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In reply to the discussion: Jill Stein: 'No question' Julian Assange is a hero [View all]reorg
(3,317 posts)so I did it for you.
You're just hearing what you want to hear, or rather have read in some biased publication, perhaps.
Bill Maher's question was: ... the DNC is not a government, it's private, and some of the donors had their SS numbers AND credit card numbers released. Do you think this is fair game?
Assange replied that, well, "fair game, we did the same thing to senator Norman Coleman's campaign," (and others) and that he was "super happy with how that's gone" because it had some effect.
Then the conversation deviates somewhat, Maher and Assange are joking about - since, I believe, it's a comedy/entertainment show until they get back to the point where Assange says:
"... let's tackle these criticisms. We did not publish full credit card numbers about donors ..."
So much about "curating" the leaks. They did, again, make an effort to remove information that may unnecessarily hurt individuals if it gets out in the open. They did not remove the credit card numbers entirely in order to not "censor" information that may be relevant, e.g. regarding accusations of money laundering. Assange insists that "our materials are pristine, completely valid and true."
Maher then mentions Snowden's criticism verbatim "their hostility to even modest curation is a mistake" and Assange responds directly, without distraction: I suppose, well, he doesn't really know the definition of curation. So, curation is not censorship of the ruling political party's cash flows ...
Before he EXPLAINS why he thinks Snowden takes that stance (publicly).
Here you can watch the whole thing, it's not that long: