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Source: Politico




State Department denies pressuring Ecuador to cut Assange's internet

By Eric Geller

10/18/16 12:26 PM EDT


The State Department Tuesday flatly denied a WikiLeaks allegation that it encouraged the Ecuadorian government to shut down Julian Assange’s internet connection.

WikiLeaks, citing “multiple U.S. sources,” said early Tuesday that Secretary of State John Kerry pressured Ecuador — which has hosted Assange in its London embassy since 2012 — to cut off Assange’s internet before he could publish more hacked emails from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

But State Department spokesman John Kirby flatly rejected the accusation in a statement.

“While our concerns about WikiLeaks are longstanding, any suggestion that Secretary Kerry or the State Department were involved in shutting down WikiLeaks is false,” Kirby said. “Reports that Secretary Kerry had conversations with Ecuadorian officials about this are simply untrue. Period.”.......................................................................



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Stacy ‏@xstacy1974 21m21 minutes ago

@politico and we are supposed to believe it?
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id ‏@s4mbuc4 21m21 minutes ago

@politico we don't buy it. They are corrupt to the core.
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🇺🇸 ‏@leadpepper123 16m16 minutes ago

@politico of course they do !
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