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WikiLeaks Calls for Pardons From President Obama -- Or President Trump (wikileaks.org)
"President Obama has a political moment to pardon Manning & Snowden," WikiLeaks tweeted on Friday, adding "If not, he hands a Trump presidency the freedom to take his prize." And a new online petition is also calling for a pardon of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying Assange is "a hero and must be honoured as such," attracting over 10,000 supporters in just a few days. An anonymous reader writes:
Monday WikiLeaks also announced, "irrespective of the outcome of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, the real victor is the U.S. public which is better informed as a result of our work." Addressing complaints that they specifically targeted Hillary Clinton's campaign, the group said "To date, we have not received information on Donald Trump's campaign, or Jill Stein's campaign, or Gary Johnson's campaign or any of the other candidates that fulfills our stated editorial criteria." But they also objected to the way their supporters were portrayed during the U.S. election, arguing that Trump and others "were painted with a broad, red brush. The Clinton campaign, when they were not spreading obvious untruths, pointed to unnamed sources or to speculative and vague statements from the intelligence community to suggest a nefarious allegiance with Russia. The campaign was unable to invoke evidence about our publications -- because none exists."
Thursday a WikiLeaks representative expressed surprise that, despite the end of the U.S. election, Julian Assange's internet connection in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London has not yet been restored.
Thursday a WikiLeaks representative expressed surprise that, despite the end of the U.S. election, Julian Assange's internet connection in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London has not yet been restored.
It couldn't have surely escaped notice that Wikileaks have been selectively damaging Russia's perceived opponents, and not hurting any of their friends for years.
As for Snowden: we know the Russian security apparatus are gunning for the NSA (and the Equation Group); and that murderous Sunni Islamist thugs everywhere "went dark" after Snowden's irresponsible escapades. Snowden has a fuckton of Western blood on his hands, and a LOT of explaining to do. If he had any loyalty and personal integrity at all, he'd go home and get his day in court.
You who support these "anti-secrets" nutters need to take a really, really hard look at yourselves. Don't think for a minute that the Russians have your best interests at heart -- because they don't. They want to see us beaten and humiliated, just as the neocons beat and humiliated Russia after 1989 -- and YOU'RE enabling it.
Funny, I would have thought that Clinton's anon shill brigade would have been dismissed by now. Did she pay you through the end of the month?
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
It is over. The US population has disgraced itself in the eyes of the world. (And that they voted Trump into office is just the icing on the cake, the main problem is having two completely unacceptable candidates in the first place...)
That also means the "American Century" is finally over as well. Good.
Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.
If you have some actual independent confirmation of the veritas claim, please provide it.
But you don't, because it was a load of horseshit.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
The Progressives have much in common with a cheating husband.
They get caught red-handed cheating and then tell you; "Who are you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?"
Strat
Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.