Discussion: Report: Wikileaks' Syria Docs Exclude Email On $2B Transfer To Russian Bank

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Beware the Giant Cracker…

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That says guilty as sin to me!

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Somehow I hope they can get him back to Sweden to stand trial for rape.

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Assange is now drunk on his notoriety.

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Is an embassy still an embassy if it has been overtaken by 3rd party state power?

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Assange is Putin’s water-carrier. And Trump is Putin’s Fluffer-in-Chief.

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There’s a nice question.

I have no idea, but it’s one of the best questions I’ve seen in quite awhile.

:slight_smile:

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“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”

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And Edward Snowden is Putin’s Wormtongue.

Putin would toss Edward’s behind right out of Russia if Edward wasn’t cooperating with him.

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Wow

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Sounds like quite a little web…

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What a terrific way for Russian intelligence to influence the world. Set up an organization like Wikileaks and leak information that damages your opponents. Bury information that would hurt you. This is a brilliant piece of craft.

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And now there is a hagiography about him in theaters from Oliver Stone. I don’t really know Snowden’s personal motivations, but he does seem to be a useful tool for those that do not have our country’s interest in mind.

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Pale Assange is very much like Trump in appearance and narcissism.

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They were always the best at that. We, by which I mean the first American businessmen and mid-level pols to mingle post Gorbachev, jivved too well with the Russian penchant for backalley trade and to little with classic Jack Armstrong Americanism.

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Assange is Australian – not a US citizen. He has no obligation to this country to protect its secrets or interests. However, its clear he is a foreign enemy.

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I’d say that the hypocracy here is stunning, but it’s been clear for a while that Wikileaks and Assange are more than happy to do Putin’s dirty work and ignore anything that might make him look bad. They’ve completely lost their way.

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Putin knows his way around a honeytrap…

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Let’s not leave the third leg of the stool out of this: Glen Greenwald.

He is a US citizen.

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We cannot allow the future to be stalled by a maniac, costume and castle-loving princess who steals jewelry and borders, wears too much face cream and diddles his own Olympic team…