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Snowden Questions WikiLeaks' Methods of Releasing Leaks (pcworld.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from PCWorld: Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, has censured WikiLeaks' release of information without proper curation. On Thursday, Snowden, who has embarrassed the U.S. government with revelations of widespread NSA surveillance, said that WikiLeaks was mistaken in not at least modestly curating the information it releases. "Democratizing information has never been more vital, and @Wikileaks has helped. But their hostility to even modest curation is a mistake," Snowden said in a tweet. WikiLeaks shot back at Snowden that "opportunism won't earn you a pardon from Clinton [and] curation is not censorship of ruling party cash flows." The whistleblowing site appeared to defend itself earlier on Thursday while referring to its "accuracy policy." In a Twitter message it said that it does "not tamper with the evidentiary value of important historical archives." WikiLeaks released nearly 20,000 previously unseen DNC emails last week, which suggest that committee officials had favored Clinton over her rival Senator Bernie Sanders. The most recent leak consists of 29 voicemails from DNC officials.

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  1. Re:I think it's pretty obvious by jafiwam · · Score: 0, Troll

    There is a lot of projection going on in the lefties camp.

    Of the two parties, only one actually got caught with proof they used racial disparaging terms in private emails. (Talking about the "brand loyal taco bowl" comments about hispanics by the DNC.)

    Democrats are mean, vicious and amoral assholes, and as a result think republicans are too. That's why they don't want guns around, they know their kind would use them to commit crimes. (Heck they DO use them for that in the inner cities.) A republican takes his gun out of the safe to hunt, or go to the range. A democrat takes his gun out of his pants to shoot other democrats.