WikiLeaks supporter David House lashes out against Julian Assange

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MIT computer scientist attacks founder in series of tweets that claim his actions 'put WikiLeaks supporters at risk'

Ed Pilkington in New York
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 July 2012 14.08 EDT

... House, a computer scientist based at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, launched his attack on Assange out of the blue on Tuesday morning from his twitter account @VoxVictoria:

As long as #WikiLeaks remains icon of the Open Government movement, the antics of Assange will continue to reflect negatively on us all.

... House's criticisms come two days after WikiLeaks claimed credit for a hoax article under the name former New York Times editor Bill Keller which was circulated widely on the internet. The organisation's involvement in the hoax drew criticism that it had undermined its credibility for a publicity stunt ...

... House used to be one of the few people allowed to visit Bradley Manning in more than two years in military custody. House is still regularly referred to as a "close friend of Manning". However, Manning cut him off from his small list of approved visitors several months ago, for unknown reasons, and the description is no longer appropriate ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jul/31/wikileaks-david-house-julian-assange?newsfeed=true

[msanthrope]

1. Our very own Duer, eferrari is quoted at the bottom of the article.

Interesting to see the circling.

I have always suspected that David House was the weak link in the cases against Manning and Assange. It would not surprise me to find out that he struck a plea deal.