• kescusay@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Early on, the Russian asset released some genuine information in order to establish some bona fides. But since then, he’s used his platform to create nothing but instability and strife. Never forget, the “pizzagate” bullshit came directly from WikiLeaks.

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      10 months ago

      He reminds me of the bad guy from Skyfall. He’s an information broker who releases selective info, depending on what agenda he wants to push. Assange was an information terrorist, he got a hold of all the info, but only released the info that would hurt his opponents and kept hidden the info that would make his side look bad. He uses information as a weapon and he deserves no sympathy

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      10 months ago

      The pizzagate bullshit did not come directly from WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks published John Podesta’s emails.

      Then some conspiracy theorists made up a conspiracy theory that included made up stuff that they claimed was in the emails, but was not.