Russia, and release documents at times that seemingly benefited Trump by consuming the news cycle." https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf "The Kremlin’s principal international propaganda outlet RT (formerly Russia Today) has actively collaborated with WikiLeaks.RT’s editor-in-chief visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in August 2013, where they discussed renewing his broadcast contract with RT, according to Russian and Western media.Russian media subsequently announced that RT had become "the only Russian media company" to partner with WikiLeaks and had received access to "new leaks of secret information."RT routinely gives Assange sympathetic coverage and provides him a platform to denounce the United States."
- megous 7y agoBy this standard a whole bunch of american libertarians, gold bugs, etc. are also russian assets, because they had a show on RT in the past. RT at the time just gave more voice to all kinds of pre-existing fringe voices in US to sow discord in US.
- cthalupa 7y agoI mean, a lot of them probably are, or at least had overtures to flip them. Giving an (at least semi-)hostile foreign government leverage over your is one of the very first steps in tradecraft to flipping someone and turning them into an asset. I feel like believing that there would be no effort on the part of the Russian government to turn these people into assets is fairly naive.
- whamlastxmas 7y agoYou first link isn't worth anything. Wikileaks has never revealed sources, so to say they're "obscuring whether... it came from Russia" is ridiculous. He explicitly said it WASN'T Russia, I don't know how he could make it any clearer. Wikileaks has a 100% track record and there's no reason to doubt that statement. And of course evidence about HRC committing crimes benefits Trump, but that has nothing to do with Russia. I don't know why you've even included it. Also - wow, a journalist meets with other journalists. How damning. Clearly he's a Russian asset. Maybe him being in contact with American news organizations also means he's an American asset and actually working for the CIA.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 7y agoSo he is in fairly regular contact with an individual who was subject to an investigation? The system seems to work as intended. I would be worried if his account was not subpoenaed.
- fwsgonzo 7y agoSo, everyones private information is now globally accessible, and handing it out to anyone who asks is already normalized: "Working as intended."
- evgen 7y agoNot everyone, just those who publicly associate with known criminals in the (very slow-motion) process of fleeing prosecution.
- reallydontask 7y agoIs the known criminal Assange? What has he been convicted of?
- Rebelgecko 7y agoHe plead guilty and was convicted for hacking Nortel in the 90s, and more recently was convicted and sentenced to ~a year in prison for jumping bail.
- ggjgggt5ttg 7y agoNo one cares if you plea after you flee. People who are innocent don't usually flee the country. Same with Snowden and Russia to anyone who isn't drinking woke kool-aid still.
- mrobot 7y agoSnowden was trapped in Russia after his passport was cancelled en route to Latin America. In any case the US government doesn't like whistleblowers so i don't understand the big deal with running away.
- nkrisc 7y ago> visited assange several times at the embassy Talk about burying the lede.
- jrobn 7y agoNo shit. Twitter user complaining about his data being subpoena by a court of law with due process in an active investigation. In most dictatorships you would be dragged out of your house and shot because you didn’t like the same toothpaste as your “dear leader”. The author needs to get a clue. Go live in North Korea.