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Basically anyone who didn’t see what was obvious from the start, that this was a vindictive, bad-faith persecution pushed by the US gov because a journalist was
by Tycho 5y ago
Basically anyone who didn’t see what was obvious from the start, that this was a vindictive, bad-faith persecution pushed by the US gov because a journalist was actually making them experience some accountability.
- fastball 5y agoOn the one hand yes, on the other hand Assange kicked off the bad-faith by singling out the US under a guise of "just looking for the truth" while conveniently ignoring the failings of basically any other country.
- unclekev 5y ago> while conveniently ignoring the failings of basically any other country. This is not true. Wikileaks leaked material regardless of the materials country of origin. He never "singled out" the US, they just got the most upset out of any of the countries who had material that leaked because it was a substantial amount of data that made them look bad.
- fastball 5y agohttps://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/17/wikileaks-turned-down-leaks-on-russian-government-during-u-s-presidential-campaign/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/17/wikileaks-turned-down-l...
- raxxorrax 5y agoMaybe he though a propaganda machine would try to spin some stories to blame the Russian to distract from their own failings. But aside from that I also think the report isn't truthful for that matter, it is framed like Wikileaks turned it down.