Discussion: Leaked Files Reveal Julian Assange Tried To Get A Russian Visa Back In 2010

WikiLeaks has repeatedly been hit by unauthorized disclosures…

Best line in the piece.

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If I typed “I TOLD YOU SO” in a font big enough to convey my utter lack of surprise and feeling of profound vindication, I would need a specialty large-format printer for each letter.

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“”“All five former associates spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity ( … ) didn’t want their past association with WikiLeaks to become public, ( … ) feared legal retaliation or harassment from the group’s supporters.”"

That’s rich coming from a bunch of ass holes that never gave those considerations to anyone else. These are the guys that posted everyone else’s dirty underwear on the internet but want none of that for themselves. Transparency for thee but not for me. let’s cut the crap. WikiLeaks is no noble vanguard taking us to a better place. It’s a bunch of self loving and self proclaimed arbiters of what’s good for us and what we need to know. They are in love with themselves.

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Give him the visa for the love of the gods - send him to Russia stat.

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Good place for the lot of them. It’s a true “shit hole”. Crappy food, drunks all over the place and streets that smell like piss. Dreary and disheartening. Send the lot of them there.

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Is there anyone left who didn’t already know that the Wikileaks-Greenwald-GOP triad was tied to Russian intelligence operations?

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That’s why there’s sky writing :smile:

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Except that the story appears to be untrue. Anyone who thinks AP doesn’t have an agenda is just not paying attention…

Wow, Russian shill wants Russian visa. Shocker.

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Twitter is the best source when one seeks neither truth nor clarity.

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Yes, because AP is best known for its highly opinionated journalism. Bold stands on issues. Wait, let me check my notes…

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Mirrors the Republican Party’s budding relationship with Russia.

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Assangileaks, I loooooove Assangileaks!

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WikiFREAKS has NO credibility left!

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Thank god.

I remember when they did have credibility and the Left was all over the internets loving Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden. It’s shit like that that really makes me think the Left is not that bright.

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Your source for that is WikiLeaks? Well, that settles it, then.

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Terms like “the left” and “leftists” are GOP pejoratives. They come from shops like the one Frank Luntz runs. Obamacare, Obama phone, open borders take your guns away are a few masterpieces from those operations. It’s best not to give them credibility by using them. I started reading Glen Greenwald when he was doing his Unclaimed Territory blog. It became so polemic and reeked so much of his silly ego I cut it loose. But good ole Glen is now hanging out his true colors. He’s an ego driven contrarian with a callus lack concern for those he uses. Ask Snowden or Manning. Their lives ruined to keep Glen in trade. As for Wiki they were so obviously about themselves and so damn arrogant I can’t see how anyone ever thought them worth a damn.

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What do you want me to call that segment of the progressive part of the country who are to the far left and who did have a huge love on for Snowden and Greenwald?

Give me another term that describes them and I’ll use it but it was the left of the left.

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Snowden and Greenwald smelled fishy to me from the beginning.