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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by openasocket on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @12:55PM (#13812775)
> However, Julian Assange has repeatedly said that the source is not the russian goverment or a affiliated state party

How would he know? Isn't wikileaks set up so that people can submit data anonymously? Is he claiming that they got the data through different channels? Why would an insider purposefully leak the data in a way that de-anonymized him to Assange and possibly others, instead of using the established channels?

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by droithomme on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @02:23PM (#13813752)
> How would he know?

Not all leaks are submitted through the web forms. Craig Murray has stated that he received some of the leaks in person from a DNC insider during a face to face meeting in Washington, and he couriered those leaks to wikileaks himself.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/14/craig-murray...

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by extra88 on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @03:34PM (#13814558)
Huh, I had never heard that, why is that? Does Murray have a credibility problem, has he no evidence for his claim? Assume that any explanation that amounts to suppression by the "liberal media" or the "establishment" will fall on deaf ears.

Murray's Wikipedia page is not full of alarm bells, it does mention him appearing on Alex Jones's radio program but to discuss a non-crazy subject.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by openasocket on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @02:44PM (#13813985)
Yeah, but why would an insider do that? It just seems like it's exposing him/herself to undue risk for no real benefit.
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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by bertil on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @01:20PM (#13813037)
Wikileaks offers that possibility, but you can always include self-identifying documents in there.

I’m a lot more puzzled by the fact that Assange would say anything about the uploader, even if it is negative. I guess denying it’s the most likely suspect re-rolls the dice in most people’s head.

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