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Is this where you submit to some sort of brain wipe and have all the things they exposed erased? Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2012 #1
Wikileaks' "accomplishments" include scuttling the Copenhagen climate summit: struggle4progress Oct 2012 #4
Gee I thought it was right-wing and big business climate change deniers that scuttled the summit. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2012 #9
My link includes video in which Assange takes credit for the Climategate release struggle4progress Oct 2012 #21
No. This is where I introduce some more information MineralMan Oct 2012 #7
Hate the game, not the player Taverner Oct 2012 #2
In this case, the player is the game, MineralMan Oct 2012 #5
Me too, BUT I still have deep admiration Assange and Manning Taverner Oct 2012 #30
What happened brush Oct 2012 #34
Because he's an attention whore leftynyc Oct 2012 #37
I think he's mad at the entire US Government Taverner Oct 2012 #42
what exactly are they doing to 'catch' him?, mostly asking out of curiosity Bodhi BloodWave Oct 2012 #67
Problem is, we don't know much tama Oct 2012 #114
most investigations tho don't tend to be public, usually thats actually a rather bad idea nt Bodhi BloodWave Oct 2012 #123
No. You don't. randome Oct 2012 #69
Manning showed courage and bravery Taverner Oct 2012 #84
Wikileaks is cool (for the most part). So is whistleblowing. randome Oct 2012 #85
No, he didn't. Courage and bravery would have been him using the MWPA of 1988 and forcing msanthrope Oct 2012 #108
He's a libertarian ideologue, and the libertarian ideologues are anti-Obama: struggle4progress Oct 2012 #3
Thanks for the link. MineralMan Oct 2012 #6
Left libertarian tama Oct 2012 #10
ridiculous. Man, I'm tired of this same old lame rhetoric cali Oct 2012 #18
Some on DU thinks Obama is above criticism, as evidenced by some of these responses. Erose999 Oct 2012 #23
What criticism has been offered? randome Oct 2012 #25
What you said is beyond criticism. DevonRex Oct 2012 #135
I understand tama Oct 2012 #31
And what does Assange have to do with any of what you mentioned? randome Oct 2012 #35
BFD tama Oct 2012 #64
Simply responding to a current news item. randome Oct 2012 #71
You are wellcome tama Oct 2012 #77
She doesn't know. She's in Finland ferchrissake. Anti-authoritarians who follow global summits.... Tarheel_Dem Oct 2012 #99
Yes tama Oct 2012 #112
I care about Americans voting for our American president. Finland? I could give a shit. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2012 #117
boom! frylock Oct 2012 #61
you understand nothing. cali Oct 2012 #104
"Subjective" and "Objective" is Latin Grammar tama Oct 2012 #110
By supporting Obama without criticism, you are supporting NDAA and drones and Wall St cronies. Erose999 Oct 2012 #136
+1 Johonny Oct 2012 #40
yes, why measure yourself based on policy when you can just label yourself as liberal? frylock Oct 2012 #60
There's really no evidence that Assange has any coherent leftist views. Read his essays and you struggle4progress Oct 2012 #38
As Orwell said tama Oct 2012 #128
Orwell earned a reputation for honesty by not caving to the political pressure of his contempories struggle4progress Oct 2012 #131
If Glen Beck had been the one that had done or said half the things Assange has done or said Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #54
I don't believe in capital punishment tama Oct 2012 #59
and if bush or romney were drone bombing the shit out of the middle east.. frylock Oct 2012 #63
Excuse me. A lot of us are dead set against the drone wars. randome Oct 2012 #73
Actually, no. Drone bombing Tora Bora in November of 2001 by Bush would have saved us a shit-load msanthrope Oct 2012 #121
+1. Can't we just chip in & buy them all an island somewhere? How long b/4 they turn on each other? Tarheel_Dem Oct 2012 #98
If I were in Assange's position (or Manning's, god forbid) I'd be pretty pissed at Obama too. Erose999 Oct 2012 #8
So what. Seriously, just because he's mad at Obama doesn't cali Oct 2012 #12
Maybe he's just drunk-dialing from the consulate trying to stay relevant. AtomicKitten Oct 2012 #11
Well he can forget about a presidential pardon julian09 Oct 2012 #13
I doubt he'll ever be tried in a US court, anyway. MineralMan Oct 2012 #14
I think he was already aware of that nt newfie11 Oct 2012 #15
Perhaps Wikileaks would rather see a Republican in charge who would've rushed into BenzoDia Oct 2012 #16
Oh and Rmoney EC Oct 2012 #17
I watched the video and theres no mention of support for another candidate. It seems that they're Erose999 Oct 2012 #19
Your last statement in that post sucks! nt MineralMan Oct 2012 #24
I was under the impression that Obama bashing is an alerting offense. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #51
It is. If nobody has alerted, you can. MineralMan Oct 2012 #52
I prefer to let such diatribes stand. randome Oct 2012 #58
Yeah, I suppose. MineralMan Oct 2012 #83
and 2.5 hours later the post stands.. frylock Oct 2012 #65
So it does. I don't have any loyalty oaths. MineralMan Oct 2012 #79
And they're still at war and there are still drones killing innocent people, and military Erose999 Oct 2012 #102
President Obama is exponentially Better than Cha Oct 2012 #111
And who are you voting for? nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #122
I was under the impression that Obama bashing in that fashion was a banning offense rl6214 Oct 2012 #138
"Fuck Obama" during elections season at DU... SidDithers Oct 2012 #28
Thank goodness for transparency in edits. MineralMan Oct 2012 #33
FUCK ASSANGE, erose. Cha Oct 2012 #97
So who're you voting for? Not Obama after saying fuck him. DevonRex Oct 2012 #132
Show us Romney's tax returns Assange liberal_at_heart Oct 2012 #20
Now THAT would set the world free, indeed. A real world example of where the money went. freshwest Oct 2012 #129
Fuck Assange. NCTraveler Oct 2012 #22
It's almost impossible to separate Wikileaks from Assange. MineralMan Oct 2012 #27
I agree with what you say. NCTraveler Oct 2012 #43
Wikileaks is as damaged as he is--read this expose from Al-Jazeera-- msanthrope Oct 2012 #29
Intervene in the 2012 presidential election? msanthrope Oct 2012 #26
bush did it = bad, obama does it = good. ok nt msongs Oct 2012 #32
shhh! We're not allowed to criticize Obama on this site liberal_at_heart Oct 2012 #36
Not only are you allowed to criticize him.... NCTraveler Oct 2012 #47
so you agree that bush drones = bad, obama drones = good frylock Oct 2012 #68
No clue what you are talking about.nt. NCTraveler Oct 2012 #80
of course you don't.. frylock Oct 2012 #100
What am I denying? NCTraveler Oct 2012 #134
Bush and Obama did what? Explain, please. randome Oct 2012 #39
IOKIODI? Noooo, not really. tblue Oct 2012 #45
Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #55
You do know that you can leave at anytime, right? nt MrScorpio Oct 2012 #62
love it or leave it frylock Oct 2012 #70
And yet you continue to post here... SidDithers Oct 2012 #72
'Cuz there's not a lot of activity over where the nuts used to fill the trees. Smashed acorns.... Tarheel_Dem Oct 2012 #105
Wikileaks will be crushed when they hear Union Scribe Oct 2012 #41
No doubt. I am definitely someone to worry about MineralMan Oct 2012 #44
Thanks for the link. I donated $15 for transparency in government. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2012 #46
Tired of holding back on this. Fuck that attention whoring, rapist piece of trash. phleshdef Oct 2012 #48
Julian Assange speaks much truth in that video. But then, again... Zorra Oct 2012 #49
He did not tell anyone not to vote tama Oct 2012 #74
Oh, shush! Assange is an enemy of the state and very naughty..at least he is here. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2012 #86
I've long been a staunch and consistent Assange/Wikileaks supporter, and feel that they do important Zorra Oct 2012 #90
He's attacking the corrupt establishment. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2012 #115
OK, good point. But actually, he did say "Cast the only vote that Zorra Oct 2012 #88
I'm also a realist tama Oct 2012 #92
Yes, another good point, I totally get that. But Julian really needs to understand OUR perspective, Zorra Oct 2012 #101
Talk to Julian tama Oct 2012 #116
Yeh, well, he's kind of hard to get ahold of these days. Zorra Oct 2012 #119
He characterizes his plea for money as 'intervening' in our election. randome Oct 2012 #126
While he has done some good marlakay Oct 2012 #50
And you were so very close to completely embracing Assange before now. He'll miss you. DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2012 #53
No, I wasn't, as of course you know. MineralMan Oct 2012 #57
Julian Assange Launches Vote WikiLeaks Funding Campaign while Supporters Face £140,000 Bail Loss struggle4progress Oct 2012 #56
Well of course treestar Oct 2012 #66
I'm pretty Obama designated Assange as a potential drone assassination target nichomachus Oct 2012 #76
Obama has not done that treestar Oct 2012 #78
OMG! Tarheel_Dem Oct 2012 #106
I doubt very much that President Obama has given MineralMan Oct 2012 #81
the only reason he/the obama administation even mentions him these days it seems Bodhi BloodWave Oct 2012 #89
Well, it sure does seem like that, doesn't it? MineralMan Oct 2012 #93
I support wikileaks 1000 percent quinnox Oct 2012 #75
OK. Thanks for letting me know. MineralMan Oct 2012 #82
LAUNCH THE DRONES! MadHound Oct 2012 #87
I doubt that there is much concern about MineralMan Oct 2012 #91
Classical rhetorical tactic tama Oct 2012 #94
Threads go where they will. MineralMan Oct 2012 #95
My memory is so bad tama Oct 2012 #109
God, I wish this asshole would get lost in the jungles of Ecuador already. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2012 #96
People are fighting tooth and nail for the right to vote this year, Chorophyll Oct 2012 #103
^^^^^^This^^^^^^ one_voice Oct 2012 #107
Very well stated! Tarheel_Dem Oct 2012 #113
Yes. Anyone that rapes a sleeping woman is a fucking savage. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #118
You are right. MineralMan Oct 2012 #120
Thank you, Chorophyll! Assange is Cha Oct 2012 #124
Thanks Cha and everyone else who replied. Chorophyll Oct 2012 #130
Well said...nt SidDithers Oct 2012 #137
I am not surprised. It has been evident for a long time that Assange is for one thing: himself. Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #125
Thanks for your comment. MineralMan Oct 2012 #127
dweeb. nt seabeyond Oct 2012 #133
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