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CIA Reportedly Considered Kidnapping, Assassinating Julian Assange
- hoppyhoppy2 5y agoSource is this Yahoo News article: https://news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london-shoot-out-inside-the-ci-as-secret-war-plans-against-wiki-leaks-090057786.html https://news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london...
- nabla9 5y agoOk. Now this looks more credible. Michael Isikoff is legit journalist and investigative reporter.
- jimmygrapes 5y agoCannot tell if sarcasm or naivete
- fragmede 5y agoyes. that was also already commented on at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28660284 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28660284
- GDC7 5y agoThis and the other 3 letter agency attract all sorts of monodimensional individuals. They are more concerned with doing something that is very hard instead of asking themselves what's the rationale behind it and most importantly who is going to benefit from it. I am sure right now somebody in there is making the case to do something about the most innocent and non threatening person in the world, just to prove that it can be done
- Gortal278 5y agoYeah no shit. The dude goes out of his way to release private and confidential spy agency information to the public. None of this is surprising.