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0 pointsbandrami1y ago0 comments

Both the Mueller report[1] and the Senate report[2]. There is apparently some question whether Wikileaks even got the RNC data and didn't release it or just didn't bother asking for it in the first place[3]. Assange himself has discussed why he was only interested in hurting the Democratic party in the US[4].

1: https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/dl

2: https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/docu...

3: https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/12/10/report-russi...

4: https://theintercept.com/2018/02/14/julian-assange-wikileaks...

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lukan1y ago

The intercept link is quite good in quoting his motivation, which is indeed quite contrary to the stated goal of Wikileaks being neutral.

But in [1] and [2], could you hint where in there that information is to be found? Those are quite long documents and wikileaks is not the main subject there.

chrisco2551y ago

It wouldn't have mattered in the RNC case even if it was leaked. It was well known that Republican party insiders disliked Trump, but Trump won anyway. The DNC leak was motivated by Bernie's treatment in the primary.

CRConrad1y ago

I don't see how one follows from the other. It's also rather well known that Bernie was disliked by much of the Democratic establishment, so shouldn't that, by your reasoning, mean that WikiLeaks shouldn't have published the DNC leaks either?

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