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deminks

(11,492 posts)
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 08:52 AM Dec 2016

Wikileaks drops German docs after Merkel announces run against pro-Kremlin AfD

https://twitter.com/resnikoff/status/804673959170080769

What a coincidence this happens right after Merkel announces she's running for reelection against pro-Kremlin AfD

NEW: WikiLeaks drops trove of docs on probe into Germany's cooperation with NSA

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Wikileaks drops German docs after Merkel announces run against pro-Kremlin AfD (Original Post) deminks Dec 2016 OP
Wingnut leaks BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #1
Putin Leaks eShirl Dec 2016 #2
+1 Cha Dec 2016 #3
Wikileaks isn't even pretending anymore. They are in the business of political manipulation. DetlefK Dec 2016 #4
Time for this goup to go in the same file as the checkout rags, the garbage Thinkingabout Dec 2016 #5
 

DetlefK

(16,670 posts)
4. Wikileaks isn't even pretending anymore. They are in the business of political manipulation.
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 09:24 AM
Dec 2016
“This substantial body of evidence proves that the inquiry has been using documents from Mr. Snowden and yet it has been too cowardly to permit him to testify. Germany can not take a leadership role within the EU if it's own parliamentary processes are subservient to the wishes of a non-EU state," he wrote.

Essentially, Wikileaks is punishing Germany for making a political decision it didn't like.
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