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Assange Internet Link Cut By State Actor, Claims Wikileaks (rt.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report by RussianToday: WikiLeaks has activated "contingency plans" after its co-founder's internet service was intentionally cut off by a state actor, the media organization said in a tweet. The internet is one of the few, if not only, available ways for Julian Assange, who has been locked up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for more than four years, to maintain contact with the outside world. Facing extradition to Sweden over allegations of rape, which he denies, the Australian computer programmer has been holed up in the embassy in West London since 2012. He claims the extradition is actually a bid to move him to a jurisdiction from which he can then be sent to the US, which is known to be actively investigating WikiLeaks. The unverified claims of state sabotage come as WikiLeaks continues to release damaging documents, most recently thousands of hacked emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign manager John Podesta.

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  1. Fucking Comcast by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

    My internet goes down twice a week and nobody starts a hashtag and pushes out press releases for me.

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  2. Re:How does he know by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Has anyone suggested that Assange should try rebooting his router? Sometimes that works for me.

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