Assange is very careful to give the impression of confirming it while never actually doing it because he wants to fuel the fires.

>I don't see how it's smearing

You're saying he isn't trustworthy and that he is a criminal.

>he dead man's parents want the truth too, and not a coverup of their son's death:

That video was thanking people for supporting the gofundme campaign and has nothing to do with the conspiracy theories. This fact has been posted everywhere the video has for days now so given your obvious interest I can only assume that you're posting it knowing this.

His family have threatened to sue fox and his brother wrote quite the letter to Hannity asking him to stop.

I am saying that he's a hero.

As for the threats to sue, they were issued by a DNC spokeperson, and not by the family: https://i.redd.it/2p4wvr9k9wxy.png

You believe the leaker is a hero. But what you are saying is that he hacked into his employers email accounts and stole their emails then distributed that information to a third party.

It's nice to see the DNC supporting his family. Search for his brothers letter.

> You believe the leaker is a hero. But what you are saying is that he hacked into his employers email accounts and stole their emails then distributed that information to a third party.

What do you think should happen to trump leaker?

Some people envision something like the punishment that Chelsea Manning received. Or even worse, given how many authoritarian bootlickers claim she "got off easy". Of course, that may already have happened...

What do you think I think should happen to the DNC leaker(assuming it is a leaker)? Because I haven't actually stated my opinion on that anywhere.

Your account appears to be using HN primarily for political and ideological battle. That's an abuse of this site, and we ban accounts that do it (regardless of political leaning) so please stop.

Wheeler: "I have no evidence but I'm pretty sure the police are hiding something!"

Foxnews corespondent: The family is begging me for help.

The family: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/were-seth-richs-pare...

> As for the 'smearing a dead man's life', I don't see how it's smearing - if it gets proven to be true, that man is a national hero.

You're ignoring the inverse of that statement: if it's false, then you're actively trying to use a regular murder for pure political ends and abusing the justice system to do so.