Re:Assange case: Key witness admits he lied
by denton-scratch on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:41AM
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> only to find that Assange was unhappy with how slowly this was going and he released them all himself, with basic redactions.
That is NOT what happened.
The misernable excuse for a journalist Luke Harding, who works for The Guardian, was given (in confidence) the password to an encrypted online dump of an unredacted version Assange's documents. He then published a book, in which he included this password. Harding was therefore blowing the identities of many vulnerable informants - not Assange.
Assange first tried to engage with the State Department to mitigate the damage that The Guardian's employee had caused. He then published the unredacted documents in full, so that those people that were identified could see that they had been exposed, and take suitable remdial action.
That is NOT what happened.
The misernable excuse for a journalist Luke Harding, who works for The Guardian, was given (in confidence) the password to an encrypted online dump of an unredacted version Assange's documents. He then published a book, in which he included this password. Harding was therefore blowing the identities of many vulnerable informants - not Assange.
Assange first tried to engage with the State Department to mitigate the damage that The Guardian's employee had caused. He then published the unredacted documents in full, so that those people that were identified could see that they had been exposed, and take suitable remdial action.
Harding is close to the UK security services.