It is however concerning that in 2011, Assange told Reuters that “China is [Wikileaks’] real enemy” and that Wikileaks was looking at ways to circumvent their “censorship”,
That could be his “free speech absolutist” stance or perhaps his Australian/Anglo bias seeping in. I don’t think it proves or indicates that he was a CIA asset. Hardcore Maoists also hate the current Chinese government/system, are they CIA assets too?
why tf did he join it when the website seemed to pried open to CIA influence as ‘CIA conduit’ and the acceptance of Chinese dissidents as such, according to co-founder John Young?
What do you mean join it? Didn’t he start Wikileaks? As I said, the whole supporting Chinese dissidents thing is his free speech absolutist stance: if he supports US dissidents leaking stuff about the US govt. he also supports Chinese dissidents doing the same. That’s what the idea behind Wikileaks was, a global dissident platform.
That could be his “free speech absolutist” stance or perhaps his Australian/Anglo bias seeping in. I don’t think it proves or indicates that he was a CIA asset. Hardcore Maoists also hate the current Chinese government/system, are they CIA assets too?
But consider the other evidence I just told ye;
if he wasn’t indirectly an asset,
why tf did he join it when the website seemed to pried open to CIA influence as ‘CIA conduit’ and the acceptance of Chinese dissidents as such, according to co-founder John Young?
What do you mean join it? Didn’t he start Wikileaks? As I said, the whole supporting Chinese dissidents thing is his free speech absolutist stance: if he supports US dissidents leaking stuff about the US govt. he also supports Chinese dissidents doing the same. That’s what the idea behind Wikileaks was, a global dissident platform.