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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 09:11 PM Dec 2016

Assange: Some leaks may have been Russian

Source: The Hill

BY JOE UCHILL - 12/15/16 05:25 PM EST

On Sean Hannity’s radio show, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said that hacked Democratic documents sent to reporters at Gawker and The Hill may have come from Russia. But, he said, he is confident the emails he received did not come from the same source.

The Hill and other outlets received documents from a hacker or hackers calling itself “Guccifer 2.0.” Guccifer 2.0 also posted separate documents on its own site. Assange denied knowing Guccifer 2.0 on Hannity's show Thursday.

“Our source is not the Russian government,” said Assange, later claiming WikiLeaks did not receive its material from any state actor, Russia or otherwise.

While the intelligence community agrees that Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Democratic National Campaign Committee, there is dissent over whether the Russians did so with an eye to promoting President-elect Donald Trump or just generally wanting to sow chaos.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/310654-assange-some-leaks-may-have-been-russian

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Assange: Some leaks may have been Russian (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
Fuck that rapist weasel! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2016 #1
Pale white chickenshit oldtime dfl_er Dec 2016 #2
Assange refused to comment on a report his associate Craig Murray got the documents in Washington think Dec 2016 #3
Thank you maggot . MFM008 Dec 2016 #4
Remember the story broke in Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #5
This election is so tainted SCVDem Dec 2016 #6
I remember when people LOVED Julian Assange... brooklynite Dec 2016 #7
 

think

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3. Assange refused to comment on a report his associate Craig Murray got the documents in Washington
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 09:19 PM
Dec 2016
Assange also declined to comment on a Daily Mail report that his confidant Craig Murray flew to the United States to retrieve the documents printed on the site. Murray told the Daily Mail that he met with an intermediary in a wooded area near American University in Washington, D.C., who was handing off the documents on behalf of someone with “legal access” to both the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta emails.

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/310654-assange-some-leaks-may-have-been-russian






 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Remember the story broke in
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 09:56 PM
Dec 2016

Murdoch's Daily Mail and then to Fox New York as well as New York Post. Did they use Ruppert's Plane?

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
6. This election is so tainted
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 09:59 PM
Dec 2016

the only solution is a re-vote. No machines or other Kobach games, just ink a vote like we do in California.

Not the ballot measures, just President, house and senate.

This government cannot be handpicked by foreign governments or a treasonous congress.

Let the truth out and put ASSange down!

And I also want all electronic voting machines to get the full Fiorello La Guardia!

http://untappedcities.com/2013/07/01/vintage-photos-mayor-laguardia-sledgehammer-destroys-slot-machines-nyc/|

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