• ickplant@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You’re thinking of Snowden. Assange was at an Ecuadorian embassy in London. Two very different cases.

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        9 months ago

        Someone who worked inside Wikileaks certainly felt they were newsworthy

        We had several leaks sent to Wikileaks, including the Russian hack. It would have exposed Russian activities and shown WikiLeaks was not controlled by Russian security services,” the source who provided the messages wrote to FP. “Many Wikileaks staff and volunteers or their families suffered at the hands of Russian corruption and cruelty, we were sure Wikileaks would release it. Assange gave excuse after excuse.”

        You can read more here

        • HACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.social
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          9 months ago

          Foreign Policy endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election. This was the first time in its 50-year history the magazine endorsed a candidate.

          you will forgive me if i don’t find your source to be credible in this regard.