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Re:Wikileaks Refused to Publish Manafort Family Texts, So So... by icanhackit on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:32PM (#17658926)
Just a hunch - I feel as though Wikileaks is hanging on to any dirt they have on the Republicans and Trump's clique so they can use it as leverage should Julian Assange be taken into custody in the UK. All it would take is a taste of what they have to make the administration apply pressure on the DoJ to halt deportation.
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Re:Wikileaks Refused to Publish Manafort Family Texts, So So... by tilertex on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @03:21AM (#17660308)
Considering Wikileaks is said to have a dead mans switch, there's likely to be at least some unpublished material

Wha it includes is really anyone's guess

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Re:Wikileaks Refused to Publish Manafort Family Texts, So So... by Fjolsvith on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:20PM (#17659401)
Or, perhaps the Republican/Trump dirt, like the missing link (in evolutionary theory), doesn't exist?
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Re:Wikileaks Refused to Publish Manafort Family Texts, So So... by duxup on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:58PM (#17659038)
Based on what?
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Re:Wikileaks Refused to Publish Manafort Family Texts, So So... by icanhackit on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @12:13AM (#17659594)
First, it's a hunch so there is nothing to support its veracity. But Assange has never been caught without a backup plan and he'd be stupid to put all of his cards on the table.
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Re:Wikileaks Refused to Publish Manafort Family Texts, So So... by duxup on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @04:26AM (#17660543)
What would not being caught with a backup plan look like to you?

Would getting stuck in an embassy qualify?

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Re:Wikileaks Refused to Publish Manafort Family Texts, So So... by icanhackit on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @07:20PM (#17667958)
Not sure whether you're saying being stuck in an embassy meant he lacked a backup plan or whether it was one, but I'd side with him being able to stay in the embassy as a backup plan considering WL suspected there was a secret grand jury indictment against Assange.
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