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0 pointsqsdf381001y ago0 comments

Well, maximum transparency on why he never published anything significant on Russia would be great.

To me it's a very bad smell when you pretend to fight for press freedom and democratic values, but never say anything bad about regimes where presidents-for-life are extinguishing the free press and poisoning opposition leaders.

It's like these all the crazy conspiracy theories that flourished online during the last decade, that are somehow never hurting Russian interests...

But I must be paranoid, right?

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boomboomsubban1y ago

What significant documents about Russia did you provide that Wikileaks refused to publish?

boomboomsubban1y ago

Rereading this, I should have added more context. Wikileaks can only publish what it's given, and there's no reason to suspect they receive much about Russia.

Imagine you're a Russian and you have information about the government that you want to leak. Would you give it to a primarily English speaking organization, with no Russian speakers on staff, that nobody in your community has ever heard of and has been alleged to have ties to Russian intelligence for years?

Or would you give it to a Russian speaking organization that has connections in Russia that could potentially help you if things get bad?

peterashford1y ago

What evidence do you have of information about Russia which he refused to publish?

jakeinspace1y ago

Well, would he still be alive if he’d published similar quantities of info on Russia? That’s a pretty simple explanation, he thought his chances of survival were better with Western leaks.

h0l0cube1y ago

I think also you can’t really do reputational damage to an already well-known corrupt pariah state.

qsdf38100OP1y ago

It depends, if you can convince people that it's the other way around, with counter-facts, embarrassing leaks and loud speakers... I'm sure you know the rhetoric, in which the US is the actual aggressor, supported by some big names, like Musk, Chomsky, Trump, and others, and then there are martyrs like Snowden and Assange.

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boomboomsubban1y ago

What significant documents about Russia did you provide that Wikileaks refused to publish?

boomboomsubban1y ago

Rereading this, I should have added more context. Wikileaks can only publish what it's given, and there's no reason to suspect they receive much about Russia.

Or would you give it to a Russian speaking organization that has connections in Russia that could potentially help you if things get bad?

peterashford1y ago

What evidence do you have of information about Russia which he refused to publish?

jakeinspace1y ago

Well, would he still be alive if he’d published similar quantities of info on Russia? That’s a pretty simple explanation, he thought his chances of survival were better with Western leaks.

h0l0cube1y ago

I think also you can’t really do reputational damage to an already well-known corrupt pariah state.

qsdf38100OP1y ago

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