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From liberal beacon to a prop for Trump: what has happened to WikiLeaks? [View all] babylonsister Oct 2016 OP

Birds of a feather and all that madokie Oct 2016 #1

They were never a liberal beacon. You just changed your perspective. You changed. Trust Buster Oct 2016 #2

+1 baldguy Oct 2016 #3

+1 Johonny Oct 2016 #22

+100. n/t obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2016 #28

It's not necessarily that anybody changed mythology Oct 2016 #33

Absolutely Egnever Oct 2016 #34

Oliver Stone loves them... bhusar Oct 2016 #4

Really? Source? Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #23

://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com bhusar Oct 2016 #41

OK, I googled it. Well, that diminishes my respect for him. Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #44

I still like his films bhusar Oct 2016 #45

I never any respect for Stone, after he made "JFK." Archae Oct 2016 #60

I think JFK is a great movie Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #61

I know. This is painful! ananda Oct 2016 #5

Same here True_Blue Oct 2016 #49

Never a liberal beacon.....some of us were never fooled. nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #6

Yup ismnotwasm Oct 2016 #37

Some liberals knee jerk support anything anti-American government Democat Oct 2016 #7

^^^This!^^^ k&r eom BlueCaliDem Oct 2016 #11

+1000 they are anarchists, not liberal n/t OKNancy Oct 2016 #15

Bill Press was in love with Snowden for a long time. At least until 6 months ago. Jim Beard Oct 2016 #53

They were never a liberal beacon. iandhr Oct 2016 #9

Thank you. underthematrix Oct 2016 #30

They always had their particular axe to grind. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2016 #10

not the only one. Of course since I know the young woman Manning punched in the face OKNancy Oct 2016 #17

+1 /nt SticksnStones Oct 2016 #56

Wiki leaks a liberal breacon?...that's a joke beachbum bob Oct 2016 #12

They're in bed with the Kremlin and other bad actors Blue_Tires Oct 2016 #16

they've always been a tool of Russian intelligence, it's just that their anti-Americanism geek tragedy Oct 2016 #18

Anyone who tries to claim that DU was always anti-Wikileaks Dreamer Tatum Oct 2016 #19

well, let's not lump all DU together Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #26

FAR FAR FAR fewer than now. nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2016 #46

Many of us here didn't jump on the Wikileaks bandwagon. So your blanket assertion about DU KittyWampus Oct 2016 #27

I didn't , just had less info on motivation Foggyhill Oct 2016 #32

Excuse me? Not this DUer. nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #39

I didn't mean "all," bust I certainly mean "almost all." nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2016 #47

I was an early supporter awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #48

in fact i have had post hidden because of my anti-Wikileaks views and post. stonecutter357 Oct 2016 #55

We're a tribal species The2ndWheel Oct 2016 #20

Yep. That's exactly what it is. davidn3600 Oct 2016 #51

Она стала российской пропаганде Retired George Oct 2016 #21

Good question, but I never really trusted them Fast Walker 52 Oct 2016 #24

It was never a "liberal beacon". And The Guardian took the Snowden/Greenwald bait KittyWampus Oct 2016 #25

I have always thought hacking was wrong-no matter which does it. riversedge Oct 2016 #29

No business model equals eventual ineptitude. randome Oct 2016 #31

Turned out to be a den for Russian trolls. Rex Oct 2016 #35

Wikileakes was never a libeal Beacon. They have not changed. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2016 #36

Possible that Trump made a deal with Assange to pardon him and allow him in the US? bluesbassman Oct 2016 #38

They were awesome until they weren't. Throd Oct 2016 #40

Glad to see Intercept is creating space between them WhiteTara Oct 2016 #42

I think I enjoyed their juicy revelations early on. Starry Messenger Oct 2016 #43

If WikiLeaks was trashing Republicans, no one here would have a problem with them davidn3600 Oct 2016 #50

I think ASSange knows the Dump is extremely blackmail-able. He probably has tons of stuff on Dump. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2016 #52

Julian Assange is KGB,I have called it from day one. stonecutter357 Oct 2016 #54

Of course they are rooting for Trump GreenEyedLefty Oct 2016 #57

Horseshoe Theory? Bradical79 Oct 2016 #58

Wikileaks was ALWAYS more a libertarian, not a liberal darling -- where you saw "liberals" cheering karynnj Oct 2016 #59

I think two things happened. backscatter712 Oct 2016 #62

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