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The US Government Has Amassed Terabytes of Internal WikiLeaks Data (gizmodo.com)
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a Gizmodo report, written by national security reporter and transparency activist Emma Best: Late last year, the U.S. government accidentally revealed that a sealed complaint had been filed against Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Shortly before this was made public, the FBI reconfirmed its investigation of WikiLeaks was ongoing, and the Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Justice was optimistic that it would be able to extradite Assange. Soon after, portions of sealed transcripts leaked that implicate WikiLeaks and Assange in directing hackers to target governments and corporations. The charges against Assange have not been officially revealed, though it's plausible that the offenses are related to Russian hacking and the DNC emails. The alleged offenses in the complaint notwithstanding, the government has an abundance of data to work with: over a dozen WikiLeaks' computers, hard drives, and email accounts, including those of the organization's current and former editors-in-chief, along with messages exchanged with alleged Russian hackers about DNC emails. Through a series of search warrants, subpoenas, equipment seizures, and cooperating witnesses, the federal government has collected internal WikiLeaks data covering the majority of the organization's period of operations, from 2009 at least through 2017.
In some instances, the seized data has been returned and allegedly destroyed, such as in the case of David House, a technologist and friend of Chelsea Manning when she famously became a source for WikiLeaks. In others, the seized materials include communications between WikiLeaks and their sources. Some of these discussions show WikiLeaks discussing their other sources and specific identifying details about them. Other seizures gave authorities a deeper view of the internal workings of WikiLeaks, including one of the earliest known seizures of WikiLeaks-related data, executed on December 14, 2010, when the messages and user information of several WikiLeaks-linked Twitter accounts were ordered. This search-and-seizure order included direct messages associated with WikiLeaks and its founder, former Army private first class and WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning, WikiLeaks editor Rop Gongrijp, former WikiLeaks associate Jacob Appelbaum, and former WikiLeaks associate and Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir, between November 1, 2009, and the order's execution.
In some instances, the seized data has been returned and allegedly destroyed, such as in the case of David House, a technologist and friend of Chelsea Manning when she famously became a source for WikiLeaks. In others, the seized materials include communications between WikiLeaks and their sources. Some of these discussions show WikiLeaks discussing their other sources and specific identifying details about them. Other seizures gave authorities a deeper view of the internal workings of WikiLeaks, including one of the earliest known seizures of WikiLeaks-related data, executed on December 14, 2010, when the messages and user information of several WikiLeaks-linked Twitter accounts were ordered. This search-and-seizure order included direct messages associated with WikiLeaks and its founder, former Army private first class and WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning, WikiLeaks editor Rop Gongrijp, former WikiLeaks associate Jacob Appelbaum, and former WikiLeaks associate and Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir, between November 1, 2009, and the order's execution.
Bradley Manning committed a crime. The FBI investigates crimes.
Got some cleaning up to do today, Ecuador.
So the guys having fun killing civilians (including a Reuters reporter) from an Apache helicopter committed no crime? Have you ever thought about adding a swastika as 51st star? Truth in labelling and all... ;-P
Hillary has treason proof teffon skin. No matter the facts.
Having some evidence and being able to lawfully use it in a court of law is another issue.
It should be inadmissable, or the warrants found defective(say because blackmail/duress was used). Then there is the case of international domain. Was the constitution upheld - ie American journalists targeted. Something about the doctrine of a fair trial (decent countries with literate judges).
IF its true thay do have all this data (it could be a trick to scare off potential informats) then it will be harder next time, as 500 gig microusb cards travel by person. Undoubtably some data and emails may be false. But other people will have to be investigated. All leads must be followed.
Lizard skin
that implicate WikiLeaks and Assange in directing hackers to target governments and corporations.
See, it comes around to the rape charges all over again.
Ah that makes more sense. Of course, assange will just stand in the door of the embassy and say come and get me, as others have tried before
So the guys having fun killing civilians (including a Reuters reporter) from an Apache helicopter committed no crime?
Correct.
Have you ever thought about adding a swastika as 51st star? Truth in labelling and all... ;-P
Sure, as long as you go ahead and add it to the flag of every nation which has ever accidentally killed civilians in war. Would be rather amusing seeing the proliferation of swastikas at the next UN summit.
In fact, neither Hillary or Donald committed any crimes, again which is why you only see the traitors in the press complaining and lip service given by some special prosecutor who has found nothing except third parties trying to get into their campaigns and commit crimes unbeknownst to either candidate
Thank you! I was waiting for YANC yet another nazi crack.
Shocking. What else is there to target?
I do not believe in karma. "Funny"=-6. Do good and forbid evil. Yours, Oft-Offtopic Flamebaiting Troll.
Lizard skin
What did lizards ever do to you to deserve that?!?
Bernie had a better chance of winning than Hillary but they didn't want him. They bet everything on her and lost.
Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
Seriously... everything here is a shit-show of long since debunked conspiracy theories, political mudslinging and trolling. There was never any hope of rational conversation on this topic.
Why computers are evil government oppression around the world.
Do more harm than good now. Internet a pipeline of evil into your home.
obviously not as illegal as you wish it was.
You do know that the Iraq's branch of the ostensibly socialist Baath Party was founded after WWII by Nazi collaborators? Saddam Hussein ordered the murder of hundreds of thousands of civilians, and of course it's a war crime that his supporters used civilians as human shields. But those atrocities are trivial compared to the tens of millions murdered by other socialist leaders like Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot.
There's hackers! And hacking! And russians! And russians hacking! And cyber! And cyber hacking! And! And! And!
I knew she was a reptilian! David Icke was right!
Unfortunately that's what the majority of the conservative "movement" has morphed into: belligerent, ignorant, treasonous, gullible, conspiracy theorists shouting their rage against everything and everyone who doesn't buy into their increasingly desperate sounding drivel.
Ehrm? Know your history dude. It was the US backing Saddam Hussein when he committed all those crimes (including gas attacks).
How is this news? Anyone can collect data from Wikileaks as that is kind of the point. The fact that this would be considered news is honestly funny.
Democrats are the number one conspiracy theorists with their retarded Russia bullshit. How you stupid do you have to be to believe a $5000 facebook ad buy from some Russian guy swung the election. Get real, you utter morons.
Shut up, n1gger.
I wonder if this includes all the information deleted by Daniel Domscheit-Berg?
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Exactly this. Notice how the Republicans have never had any issue with WikiLeaks despite the fact we know there email was also hacked? If you aren't corrupt to your core, there's nothing to worry about.
Unfortunately that's what the majority of the conservative "movement" has morphed into: belligerent, ignorant, treasonous, gullible, conspiracy theorists shouting their rage against everything and everyone who doesn't buy into their increasingly desperate sounding drivel.
When shit gets real, the conservatives will exterminate faggot scum like you, like the subhuman cockroaches you are.
One bullet per liberal. Are you ready ? Because WE ARE.
News at 11.
Kiss-off ivan, that's the exact line we now know was being pushed by the Russians. I've had a secret clearance too and actually know something about that works and i know you're lying.
You DO realise that "your team" is in charge, right?
When we lefties just say bad things about you or claim to protest when you appear, you're all "Look how violent the left are!!!!".
Fucking snowflakes the lot of you RWNJs.
If it were all nothing burger, why all the successful arrests and judgements by prosecution? Soros making it up again???
And what about your five year long and more bengazi "investigation" that several times found no fault and was just resurrected by you screaming snowflakes? How about pizzagate? Turning frogs gay? Flat eartherism?
You need to read up on his background and that of the Baath Party.
It is true however that the US backed Saddam when they needed him to fight a proxy war with Iran. Then it deposed him because of the atrocities you mention.
Assange revealed that the federal government had plans to attack U.S. elementary schools to kill as many american children as possible, and eat them if there was time.
There's a perfect site to release these leaks!
DEMOCRATS LIKE ROBERT SWAN MUELLER, lol. You Trumptard cowards should hang when Trump does.
Ah, I see. When Anita Sarkeesian goes "It's ALL sexist, it's ALL the patriarchy", she was just aping the idiotic claims of you rightwing nutjobs.
they take a slight hold in the House, and what's the first thing they do? Immediately shut down the government.
You're a fucking retard or a shill, the reality is the govt was shut down before before the Democrats took any power.
I expect a hostile foreign power to try to destroy our country with lies. If you're an American: fuck you for doing the exact same thing.
When shit gets real, the conservatives will exterminate faggot scum like you, like the subhuman cockroaches you are.
How cute, a death threat!
From a no-pussy-getting INCEL no less.
Aww, was someone triggered?
A little too close to home maybe?
Which was it: BELLIGERENT, IGNORANT, TREASONOUS, GULLIBLE, OR CONSPIRACY THEORIST that got you all upset?
What's next You lecture me on the "violent fascist left"?
I'm only scared you'll bore me to death.
Maybe your bad breath could be lethal?
The one thing I know I will not be killed by is your little einsatzgruppen fantasy.
No, they didn't. They HELPED him with those atrocities. They "removed" him after he refused to attack Iran any further.
These clowns are part of what your "secret services" do. They attempt to create fake masses echoing their catch phrases, while discouraging honest people to get into it (flooding with lotsa shit, etc.).
So, you completely missed Trump explicitly stating that it was his shutdown?
No matter whether any laws were technically broken (particularly given the absurd number, impossibility of perfect compliance, and impossibility and imorality of enforcement in a global environment) they are literally irrelevant from a moral perspective. With perfect compliance a free media does not exist nor does a true democracy.
Even if you don't like that the government routinely like daily works to attack people on petty and absurd basis where there are no victims. They undermine people based on politics and upsetting of the establishment and not based on there being actual victims. Mostly its just petty bureaucrats or law enforcement that have a stick up there ass because someone looked at them funny or didn't immediately comply with a demand. However its apparent from the numerous arrests and "investigations" that its all a setup and nothing the government does can be relied on to pass judgement. The FBI and US government is no better than the Chinese morally.
The FBI has attacked people repeatedly with accusations that have little or no foundation in reality. From Ian Freman of Free Talk Live to Jacob Appelbaum to Julian Assange. But those are just a few examples of the hundreds of well known figured attacked for political reasons. Many more thousands are attacked out of petty spite for essentially standing up to or not knowing there place in society. The government is very good and fabricating belief in the public that people did wrong even when there is no real evidence to back it up even. Frequently they will use sex and whip up the social justice warriors to ruin people. However it's not the only tactic and sometimes people do get jailed or are driven to commit suicide.
We need to severely reduce law enforcement and the bureaucracy/government if there is any hope of getting control over the situation, That does mean eliminating the vast majority of government. Think of say actually permanently and honestly shutting down government. Not just temporarily nor permitting 'essential' law enforcement to continue operating. Few of these 'essential' people are really needed outside of certain nuclear and dismantling operations.
Someone has to take responsibility, and it seems as though he's the only adult in the room as it were. The democrats certainly don't want to take responsibility for this gov't shutdown, even though they have at their command the power to end it at any moment. Trump hasn't left the White House since the shutdown began -- he's ready to sign an acceptable budget bill the moment it hits his desk.
"Agenda 21: It's what's for dinner!"
hang 'em high boyz.
Have you ever seen a cold-blooded lizard tried for treason? Didn't think so.
And 30 Democrat fuck-yards are now sunbathing in a shithole nation.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/30-dems-in-puerto-rico-with-109-lobbyists-for-weekend-despite-shutdown
When everybody can rely upon the gov't for essential goods and services, nobody has to go to work unless they want to. Thus, nobody has to pay taxes unless they want to.
Vote Bernie for President in 2020!
Clearly once an opinion is formed it may never change ever, no matter what new evidence or behavior comes forth. Thank you, this confirms the conservative mindset perfectly.
Also notable is the simplistic good and evil dichotomy displayed. No gray areas or nuance for this one.
Why is Wikileaks "going after" anybody? I thought they just posted information because it wants to be free? "Going After" one target or another is not being an impartial information clearing house it's joining the fray. They can no longer claim to be above it all.
Oops sorry, no changes in opinion allowed.
The democrats certainly don't want to take responsibility for this gov't shutdown, even though they have at their command the power to end it at any moment.
They do. That's why Pelosi had the House pass bills to reopen the government on her first day with the gavel. McConnell wouldn't bring the bills up for a Senate vote (and possible veto override), as he's abdicated his portion of the legislative branch's control of the purse to the president.
They do. That's why Pelosi had the House pass bills to reopen the government on her first day with the gavel.
The word "bills" there should be your hint that's complete BS. They don't need multiple bills to reopen the government. They need one.
They're hoping that by dazzling you with votes you'll think they're doing something when in reality they're just wasting time and refusing to negotiate. All they need to do is pass one bill, and they refuse to even consider it.
It's only the genuine nut jobs who keep insisting you believe their lies even after the truth is clearly out and known to all.
There Are Four Lights!
The Russians should have supported him, right?
Well, Trump never said that, so yes, no one has heard that.
You may be thinking of Trump saying he'd accept responsibility if he vetoed a bill, but it never even got that far, because Democrats have so far prevented any bill from leaving Congress.
The opinion changed due to Wikileaks making Saint Hillary look bad, not due to any change in Wikileaks' behaviour.
Actually, Bernie advocated taxing the rich and corporations at the rates the poor people pay = a pretty sizeable tax hike on the fatcats, lying faggot.
Imagine if this were the NYT.
Or the Post. Or fox.
Or CNN.
...and you Know this, How exactly?
I should take your opinions as fact... Why again?
Maybe they realized Wikileaks was selectively taking sides, and not behaving like they claimed they would.
Personally my opinion of Wikileaks changed when i realized they didn't care about harming regular little people, dumping deeply personal private info online right along with whatever embarrassing state secrets they found.
My opinion further changed when i realized they were not being an impartial information clearing house they were actors getting involved in attempts to sway outcomes with their own agenda going beyond information wanting to be free.
Sorry i broke your rules: i changed my mind. That how adults react.
Try growing up.
I take that training. There is no "clinton block".
It is also a joke of a training you complete in 30 minutes tops, unless you're an idiot.
I also see security violations regularly that get swept under the rug for common underlings. I would imagine it happens for people like Clinton and Trump all the time.
They have relied on force of arms since *WASHINGTON* was president.
Look at the Whiskey Rebellion, Shay's Rebellion, Opening of Japan, Spanish-American War, Mexican American War, placing the Shah in Iran, etc.
America is running on its divine mandate and 'patriotism', not any actual moral high ground, and that blame goes all the way back to the founding fathers, whatever lofty speeches they made to the contrary they eroded the moral high ground with their own actions, excusing it 'in defense of our fair nation'. Not that this is anything special to the US, every country does it, but before you cast the first stone you should make sure you're not casting it at a mirror of yourself, or another 7 years of bad luck be upon you.
You mean by having an Internet tantrum because someone you never met disagreed with you. Nice adulting. I must remember your fine example.
"portions of sealed transcripts leaked that implicate WikiLeaks and Assange in directing hackers to target governments and corporations."
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There are serious charges and would require strong independent verifiable evidence. What exactly is the evidence that Assange in directing hackers to target governments and corporations. An alternative reading of the issue and I produce the evidence below, is that this is part of the strategy by the US deepstate to discredit Wikileaks and Assange:
"The WikiLeaks Threat": An Overview by Palandr Technologies, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies
* Security: Need to get to the Swedish document submission server. Need to create doubt about their security and increase awareness that interac6on with WikiLeaks will expose you.
* Feed the fuel between the feuding groups. Disinforma6on. Create messages around ac6ons to sabotage or discredit the opposing organiza6on. Submit fake documents and then call out the error.
* Create concern over the security of the infrastructure. Create exposure stories. If the process is believed to not be secure they are done.
* Cyber attacks against the infrastructure to get data on document submitters. This would kill the project. Since the servers are now in Sweden and France putting a team together to get access is more straightforward.
* Media campaign to push the radical and reckless nature of wikileaks activities. Sustained pressure. Does nothing for the fanatics, but creates concern and doubt amongst moderates.
* Search for leaks. Use social media to profile and identify risky behavior of employees.
* Palantir is broadly deployed throughout the National intelligence and defense communities.
* Comprised of decorated talent with proven analytical expertise from throughout the Armed Forces.
* Traditional responses will fail; we must employ the best investigative team, currently employed by the most sensitive of national security agencies
Oh no, a Russian somewhere at some time might have used this argument, so it's invalid for the rest of time.
Lmao, you people are brainlets.
Who needs patient target practice to perfect their shooting accuracy when they've already got crass profanity and ALL CAPS?
Hey, Dr Evil, perhaps you should order your bullets by the billions, not the millions, based on the above.
.. to not falsify data in their witch hunt.
That Vietnam era 'credibility gap' of the US administration became a 'credibility void' in recent history.
That the US is spying on everyone is not news anymore - that they are spying on Wikileaks is not news.
This headline is just grandstanding - trying to fool the inattentive and further the bogus story regarding Russia hacking the election - while the headlines should be something along the lines of 'US administration destabilising countries around the world using false flag terrorism and lying to the American people'.
Internet tantrum? You're confusing me with the president.
The government that refuses to protect your privacy, now complains their privacy wasn't protected.
Manning, unlike Assange, had a duty to protect government secrets and failed that duty in a serious way but served only 7 years for her crime.
'hackers' who have worked for wikileaks in the last 5 years might have been directed to do things they weren't capable of by a delusional, self-important idiot.
That doesn't actually justify the extradition attempt on said self-important idiot.
Nope he's a ridiculous child as well
Unfortunately that's what the majority of the conservative "movement" has morphed into: belligerent, ignorant, treasonous, gullible, conspiracy theorists shouting their rage against everything and everyone who doesn't buy into their increasingly desperate sounding drivel.
When shit gets real, the conservatives will exterminate faggot scum like you, like the subhuman cockroaches you are.
One bullet per liberal. Are you ready ? Because WE ARE.
By the way How is the greeter job going at WalMart? Good? Hope so!
Someone has to take responsibility, and it seems as though he's the only adult in the room as it were. .
Man, that is rich.
What did they think the Abyss was going to to?
You went tilting at windmills, found dragons, but did it in a way that you've got no public support.
Good luck with that.
So, you completely missed Trump explicitly stating that it was his shutdown?
The one that Trump was not-so-subtly walked into by Chuck and Nancy (who, once Trump announced it, asked again to get the recording clear)? Pelosi and Schumer, once they heard those words, knew that they could do the shutdown on their terms and refuse to start the gov't back up. They are loving the shutdown because they planned it, and tricked a poor little orange idiot into taking the blame. And they've tricked all their supporters into thinking Trump is the evil mastermind. Sad.
I've always figured the Republican's email contained boring stuff about legally raising money, getting the base out and the other things that any legally run campaign is likely to be emailing each other about. As opposed to the Democrats which outlined how they intended to disenfranchise Sander's supporters and rig the primary so Clinton would win.
Yep if you don't break the law and you aren't corrupt it's probably ok if your emails get released. I know my work emails would put most people to sleep.
A shithole nation? You do realize Puerto Rico is part of the USA, right?