Moscow Has Eyes On WikiLeaks, Too

mark72005 writes "National-security officials say that the National Security Agency, the US government's eavesdropping agency, has already picked up tell-tale electronic evidence that WikiLeaks is under close surveillance by the Russian FSB, that country's domestic spy network, out of fear in Moscow that WikiLeaks is prepared to release damaging personal information about Kremlin leaders. 'We may not have been able to stop WikiLeaks so far, and it's been frustrating,' a US law-enforcement official tells The Daily Beast. 'The Russians play by different rules.'" Something tells me those rules might be in line with professor Tom Flanagan (an adviser to Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper), who openly advocates assassinating Assange. Update: 12/03 00:56 GMT by S : Reader Red Flayer points out that Flanagan later recanted, saying, "It was a thoughtless, glib remark about a serious subject."

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Re:Assange

[Enderandrew]

He calls for attention to himself specifically. He has snapped at people who have questioned him. He refuses to disclose details on his finances, where donations go, or how his operation works. For a foundation based on transparency, no one knows why certain leaks are disclosed, and why he refuses to disclose other leaks.

The reports out of Sweden suggest he was angry, confrontational, and intimidated his sexual partners who pleaded with him to wear a condom. When you're sleeping with multiple strangers in a short period and you refuse someone's pleas to ues a condom, you're being willfully irresponsible when it comes to STDs. That alone makes you a douche in my book.