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Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut'

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This story keeps getting flagged as a dupe. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12724507 for another thread that was on front page when most of US was asleep https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12722929 Mods, would it possible to keep this story up?

I don't think any thread should get a guaranteed 24h exposure. Either the comments and upvotes justify it or they don't.

Otherwise I'd like a guarantee that we Europeans get to see all those interesting stories that broke 12h earlier.

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post #167

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You actually believe some 4channers when he says he is a intelligence officer? I have a bridge to sell you...

This particular 4channer posted this well before Assange's internet was cut. We now have complete radio silence from for >12 hours and embassy employees are no longer allowed to talk about him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_jhLcvoZqc

He posted before the claim that his Internet was cut out... if his Internet is truly cut out, who knows when it happened.

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post #339

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State actors can jam the spectrum and make wireless communication impossible.

Don't Hamm operators have a low speed data protocol? Also, I bet some industrious hackers could hack together a microcontroller, photodiodes, and cheap lasers for a line of sight connection as a bridge.

AX.25

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We're in the middle of some crazy propaganda war right now, and it's been this way for quite a while. It became completely transparent when the Podesta e-mails were released mere minutes after Trump's videos regarding possible sexual assault were released. Ever since the DNC leaks and the subsequent accusations against Russia, it became clear to me that, at some point, the attempts to tarnish Wikileaks's name was to…

> It became completely transparent when the Podesta e-mails were released mere minutes after Trump's videos regarding possible sexual assault were released.

Wikileaks notified of an incoming set of documents dangerous to the DNC well before those Trump videos arose.

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To anyone thinking of voting for HRC... I get it, she's ostensibly better than Trump.

But she's still horrible. We have serious problems, problems that will destroy all faith in Government, if left unchecked -- and problems HRC won't address because she's too busy exploiting and expanding them.

She prefers 0 transparency -- this runs in total contradiction to democratic values. Anyone who opposed the levels of secrecy under Bush / Cheney should also oppose HRC.

The choice isn't Trump or HRC, the choice is to vote your conscience.

* Hillary Clinton Liked Covert Action if It Stayed Covert, Transcript Shows - The New York Times || http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/us/politics/hillary-clinto...

* Stone: Secrecy is the Enemy of Democracy | University of Chicago Law School || http://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/stone-secrecy-enemy-democra...

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post #369

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I don't think Assange is a partisan. He's Australian after all and has no stake in this election. I think he is releasing info on Hillary because that is what he has and is timing the release for maximum public exposure. If he had similar info on Trump, I firmly believe he would be doing the same thing.

It's pretty well known that Assange has a vendetta against Hillary Clinton. Just searching for Assange Clinton on Google brings up lots of articles on the subject.

To be fair, it's because Clinton and her staff have called both publicly and privately for him to be executed, extrajudicially if need be.

I'd have a grudge too.

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post #339

Earlier quoted context omitted.

State actors can jam the spectrum and make wireless communication impossible.

Don't Hamm operators have a low speed data protocol? Also, I bet some industrious hackers could hack together a microcontroller, photodiodes, and cheap lasers for a line of sight connection as a bridge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-space_optical_communicati...

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post #334

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Hillary said[0] that she didn't recall joking about it, but that if she did say it, it would have been a joke . [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSTht4G4yJs

To be clear, this is coming from a woman who has repeatedly told bald-faced lies; anything short of a complete denial is a confirmation.

And complete denial is even more confirmation, given her track record with lies. Remember when she told about how she landed under sniper fire in Bosnia and the entire thing was pure confabulation and she shook hands with a little girl on arrival?

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post #369

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think Assange is a partisan. He's Australian after all and has no stake in this election. I think he is releasing info on Hillary because that is what he has and is timing the release for maximum public exposure. If he had similar info on Trump, I firmly believe he would be doing the same thing.

It's pretty well known that Assange has a vendetta against Hillary Clinton. Just searching for Assange Clinton on Google brings up lots of articles on the subject.

i dont think that necessarily makes him 'pro trump'
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