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The US Government’s Plot to Murder Julian Assange (www.thenation.com)

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[–] derf82 -1 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Also, I don't really feel empathetic towards Assange, he acted as a Russian mouthpiece with his show on RT and his interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

I wish more people would see this. He isn’t some freedom fighter. He happily became Putin’s useful idiot and published the selective leaks Russia provided to swing the 2016 election to Trump. I find it hilarious that after that, Trump wanted to kill him.

[–] youngGoku 3 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I just read the whole wiki on assange, didn't see anything about selective leaking or any bias from him.

Could you please provide sauce for this claim?

Assange is a brilliant man and a hacktivist from what I read.

[–] derf82 -3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/12/10/report-russian-hackers-had-rnc-data-but-didn-t-release-it

[–] youngGoku 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This article doesn't even mention Assange's name.

[–] derf82 -3 points 10 months ago

The point is, it was selective. Russians hacked BOTH the RNC and DNC, then only sent the DNC information to Wikileaks. Assange was a moron that did exactly what Putin wanted him to and selectively hurt Democrats to help Trump.

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