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In reply to the discussion: Anyone who doubts wikileaks is working w/ Putin: read KURT EICHENWALD Now. [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)14. Let's just note that what Wikileaks published was completely accurate.
One issue is that the accurate information published by Wikileaks was distorted by Trump, who quoted it out of context. Blumenthal did use those words, but he was reporting to Podesta about what Eichenwald had written. Trump made it sound as if Blumenthal was stating his own opinion. That's not the fault of Wikileaks, which published correct information including the actual context (Blumenthal's attribution to Eichenwald).
Another issue is that Trump jumped on the release so quickly, and in such conformity with the (misleading) tack taken by Sputnik (controlled by the Russian government), that it constitutes circumstantial evidence of Russian aid to Trump. As Eichenwald says, Trump has some explaining to do. Wikileaks does not.
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Anyone who doubts wikileaks is working w/ Putin: read KURT EICHENWALD Now. [View all]
kpete
Oct 2016
OP
That's much more polite than the "I fucking told you so," OP I was going to post. nt
msanthrope
Oct 2016
#48
Trump Tower probably has a Cold War era teletype machine that receives news feeds from the Kremlin.
Chiyo-chichi
Oct 2016
#20
In the interests of national security, I wonder if Hill is thinking of requesting they both....
Hekate
Oct 2016
#12
At this point, Wikileaks has quite a lot of explaining to do. Although it's stooges
KittyWampus
Oct 2016
#22
And Russian propaganda is as inept as Trump himself. They were made for one another!
randome
Oct 2016
#17
Wikileaks is putting up documents that may have been altered AND WITHHOLD DOCUMENTS FROM RUSSIA
KittyWampus
Oct 2016
#24
Anyone else think Russia might try to cause a international crisis if Trump loses? Nt
maryellen99
Oct 2016
#47
If anyone criticizes President Hillary Clinton, will they be accused of being a Russian spy?
davidn3600
Oct 2016
#52
Perhaps if they have advance knowledge of hacked falsified emails from Russian hackers
wishstar
Oct 2016
#54