[at-fates-hands]

>> In 2016 Wikileaks's agenda seems to be:

  - Anti-Hillary
  - Anti-Hillary
  - Pro-Trump
  - Pro-Putin
  - Anti-Hillary
  - Opportunistic

I actually laughed when I read this. I actually laughed when Sean Hannity had him on and was talking about he thinks he should be a free man and what great work he's doing.

Backtrack a few years ago, and it was the Republicans and all their supporters who wanted to tar and feather Assange for the Snowden leaks. Hannity talked about how Assange should be in jail and all the crimes he committed against the US intelligence community, got CIA people killed and on and on and on.

It's clear it depends on who's OX is being gored with Assange, which makes him a unique personality to deal with. I don't think he picks sides, he just always picks the publicity angle and doesn't really care who gets in the line of fire. The funny part is how each side treats him like a savior or some kind of patriot but then when he gets leaked documents on their side, suddenly he's the bad guy?

I just don't like him period, but he does have a flair the dramatic doesn't he?

[protomyth]

I laughed too....

He actually has a pretty consistent agenda - reveal shocking stuff that people don't want revealed, and do it with a dramatic flair. Yes, a couple years back his releases on Iraq / Afghanistan had some things that enraged Republicans and were praised by Democrats. Now he's exposing their house.

He's an agent of chaos with a self promotion streak. Saying his agenda is anything beyond that ignores history.

I'm not a big fan, but I think endangering the non-decision makers is bad.

[varjag]

His agenda can be best described as anti-American (yes I realize it's a very loaded term). He would release whatever hurts American interests most, regardless of who represents the USA at the moment.

[at-fates-hands]

I would agree with that.

Although I'm not sure if that is because the majority of the documents he gets are from the US, or if the US has been, and always will be, a place where secrets are so tightly guarded anybody that has an avenue to expose some of them are going to do so.

Does Wikileaks get documents from other countries? Has he gotten the amount of publicity in other countries from those leaks that he has on his US documents?

[varjag]

I believe it's self-selection by and large. E.g. Wikileaks was decidedly negative on Panama Papers, as much of it implicates the enemies of America. And being an enemy of the USA by default makes you a friend of Assange. Consider this nugget:

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/717458064324964352