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Assange Implies Murdered DNC Staffer Was WikiLeaks' Source (washingtonpost.com)

Okian Warrior quotes a report from Fox News: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange implied in an interview that a murdered Democratic National Committee staffer was the source of a trove of damaging emails the rogue website posted just days before the party's convention. Speaking to Dutch television program Nieuswsuur Tuesday after earlier announcing a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Seth Rich's killer, Assange said the July 10 murder of Rich in Northwest Washington was an example of the risk leakers undertake. The Washington Post provides some details of the murder in its report: "Rich was shot twice in the back as he walked to his townhouse about 4:20 a.m. Nothing was taken, but police have said attempted robbery is their leading theory for a motive, noting a spike in robberies in the neighborhood in the preceding weeks. WikiLeaks released the trove of emails later that month, on July 22. Rich, 27, had worked for the DNC for two years and helped develop a computer program to make it easier for people to find polling places on Election Day. After his death, the DNC's then-chairwoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), attended a vigil for Rich in front of his home, and Hillary Clinton, before she was nominated in her run for president, evoked his name during a speech in which she advocated for limiting the availability of guns."

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  1. Re: Does anybody really doubt it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They probably found electrical burns on his nuts and that his fingernails were pulled out and assumed this was simply how he liked to party.

  2. Re:Does anybody really doubt it by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 4, Funny

    I dunno, if I had to listen to Hillary! drone on and on about needing more middle class taxes, I'd seriously consider suicide...

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  3. Re:People who were associated with... by radarskiy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Must we allow Kevin Bacon to murder again?

  4. Re:Does anybody really doubt it by msauve · · Score: 4, Funny

    "tinfoil over their entire body"

    Stannic Tinfinger? Sounds like a 007 villain.

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  5. Re:Clintons have killed tons of people by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's a list

    Please add me to the list!

    Me too!

    Tons of people? I guess I must have missed that "Soylent Clintons" sales day in my supermarket.

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  6. Re:Clintons have killed tons of people by uncqual · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's possible that dealing with the Clintons might just drive some people to suicide.

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  7. That's what you call a Two-Fer! by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hillary Clinton, before she was nominated in her run for president, evoked his name during a speech in which she advocated for limiting the availability of guns.

    Wow, not only was she able to kill the source of the leak to set an example of what happens when you cross the Clintons, she was ALSO able to use it to promote stronger gun-control! That's really getting two for the price of one.

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  8. Re: Clintons have killed tons of people by smelch · · Score: 3, Funny

    This has already been declared false by snopes. http://www.snopes.com/meta/cou...

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  9. Re:Clintons have killed tons of people by russotto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Vince Foster suicide was investigated to death by Republican prosecutor Kenneth Starr. Starr's report stated that he found no reason to believe the death was other than suicide.

    And that's why Ken Starr is alive today.

  10. Re:Does anybody really doubt it by theskipper · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ergo: Kevin Bacon did it. In Arkansas. With guns.

    Lots of guns.