Julian Assange accuses Edward Snowden of sucking up to Hillary

[molova]

Julian Assange has gone nuts and he has now turned against Edward Snowden, against whom he hurled the following accusation:

Julian Assange really, really doesn’t like Hillary Clinton. His bile for the Democratic presidential nominee is so uncontainable that it even spewed onto fellow antisecrecy icon Edward Snowden, whom the WikiLeaks founder has accused of sucking up to Clinton in hopes of gaining a future presidential pardon. At a time when many on the left are wrestling with whether to vote for Clinton despite her well-known shortcomings or risk that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named will somehow win the presidency in November, Assange evinces no doubts: Hillary must go down. Meanwhile, Assange himself is under fire from gays in Saudi Arabia, dissidents in Turkey, and nonconformists elsewhere who complain that WikiLeaks’ unredacted release of their names and personal information has exposed them to persecution from the very authorities that Assange claims to oppose.

The Nation has more details in this very good article: https://www.thenation.com/article/is-julian-assange-exposing-innocent-people-to-persecution-with-reckless-leaks/

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Why is anyone listening to Assange any more?

[Glamrock]

8. Same reason people watch morning Joe or Chris matthews

Gives em something to bitch about I guess.

[Iliyah]

2. AW shucks, he's just jealous

[jberryhill]

3. Frankly, the Kardashians are better at this stuff

[NWCorona]

6. I'm not sure I can go that far. That family...

[jberryhill]

7. Yeah, but they are easier on the eyes than these two knuckleheads

[NWCorona]

10. No arguments there lol

[geek tragedy]

17. and they never raped anyone, or got anyone killed.

though Lamar Odom came close

[Tal Vez]

4. Assange is underestimating the consequences of his conduct.

Assange seems to think that he can attempt to manipulate our electoral system for his own personal advantage without any consequences. The reality is that a very large portion of the American public will despise him as his activities become better known.

Assange has good reason to believe that a President Trump will protect him from prosecution for whatever crimes he may have already committed. Presumably. he is receiving such assurances from Putin who seems to have a controlling influence over Trump. So, everything seems to be working out perfectly. Putin steals American documents. His folks then doctor some of the documents in a manner designed to embarrass Clinton and the Democratic Party. Assange agrees to provide Putin putative cover by handling the document dump without revealing that they have been previously stolen and altered by Putin.

The problem is that the American public is becoming more aware of the efforts by Putin/Assange to manipulate our electoral system. Naturally, they will resent it and by November, the whole thing might actually backfire to Trump's disadvantage. The fact that Assange is wanted for a sex crime will also work against him. Americans are even less tolerant than Europeans when it comes to sex offenses.

I have to assume that there are forces at work preparing to protect our country from Assange and his Russian friends.

[randome]

15. He couldn't even manipulate his own country -Australia- when he ran for Senator there.

Face it, Julian, you are a crude and classless has-been.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.[/center][/font][hr]

[Old and In the Way]

5. Greenwald needs to referee this match.

Assange v. Snowden. In the cage. Death match. Winner gets huge vodka party in Stalingrad. Wakes up with huge potato hangover and Putin's personal photographer offering discount prices for some of the pictures. Salut!

[JI7]

9. Assange is a scumbag

[geek tragedy]

11. Assange is Trump's soul mate nt

[msanthrope]

12. I wonder if Comrade Eddie might wish he wasn't at Putin's mercy. nt

[Hekate]

13. He may be much more enlightened by now than when Greenwald was whispering sweet nothings...

...in his ear about how betraying his country would save the planet.

[struggle4progress]

14. "I'm obviously innocent of having sex with an unconscious woman if

I can reframe the story as an international conspiracy against me!"

[BobbyDrake]

16. Just goes to show how dumb and embarrassing CDS can make people.

Assange is just one example of the phenomenon. And nothing we on DU haven't seen before already.