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struggle4progress

(118,295 posts) Sat Aug 6, 2016, 01:22 PM Aug 2016

WikiLeaks walks back Assange claim on hacking Trump tax returns

By Eli Watkins, CNN
Updated 12:19 PM ET, Sat August 6, 2016

Washington (CNN)WikiLeaks on Saturday walked back a claim made by its founder, Julian Assange, that it was "working on" obtaining Donald Trump's undisclosed tax returns.

Assange's remark came at the end of a contentious interview Friday with "Real Time" host Bill Maher ...

But a message from WikiLeaks' official Twitter account Saturday morning dismissed Assange's statement, claiming it was meant in jest ...

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/06/politics/julian-assange-wikileaks-donald-trump-tax-returns/

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WikiLeaks walks back Assange claim on hacking Trump tax returns (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2016 OP
Of course Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #1
Of course they do RelativelyJones Aug 2016 #2
and a JERK trueblue2007 Aug 2016 #4
"Sorry Mr. Putin, we won't step out of line again" nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #3
He's a Putin puppet, he's not going to close the fact that trump doesn't pay taxes and onecaliberal Aug 2016 #5
Putin says Trump is off limits BainsBane Aug 2016 #6
Wikileaks don't 'hack' anything reorg Aug 2016 #7

reorg

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7. Wikileaks don't 'hack' anything
Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 02:10 PM
Aug 2016

they curate and publish leaks from third parties who send them in.

So, anybody who claims to have understood that spontaneous reply to a question made in jest as a promise must have missed completely what Wikileaks do.

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