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Re:WikiLeaks is struggling to stay online as millions of doc... by leereeves on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @11:04AM (#33720918)
Assuming those hacks did happen, is there any evidence that the hackers gave the info to Assange? And what could they have found that would hurt Trump?

As far as I can remember, the RNC was openly anti-Trump in 2016. There was no need to leak that, unlike the DNC being anti-Bernie, which wasn't so open.

And any damaging leaks about the RNC would only have helped Trump's anti-establishment campaign. Other Republicans being corrupt was a big part of his message.

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Re:WikiLeaks is struggling to stay online as millions of doc... by mrguyorama on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @12:08PM (#33721768)
>And what could they have found that would hurt Trump?

So just to be clear, you think information should only be released if it hurts someone you want to hurt? Is that the ethical standard that was touted by Wikileaks?

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Re:WikiLeaks is struggling to stay online as millions of doc... by leereeves on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @12:19PM (#33721931)
No, I think the original accusation was "selective information feeding", meaning that Assange was trying to hurt Hillary and help Trump, and therefore held something back.

That accusation falls apart if the accuser can't even think of a plausible scenario in which Assange might have had information that would have hurt Trump. Assange couldn't hold back information he didn't have.

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