Clinton manager ‘reticent’ to comment on report Clinton floated drone strike against Wikileaks

[DonViejo]

Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook declined to comment about an alleged remark by the Democratic nominee asking if a drone strike could go after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Amid speculation about the release of an “October surprise” by Assange, WTTG Fox 5 DC reporter Ronica Cleary published a video clip of her interview with Mook on Monday. In it, she asked if the report was true and if the comment was made in jest.

Many reporters online have questioned TruePundit, the source of the original report and New York Magazine published a post Monday night which it said explained the “viral rumor that Hillary Clinton wanted to drone-strike Julian Assange.”

“I'm reticent to comment on anything that the WikiLeaks people have said. They've made a lot of accusations in the past," Mook told Cleary.

WikiLeaks tweeted a Washington Examiner report about the video on Monday and on Sunday posted a screengrab from a TruePundit report that said Clinton once asked during a State Department briefing, "Can't we just drone this guy?"

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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/299102-clinton-manager-reticent-to-comment-on-report-clinton-floated-drone-strike

[Iliyah]

1. Like his idol, t-rump, assange knows how to play the crowd.

[Demsrule86]

3. Sounds like bullshit to me. nt

[beachbum bob]

2. sounds like a good idea to me....

[bluestateguy]

4. Drone striking Assange

Obviously I would not want any innocent people to be hurt if such a thing was done, but if Assange were struck down by a drone I would not be crying in my beer.

[Ardoewaan]

5. Snopes

calls it false.

http://www.snopes.com/julian-assange-drone-strike/

Trumpistas will probably disregard Snopes, but I thinks it is important not to yield one inch to such stories.

[molova]

6. The Hill is the master of linkbait

Mook didn't wanna bother discussing bullshit from Wikileaks. So The Hill pretends he's hiding something.
The Hill will get lots and lots of right-wingers' retweets and website visits for this (and money for that matter).

[C_U_L8R]

7. More rightwing garbage

completely fabricated for their very gullible audience.

[pnwmom]

8. Mook has a policy of refusing to take anything Wikileaks says seriously. That's a good policy. n/t

[randome]

9. The notion that Assange is anything more than a clown-ish irritant is promoted by his worshipers.

It's as embarrassing as Trumpers thinking their hero is a 'genius'. smh.
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