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Julian Assange: Google is 'Directly Engaged' In Hillary Clinton's Campaign (infowars.com)

An anonymous reader writes from a report via Infowars: Speaking to the "New Era of Journalism: Farewell to Mainstream" symposium, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange stated Google is "directly engaged" with the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. Assange said, "The chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, set up a company to run the digital component of Hillary Clinton's campaign." As reported by Quartz in late 2015, an under-the-radar startup known as "The Groundwork" was funded by Schmidt "to ensure that Clinton has the engineering talent needed to win the election." Assange went on to say that "[...] once Hillary Clinton becomes president, those people in Google, like Jared Cohen, will be placed into positions around the new Clinton presidency." Controlling the majority of the world's smart phones, Assange adds, raises even more serious concerns in light of the company's growing and monopolistic influence. "Google controls 80 percent of the smart phone market through its control of Android and if you control the device itself -- that people use to read -- then anything that they connect to through that device you have control over as well. [...] Google has gotten into bed with the Obama administration in a very significant way," Assange stated. "It is the company that visits the White House more than any other -- averaged once per week in the last 4 years."

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  1. Re: What about a comaony like Google? by Rei · · Score: 3, Informative

    Julian Assange has previously done great work unmasking the nefarious schemes of Google to enslave the world.

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    Maybe, but I can barely make out what you're saying because your horse is too high.
  2. Re:Well, it is either her or Trump. by Rei · · Score: 4, Informative

    He's only 6 years older than Clinton. She's 68.

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    Maybe, but I can barely make out what you're saying because your horse is too high.
  3. Re:Well, it is either her or Trump. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Six years is a big difference among senior citizens, and gender life expectancy difference makes the contrast stronger.

  4. "a report via Infowars" by wiredog · · Score: 4, Informative

    Good thing we aren't giving any credence to any wingnut conspiracy sites.

  5. Four more years by tomhath · · Score: 3, Informative

    Google and Obama have been scratching eachother's backs for the past eight years. No surprise that their next purchase was Hillary.

  6. Re: Revenge! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Anybody can claim to be a "Trump supporter" and in fact anybody can play that game to smear someonfe they actually oppose.

  7. "No criminal wrongdoing" by sjbe · · Score: 1, Informative

    The FBI has enough evidence that they believe is cause for an indictment. The Department of Justice is just sitting on it and not pursuing the indictment.

    That is not true at all apparently. The FBI has found "no criminal wrongdoing". The Justice Department isn't sitting on anything because so far there is nothing to sit on. While the investigation goes on, so far it is much ado about (almost) nothing.

    The whole thing is sleazy and it's showing just how incestuous DC can be.

    Sleazy politicians? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you... [/sarcasm]