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I really do not like Julian Assange as a person, I do not admire his work. He's a fraud, a con-man, and might also be a criminal. But a critical measure of a so
by nemo 7y ago
I really do not like Julian Assange as a person, I do not admire his work. He's a fraud, a con-man, and might also be a criminal. But a critical measure of a society is how equal justice is for all, even those hated by society. Tolerance of the abuse of prisoners or torture is a grave moral failure no matter who the perp is. Maybe the docs are all duped by the scammers around Assange, but it looks pretty abusive not to transfer him to a hospital.
- 93po 7y agoPlease post substantial evidence that Assange has conned or defrauded anyone. Wikileaks has a 100% track record.
- nemo 7y agoNo matter how many of Assange's lies I enumerate, his fans just brush them off since they don't want to see the truth about Assange - he's simpler when he's a good guy rather than an abusive narcissist. But google 'assange deceit' and related and you'll find plenty. Wikileaks has been working through cutouts with Russian intelligence for a while so the track record is pretty problematic. https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/09/09/wikileaks-hid-syrian-deposits-in-russian-bank https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/09/09/wikileaks-hi...
- 93po 7y agoRussian connection is conspiracy theory and there's no evidence. Go Google "flat Earth" and you'll find a lot of results too
- nemo 7y agoI've investigated the evidence quite carefully. The article I linked to refers to some very damning evidence for one case. The Mueller investigation found solid evidence of WL forwarding DNC docs collected by Russian intelligence, and at this point security researcher expert consensus is that Russia was the perp and WL the front. Wikileaks biases also show in who they target and what they ignore. They've repeatedly downplayed leaks that are damaging to the Kremlin.
- 93po 7y agoThere is zero evidence that the DNC docs were collected by Russian intelligence other than a private firm that Hillary paid (huge conflict of interest), and even then the "evidence" released was pathetic and about as thoughtful as "well this guy that robbed the liquor store was driving a Toyota so clearly he was Japanese". There is no evidence Wikileaks has ignored anything out of bias. Please stop spreading fake news.
- nemo 7y agoMueller's indictments list a stream of evidence from leased VPNs in the US that the GRU was using with images from their servers made available to the Feds. You've been lied to. There's copious, rock solid evidence. The single piece counter-evidence (which fooled Binney) re transfer speeds/times was later shown to have been faked and originated in Russia. You're not familiar with it, but it is there. Also CrowdStrike was not the only independent InfoSec firm involved in the analysis. The DCCC et al were also hacked by the GRU. SecureWorks & others attributed those other attacks. You should look into the real world information and expert opinion - you're spreading Flat Earther-class propaganda mostly fed to you by an intelligence agency.
- phire 7y agoand might also be a criminal Perhaps not what you mean, but he is actually a convicted criminal. He was a hacker in the late 80s. Was caught and eventually plead guilty in 1996, but avoided prison due to age and good behaviour.
- ASalazarMX 7y agoAlso, being a hacker in those dial-up times was possible even by accident. Many ISPs honored the finger command, exposing the usernames of other customers who were online. Many passwords in those times were just the same username, or words like "password". It was customary that your ISP hosted your email, so it shared the same password. The jails would have overflowed if those kids had been adults instead.