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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)WikiLeaks to PUBLISH More Hillary Clinton Emails - Julian Assange [View all]
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has said his organisation is preparing to publish more emails Hillary Clinton sent and received while US secretary of state. Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is under FBI investigation to determine whether she broke federal law by using her private email in sending classified information. A new WikiLeaks release of Clinton emails is likely to fan a controversy that has bedevilled her campaign and provide further ammunition for Donald Trump, her Republican presidential rival, who has used the issue to attack her.
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Assange, a trenchant Clinton critic, said she was receiving constant personal updates on his situation. The WikiLeaks founder has been confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London since July 2012, when he sought asylum to avoid extradition. Assange is wanted in Sweden over allegations of rape dating from 2010, which he denies, but he has not been charged. A Stockholm district court upheld an arrest warrant against the Australian last month, saying there was still probable cause for suspicion against him. Assange said it was highly unlikely that the US attorney general, Loretta Lynch, would indict Clinton. Shes not going to indict Hillary Clinton, thats not possible. Its not going to happen. But the FBI can push for concessions from a Clinton government, he said. He has attacked Clinton as a liberal war hawk, claiming that WikiLeaks had published emails showing her to be the leading champion in office to push for the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, despite Pentagon reluctance.
He also accused Google last week of helping Clinton in her presidential campaign, lumping together two of his bugbears. Google is intensely aligned with US exceptionalism and its employees will likely be rewarded if Clinton wins the presidential election come November, Assange told an international media forum in Moscow. His attacks on Clinton may be dismissed as highly partial, but the email controversy continues to dog her. An internal report last month found she had broken several government rules by using a private server rather than more secure official communication systems. The 78-page investigation by the inspector general of the state department singled out several previously unknown breaches while Clinton was secretary of state, including the use of mobile devices to conduct official business without checking whether they posed a security risk.
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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/12/wikileaks-to-publish-more-hillary-clinton-emails-julian-assange
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Assange, a trenchant Clinton critic, said she was receiving constant personal updates on his situation. The WikiLeaks founder has been confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London since July 2012, when he sought asylum to avoid extradition. Assange is wanted in Sweden over allegations of rape dating from 2010, which he denies, but he has not been charged. A Stockholm district court upheld an arrest warrant against the Australian last month, saying there was still probable cause for suspicion against him. Assange said it was highly unlikely that the US attorney general, Loretta Lynch, would indict Clinton. Shes not going to indict Hillary Clinton, thats not possible. Its not going to happen. But the FBI can push for concessions from a Clinton government, he said. He has attacked Clinton as a liberal war hawk, claiming that WikiLeaks had published emails showing her to be the leading champion in office to push for the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, despite Pentagon reluctance.
They predicted that the postwar outcome would be something like it is
she has a long history of being a liberal war hawk, he said.
He also accused Google last week of helping Clinton in her presidential campaign, lumping together two of his bugbears. Google is intensely aligned with US exceptionalism and its employees will likely be rewarded if Clinton wins the presidential election come November, Assange told an international media forum in Moscow. His attacks on Clinton may be dismissed as highly partial, but the email controversy continues to dog her. An internal report last month found she had broken several government rules by using a private server rather than more secure official communication systems. The 78-page investigation by the inspector general of the state department singled out several previously unknown breaches while Clinton was secretary of state, including the use of mobile devices to conduct official business without checking whether they posed a security risk.
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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/12/wikileaks-to-publish-more-hillary-clinton-emails-julian-assange
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First it was evil genius (before he got caught and jailed) Gucifer trying to leverage nothing.
annavictorious
Jun 2016
#9
During the four remaining days, they'll be hiding behind feigned outrage over a lack of probity
annavictorious
Jun 2016
#11
Did you just compare a ginned up email scandal with marching for civil rights?!!!!?!!!
RogueTrooper
Jun 2016
#45
Well the fact that he's become a fugitive from justice instead of facing the charges gives me pause.
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#55
Since we're convicting without a trial, maybe Assange can commiserate with rapist Bill Clinton.
Lizzie Poppet
Jun 2016
#56
OMG, the rant about Google is so bizarre, it's as if it was composed in his sleep.
randome
Jun 2016
#25
She deserves privacy as long it has nothing to do with her service to the public.
Ash_F
Jun 2016
#38
Isn't funny how none of these "unity-mongers" don't believe in innocent until proven guilty?
VulgarPoet
Jun 2016
#54