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by 3131s 3457 days ago
Assange strongly implied that the emails were leaked by Seth Rich.

Not sure if I believe that though, since it seems that Assange would have proved it by now if it were true. Maybe he's withholding the proof as leverage, or maybe he's lying. I do trust Assange much more than the CIA though.
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badlucklottery 3457 days ago
>I do trust Assange much more than the CIA though.

But do you trust Assange more than the 17 US intelligence agencies? And the actual president? And members of congress (including many Republicans who would directly benefit from any intelligence pointing another way)?

At this point it's getting close to Assange vs the world. Even Trump won't directly say the Russians weren't involved anymore, he's just muddying the water with "can you really ever prove anything" talk.

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3131s 3457 days ago
> But do you trust Assange more than the 17 US intelligence agencies? And the actual president?

Yes, probably. I find Barack Obama to be a deeply evil person. Assange I'm not sure what to think about. It's plausible to me that the Russian government hacked the DNC and/or Podesta, but it also seems plausible that many state and individual actors may have done the same.

I need to see proof that the Russian government did the hacking, then I need to see proof that the Russian government in particular passed the data along to Wikileaks, and once those two conditions are satisfied, then I will offer my sincere gratitude to the Russian government for exposing illegal behavior on the part of the Clinton campaign and the Clintons themselves :)

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tremon 3457 days ago
But do you trust Assange more than the 17 US intelligence agencies? And the actual president?

Yes. Does that really surprise you?

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badlucklottery 3457 days ago
Not surprised but definitely saddened a bit. Because at this point I doubt anything is going to dispel the conspiracy for you if you think it's that widespread. Anyone who disagrees will merely be "in on it".
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stefantalpalaru 3457 days ago
> Seth Rich

My money's on Charles Delavan. Nobody's that stupid: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/34899

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