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A comment on Background on Attempts to Frame Assange as a Pedophile and Russian Spy. Parent comment

Re:Background on Attempts to Frame Assange as a Pedophile an... by dragonwriter on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @05:53PM (#12739062)
OTOH, many of his old Republican enemies who were calling for WikiLeaks to be treated like al-Qaeda love him, for now. And they have a lot more power and influence than the anti-establishment outsiders that were his old supporters, so he's definitely improved his own situation.
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Re:Background on Attempts to Frame Assange as a Pedophile an... by the_watcher on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @06:48PM (#12739403)
Maybe I've missed it, but most of the coverage and statements from Republicans on this seem to include disclaimers about how irresponsible Assange has been (hard not to when he dumps SSNs), while still happily using whatever red meat they can find.
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