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Things You Can’t Say About Assange or WikiLeaks

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It is sad to see how low WikiLeaks has fallen, and makes me think more and more that there has never been much of WL beyond Assange himself. It has reached comical levels of insanity, illusion of grandeur and narcissism.

WikiLeaks has almost certainly been compromised by global intelligence agencies and is operating as a front.

> almost certainly

What are you criteria for near certainty and what evidence-supported claims are there that satisfy those criteria?

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It is sad to see how low WikiLeaks has fallen, and makes me think more and more that there has never been much of WL beyond Assange himself. It has reached comical levels of insanity, illusion of grandeur and narcissism.

WikiLeaks has almost certainly been compromised by global intelligence agencies and is operating as a front.

Irony from the memo: It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange is, or has ever been, an agent or officer of any intelligence service

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

WikiLeaks has almost certainly been compromised by global intelligence agencies and is operating as a front.

> almost certainly What are you criteria for near certainty and what evidence-supported claims are there that satisfy those criteria?

I don't see why you are downvoted. It's a very valid question. Wild claims made without evidence are essentially conspiracy theories. Surely HN has higher standards than that?

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It is sad to see how low WikiLeaks has fallen, and makes me think more and more that there has never been much of WL beyond Assange himself. It has reached comical levels of insanity, illusion of grandeur and narcissism.

WikiLeaks has almost certainly been compromised by global intelligence agencies and is operating as a front.

What are you basing this wild claim on?

Re: Things You Can’t Say About Assange or WikiLeaks

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This is the original source: https://emma.best/2019/01/07/140-things-youre-not-allowed-to... After it was leaked WL released their edited version.

Among the bullets from the original version:

> It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange stinks.

> It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange does not use cutlery or does not wash his hands.

> It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange lives, or has ever lived, in a basement, cupboard or under the stairs.

What on Earth…?

Re: Things You Can’t Say About Assange or WikiLeaks

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My opinion of Julian Assange has varied over the years, depending on who the victim of his latest exposure was. I think this means that on balance he's fairly neutral.

However this item is a statement of fact, no?

>> It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange has ever "breached his bail", "jumped bail", absconded, fled an arrest warrant, or that he has ever been charged with such at any time.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/08/julian-assange...

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> almost certainly What are you criteria for near certainty and what evidence-supported claims are there that satisfy those criteria?

I don't see why you are downvoted. It's a very valid question. Wild claims made without evidence are essentially conspiracy theories. Surely HN has higher standards than that?

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