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Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by eecc on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @04:03PM (#21588480)
Uhm, Assange’s mission is to expose abuse by members of powerful organizations, directed at protecting their own positions and covering up abuses with more of the same.
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Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by root_axis on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:52PM (#21589939)
Assange is a political actor. This is especially clear after his explicit support of Trump during the U.S. 2016 elections. Of course, being a political actor doesn't negate the substance of the revelations he facilitated, but his agenda definitely isn't based out of an objective desire to speak truth to power.
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Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by metalliqaz on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @04:09PM (#21588539)
perhaps at one time it was. now his mission is to stay out of prison.
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Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by threeseed on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @05:35PM (#21589366)
But only if they organizations align with his world view.

Never saw anything from Wikileaks criticising the Trump or Russian administration even though they are two of the most egregious abusers of norms.

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Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by jhayward on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @04:25PM (#21588697)
Funny how he ended up being Putin's bitch and working with the GRU to throw the US presidential election to Trump then, isn't it?
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