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The mouthpiece for NSA “whistleblower” Edward Snowden is having the whistle blown on him, and he doesn’t like it. Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian says “smears” are being circulated about him owing back taxes, financial debts, and investing in a homosexual pornography business.
The New York Daily News reports, “The reporter who broke the story about the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs has a little secret of his own.”
Read more: Glenn Greenwald's Gay Porn Business: Blowing the Whistle on a "Whistleblower www.usasurvival.org...
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Originally posted by Hefficide
In my personal opinion Assange is likely an intelligence asset. He was busted for some pretty serious hacking when he was a teenager and that would have been a perfect window for recruitment or could have been used later on as blackmail material to elicit cooperation. Understand that I am speaking specifically of Assange and not of the other participants or of Wikileaks itself.
Originally posted by Hefficide
In my personal opinion Assange is likely an intelligence asset. He was busted for some pretty serious hacking when he was a teenager and that would have been a perfect window for recruitment or could have been used later on as blackmail material to elicit cooperation. Understand that I am speaking specifically of Assange and not of the other participants or of Wikileaks itself.
I think that Snowden fits the profile of a patsy more than a conspirator.
Previous to that, I see Manning as a truly troubled person who made some very poor short term decisions for the wrong reasons.
Even if I am dead wrong about Assange - I think that there is enough of a cloud over Wikileaks at this point to terminally undermine their credibility with anyone who might be in possession of profoundly important secrets that they might be compelled to share openly.
IT HAS been revealed in a Melbourne court that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange once helped Victoria Police in two investigations into child pornography.
He provided expert technical advice and support to assist in the prosecution of people suspected of involvement in pornography offences on the internet.
...when The Saturday Age appeared before Judge Morrish to apply for the order to be lifted, Assange's Melbourne lawyer, Grace Morgan, said he did not consent to or oppose its revocation.
Ms Morgan, of Robert Stary Lawyers, passed a handwritten note to the judge that elaborated on Assange's ''assistance''. Judge Morrish then said the contents of the redacted paragraph, if unexplained, ''are apt to be utterly misleading and dangerous because they convey the impression that Mr Assange is an informer and he's not''.
Judge Morrish's original concerns related to prejudicing the administration of justice or endangering the physical safety of any person.
Before Assange's position was clarified, she asked last week, ''How long would he last if he had a reputation of being an informer?''
Winston: Does the Brotherhood exist?
O'Brien: That, Winston, you will never know. If we choose to set you free when we have finished with you, and if you live to be ninety years old, still you will never learn whether the answer to that question is Yes or No. As long as you live it will be an unsolved riddle in your mind.
Originally posted by PsykoOps
Originally posted by Hefficide
In my personal opinion Assange is likely an intelligence asset. He was busted for some pretty serious hacking when he was a teenager and that would have been a perfect window for recruitment or could have been used later on as blackmail material to elicit cooperation. Understand that I am speaking specifically of Assange and not of the other participants or of Wikileaks itself.
He was caught and convicted. I dont see how that would be usefull for blackmail. Also I'm pretty sure all good hackers have been targets for recruitment at one point or another. Doesn't mean they took the bait.