WikiLeaks' Big Tuesday Announcement Will Now Take Place Via Video (thehill.com)

Long-time Slashdot reader SonicSpike writes that media outlets including Fox News were reporting WikiLeaks cancelled a big announcement scheduled for Tuesday and expected to reveal damaging information about Hillary Clinton. But they were all citing a tweet from NBC as their source. "Due to security concerns at the Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange's balcony announcement on Tues has been cancelled," tweeted NBC producer Jesse Rodriguez -- which was apparently taken to mean the announcement had been cancelled altogether.

But six hours ago, citing WikiLeaks, that same producer reported that Assange "will appear via video link" at a Tuesday press conference in Berlin marking the 10th anniversary of WikiLeaks. While it's possible this "appearance" will be different than the originally scheduled "announcement," it also seems very possible that the NBC producer's tweets were just misunderstood.

Comments

Re:Why is this here?

[Anonymous Coward]

This is going to be a video link ON THE INTERNET, Mr. Coward. Do you not realize the importance of such an achievement?

Security Concerns

[chill]

The primary security concern is the balcony not being big enough or strong enough to support Julian's ego.

Re:Security Concerns

[93 Escort Wagon]

The primary security concern is the balcony not being big enough or strong enough to support Julian's ego.

Of course with a video stream, h.264 compression might have some difficulties handling that as well.

Re:Security Concerns

[PopeRatzo]

I thought it wasn't big enough for your stupidity....

Wow, sick burn, dude. I don't think chill (34294) will ever recover from that witty reposte.

Re:Repent and be saved.

[PopeRatzo]

If you are not well-read in the Bible you will not understand what is happening to the world. It is both an exhilarating and terrifying time to be alive. I look across the world and see so many lost souls rejecting love and truth in favor of lies and hate. Unless we are capable of a perfect life lived before a perfect God, the blood of Jesus is our only salvation. Seek him while you can...

Wrong! #CrookedJesus is a big loser and also a Jew (which is fine) but believe me, he had terrible ratings. Terrible ratings. And he didn't have my temperament and stamina. If you want to be messiah, you've got to have stamina. I said, stamina. I prefer my messiahs not to get captured by Romans and crucified, all right? Sad!

I was going to say something very rough about Jesus and a prostitute. Very rough. But I'm not going to go there, all right?