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WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC staffer's murder

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Re: WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC staffer's murder

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WikiLeaks is becoming a political mess with Assange leading the charge.

The philosophy that all information should be public is just absurd. There is a reason that the whistle-blowers prior passed their information to reporters, it allowed for certain pieces of information to be redacted.

Sending out the name of every woman voter in Turkey does not benefit anyone. Leaking the private conversation of a man and his daughter does not benefit anyone.

Assange's crazed obsession of having WikiLeaks in the news doesn't help either, it only leads to further politicization and larger claims. The whole site has just turned into a show more than anything.

Re: WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC staffer's murder

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WikiLeaks is becoming a political mess with Assange leading the charge. The philosophy that all information should be public is just absurd. There is a reason that the whistle-blowers prior passed their information to reporters, it allowed for certain pieces of information to be redacted. Sending out the name of every woman voter in Turkey does not benefit anyone. Leaking the private conversation of a man and his dau…

Indeed. You might be interested in this article about Wikileak's recent activities: https://theintercept.com/2016/08/06/accusing-wikileaks-bias-...

Re: WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC staffer's murder

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WikiLeaks is becoming a political mess with Assange leading the charge. The philosophy that all information should be public is just absurd. There is a reason that the whistle-blowers prior passed their information to reporters, it allowed for certain pieces of information to be redacted. Sending out the name of every woman voter in Turkey does not benefit anyone. Leaking the private conversation of a man and his dau…

I find it weird that all these critiques from liberals come just when Wikileaks released info that the DNC primaries were rigged. Before that, it was pretty much all praise. Now, it turns out one of their informant may have been the victim of political assassination and you focus on the fact that they released a conversation of a dad and his daughter, which is of course a blunder but still, compared to the other potential news... Not that I want to see Trump win of course, but I don't want to give a free pass to the other side either.

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Re: WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC staffer's murder

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WikiLeaks is becoming a political mess with Assange leading the charge. The philosophy that all information should be public is just absurd. There is a reason that the whistle-blowers prior passed their information to reporters, it allowed for certain pieces of information to be redacted. Sending out the name of every woman voter in Turkey does not benefit anyone. Leaking the private conversation of a man and his dau…

I find it weird that all these critiques from liberals come just when Wikileaks released info that the DNC primaries were rigged. Before that, it was pretty much all praise. Now, it turns out one of their informant may have been the victim of political assassination and you focus on the fact that they released a conversation of a dad and his daughter, which is of course a blunder but still, compared to the other pote…

There is precisely zero evidence the DNC primaries were rigged in the Wikileaks DNC content.

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WikiLeaks is becoming a political mess with Assange leading the charge. The philosophy that all information should be public is just absurd. There is a reason that the whistle-blowers prior passed their information to reporters, it allowed for certain pieces of information to be redacted. Sending out the name of every woman voter in Turkey does not benefit anyone. Leaking the private conversation of a man and his dau…

> Sending out the name of every woman voter in Turkey does not benefit anyone.

But who does it hurt? And who would make the decision about what should be redacted?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find it weird that all these critiques from liberals come just when Wikileaks released info that the DNC primaries were rigged. Before that, it was pretty much all praise. Now, it turns out one of their informant may have been the victim of political assassination and you focus on the fact that they released a conversation of a dad and his daughter, which is of course a blunder but still, compared to the other pote…

There is precisely zero evidence the DNC primaries were rigged in the Wikileaks DNC content.

Did the DNC favor one candidate over another in any way?

Re: WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC staffer's murder

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WikiLeaks is becoming a political mess with Assange leading the charge. The philosophy that all information should be public is just absurd. There is a reason that the whistle-blowers prior passed their information to reporters, it allowed for certain pieces of information to be redacted. Sending out the name of every woman voter in Turkey does not benefit anyone. Leaking the private conversation of a man and his dau…

> Sending out the name of every woman voter in Turkey does not benefit anyone. But who does it hurt? And who would make the decision about what should be redacted?

"But who does it hurt?"

The women.

"And who would make the decision about what should be redacted?"

Whoever decides to release the data. [Spiderman quote here].

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