Arthur BessetoNews@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlJulian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extradition(www.bbc.com)external-linkarrow-up197arrow-down110message-square54fedilink
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkJulian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extradition(www.bbc.com)Arthur BessetoNews@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlmessage-square54fedilink
minus-squarekescusayEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·8 months agolinkfedilinkWikiLeaks published them out of order, lacking context, and with clear intent to have them used as the basis for some kind of conspiracy theory. And they started publishing them literally 30 minutes after Trump’s Access Hollywood “grab 'em by the pussy” tape came out: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/18/john-podesta/its-true-wikileaks-dumped-podesta-emails-hour-afte/ WikiLeaks made “pizzagate” happen, and is clearly a Russian asset.
WikiLeaks published them out of order, lacking context, and with clear intent to have them used as the basis for some kind of conspiracy theory. And they started publishing them literally 30 minutes after Trump’s Access Hollywood “grab 'em by the pussy” tape came out: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/18/john-podesta/its-true-wikileaks-dumped-podesta-emails-hour-afte/
WikiLeaks made “pizzagate” happen, and is clearly a Russian asset.