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In reply to the discussion: Wikileak's Sarah Harrison, Snowden asylum assistant now in exile [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)else. It is clear from his comments that he does not understand WHAT wikileaks does.
They publish ONLY material they receive from Whistle Blowers. They have published eg, Russian Cables, which apparently no one in the US media has bothered to research. Russia wasn't happy about that, but unlike the US they did not go wild and attack them and threaten them with the Death Penalty, or call them 'traitors' which is laughable, considering they are not US citizens, but we are talking Sarah Palin here. It's interesting how some on the 'left' here are so anxious to cover for Bush War Crimes, which is what most of Mannings leaks were.
Wikileaks can only publish what Whistle Blowers release to them. It is laughable to see someone here claim that Wikileaks has refrained from attacking Russia, (releasing facts is not attacking but that is their interpretation of telling the truth) when they have not provided a shred of evidence that:
1) Wikileaks received documents on Russia exposing corruption from a Whistle Blower and ..
2) That Wikileaks withheld those documents.
For stevenleser's claims to be true, he would have to provide evidence of that the above happened.
He is under the impression from his comments, that Wikileaks is a 'news gathering' organization and they wont' 'cover' the 'news of corruption' in Russia.
That is the MOST incorrect statement about Wikileaks anyone could possibly make and demonstrates that on this subject, he is grossly misinformed.