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applegrove

(118,677 posts)
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:44 PM Sep 2016

Assange: Clinton leaks could come as early as next week

Assange: Clinton leaks could come as early as next week

By CRISTIANO LIMA at Politico

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/julian-assange-clinton-leaks-could-come-as-early-as-next-week-227811

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said leaks on Hillary Clinton and other American politicians are coming “reasonably soon” and that information “teases” could drop as early as the next couple weeks.

“The first batch is reasonably soon. We are quite confident about it now,” Assange said on Fox News’ Hannity.

The WikiLeaks editor-in-chief opted not to provide specifics on a release, but added that the organization “might put out some teasers as early as the next week or the week after.”

In an August interview on the same network, Assange promised to leak “thousands” of document pages pertaining to Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and the presidential election, adding that he anticipated it would have a “significant” impact come November.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/julian-assange-clinton-leaks-could-come-as-early-as-next-week-227811#ixzz4JXQc5xd2
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Assange: Clinton leaks could come as early as next week (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2016 OP
Fuck Julian Assange jcgoldie Sep 2016 #1
I'm hoping the silence in the US has been so that they would do this...and expose themselves applegrove Sep 2016 #2
A Putin-sponsored October surprise? creeksneakers2 Sep 2016 #3
Fuck, this guy is annoying redStateBlueHeart Sep 2016 #4
I believe Trump has promised Assange safe passage and no prosecution. Demsrule86 Sep 2016 #21
I think Hillary should put out an ad with the Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #5
cowardly rapist MFM008 Sep 2016 #6
What is delaying them? Probably because it takes some time to alter them pnwmom Sep 2016 #7
Politico needs to change their headline to Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #8
It may not be him. It may be when Trump tells him to. If he was as altruistic Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2016 #11
Anti Semitic, accused rapist and bigot. What a piece of shit. NCTraveler Sep 2016 #9
Here in the UK remaineruk Sep 2016 #10
Well, how can you do that? If they look like Clinton emails? You have to Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2016 #12
Hello to you too from post brexit vote blighty! remaineruk Sep 2016 #13
"Ferret rapist." So stealing that. Welcome to DU. nt msanthrope Sep 2016 #16
He is getting his information from Russian intelligence. UCmeNdc Sep 2016 #14
So zero credibility remaineruk Sep 2016 #15
"We will have finished the selective editing as early as next week." yellowcanine Sep 2016 #17
I can't tell you how much I loathe that man. Skidmore Sep 2016 #18
And it'll be another nothingburger just like his DNC leak garbage. Lord Magus Sep 2016 #19
A big who cares Demsrule86 Sep 2016 #20
Assange can go fuck himself DemonGoddess Sep 2016 #22
Julian Assange clings desperately to any shred of relevence.... LaydeeBug Sep 2016 #23

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
1. Fuck Julian Assange
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:52 PM
Sep 2016

What a tool. And if this doesn't expose the entire wikileaks project as a russian tool and completely undermine their supposed mission I don't know what would.

applegrove

(118,677 posts)
2. I'm hoping the silence in the US has been so that they would do this...and expose themselves
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:54 PM
Sep 2016

as exactly what you say.

creeksneakers2

(7,473 posts)
3. A Putin-sponsored October surprise?
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 12:01 AM
Sep 2016

Last week, we learned something else: The Russians aren’t just hackers — they’re also hacks. Turns out that before leaking their stolen information, they are in some cases doctoring the documents, making edits that add false information and then passing the documents off as the originals.

Foreign Policy’s Elias Groll reported last week that the hackers goofed: They posted both the original versions of at least three documents and their edited versions. These documents, stolen from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, were altered by the hackers to create the false impression that Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny was funded by Soros. A pro-Russian hacking group, CyberBerkut, had inserted Navalny’s name, bogus dollar amounts and fabricated wording.

This raises an intriguing possibility: Are Vladimir Putin’s operatives planning to dump edited DNC documents on the eve of the presidential election?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-putin-sponsored-october-surprise/2016/08/29/d7f21d16-6e33-11e6-9705-23e51a2f424d_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-c%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.3f7cb5df8528

Demsrule86

(68,582 posts)
21. I believe Trump has promised Assange safe passage and no prosecution.
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 06:32 AM
Sep 2016

Trump has also promised Putin Eastern Europe.

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
5. I think Hillary should put out an ad with the
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 02:53 AM
Sep 2016

Edited documents already discovered to be tainted by Russians, and say anything coming from the Putin camp is going to be doctored, and when did Americans put an ounce of belief in anything a vicious dictator had his hands in?

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
7. What is delaying them? Probably because it takes some time to alter them
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 03:50 AM
Sep 2016

in a way that looks plausible.

There have already been leaked emails that were proved to have been altered. Why should we trust any further leaks?

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
8. Politico needs to change their headline to
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 04:47 AM
Sep 2016

"Altered Clinton emails could be released by Russian Operatives Next Week"

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
11. It may not be him. It may be when Trump tells him to. If he was as altruistic
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 06:50 AM
Sep 2016

as he tries to claim he is and big on the Truth - he would simply dump the raw data.

remaineruk

(156 posts)
10. Here in the UK
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 06:35 AM
Sep 2016

We generally disregard the ferret rapist and would love to see him tried in Sweden asap. He has zero credibility. Surely that can be shown in the US as well?

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
12. Well, how can you do that? If they look like Clinton emails? You have to
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 06:53 AM
Sep 2016

prove a negative which takes a lot of time. Perhaps why he is withholding - to shorten the window before the election to disprove anything.

Welcome from afar to DU !!

remaineruk

(156 posts)
13. Hello to you too from post brexit vote blighty!
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 07:03 AM
Sep 2016

In the UK as he has no credibility he just wouldn't be listened to. Every time we see him talk....which isn't often we just think about him holed up without bit d in the embassy

Wouldn't an attack on credibility be the best thing. Brexit has taught me playing their game is the only way

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
14. He is getting his information from Russian intelligence.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 07:08 AM
Sep 2016

It is now obvious that wikileaks is now a front operation for Russian intelligence services.

remaineruk

(156 posts)
15. So zero credibility
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 07:14 AM
Sep 2016

Assange should be focused on....by someone...and pulled through the mire for being a rapist and Russian puppet

Don't under estimate these people. In the UK for the leave campaign they spread their bile in all the forums and social media. Parenting sites, women's sites anywhere that has a politics or news section. Then after the vote the posters went puff into smoke

It is genearly gossip ed about that we have Russian plants in our social media

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
18. I can't tell you how much I loathe that man.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 10:51 AM
Sep 2016

I have never been a fan of his. I don't think he has done any nation any favors and has sucked some really naive people into his orbit through the utter bs he puts out there.

Lord Magus

(1,999 posts)
19. And it'll be another nothingburger just like his DNC leak garbage.
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 05:32 AM
Sep 2016

He doesn't actually have anything of substance, because there's nothing of substance to have.

Demsrule86

(68,582 posts)
20. A big who cares
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 06:28 AM
Sep 2016

You can't be even sure they were not altered or fabricated by his Russian buddies...Assange is a tool of Putin and has lost all credibility.

 

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
23. Julian Assange clings desperately to any shred of relevence....
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 08:28 AM
Sep 2016

because he already lost the right to pretend he has anyone's best interest in mind except his own.

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