\u201cThen you have U.S. intelligence saying they don\u2019t know how we got our stuff or when we got it, and us saying, we didn\u2019t get it from a State. Then, there\u2019s hacking of various systems that has occurred \u2014 a leading way to get intelligence: the Israelis do it, the Russians do it, the Chinese do it, the French do it, every year, every election cycle, to understand what policies are. So it\u2019s no surprise at all that there\u2019s record of Russians or others hacking all of these systems.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In order to clarify definitively the information provided to WikiLeaks did not come from any official State actor, Assange explained the publishing outlet did not want to provide any revealing details, but reiterated he had to in order to maintain the integrity of the leaks and combat distracting criticism.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere, in order to prevent a distraction attack against our publications,\u201d<\/i> Assange asserted, \u201cwe\u2019ve had to come out and say, \u2018no, it\u2019s not a State party, stop trying to distract in that way, and pay attention to the content of the publications.\u2019\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Hannity said, \u201cSo, in other words, when you say State party, it wasn\u2019t another State \u2014 like Russia, or some other country?\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cCorrect.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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Noting WikiLeaks, over the course of 10 years, has never been proven wrong, \u201cnot one single time,\u201d<\/i> Hannity asked whether Assange believes President Obama knows the source for WikiLeaks was not Russia \u2014 and is only advancing the narrative for political reasons to damage Trump \u2014 he replied:<\/p>\n\u201cYes. It\u2019s clear, if you look at the statements by James Clapper, you\u2019ll see an earlier statement that U.S. intelligence is not aware of when we received material or how, it\u2019s pretty clear that he must be getting those briefings as well, if the public is getting them. So, there\u2019s a deliberate attempt to conflate \u2026 as far as the public is concerned, the only interesting thing that happened is that WikiLeaks published a number of types of different information \u2014 the DNC publications, John Podesta\u2019s, and the Clinton emails obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. So, that\u2019s what\u2019s interesting to the public.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Discussing the idea the mainstream, corporate press has been manipulating the narrative to blame WikiLeaks for, essentially, the content of published information, Assange said that while that was certainly the case, the mainstream press are now \u201cold media\u201d \u2014 and had only played the role of \u00a0\u201cpaper tiger\u201d<\/b> this election season.<\/p>\n
Assange also noted the press had repeatedly lectured the American public on behalf of Clinton \u2014 in part, by belittling Trump supporters \u2014 which \u201creally turned people off. Because it seemed like those people, who already had a lot of social power, were telling you what to do, and so you wanted to do the opposite.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
But on the topic of the various leaks published by WikiLeaks and others, Assange noted that some of the unknowns \u2014 like DC Leaks and Guccifer 2.0 \u2014 bore nearly too many characteristics reminiscent of the Russians. As if they were meant to appear Russian by another entity deeming it important to make the connection.<\/p>\n
Perhaps one of the other most noteworthy items in Hannity\u2019s interview had to do with another piece of disinformation \u2014 which has unfortunately haunted WikiLeaks for some time.<\/p>\n
Asked whether WikiLeaks would have published comparable information if it had concerned Trump rather than Clinton, Assange stated without hesitation, \u201cAbsolutely. Yeah, no problem doing that at all.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
So, while Julian Assange remains a political prisoner under asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, he felt the need imperative enough to come forward \u2014 stepping out of WikiLeaks\u2019 comfort zone to do so \u2014 and slay all the absurd U.S. government propaganda touting election interference by Russian State officials.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t Russia. It never was. This is a pure attempt by the Democratic establishment to deflect fallout from the publication of legitimately abhorrent information. The Russians Did It is a puerile attempt to conflate good, investigative, and thorough journalism by alternative media outlets and WikiLeaks with a new Red Scare and war on dissent, disguised as a battle against \u2018fake news.\u2019<\/p>\n
But fake news doesn\u2019t get any less true than the current blame of Russia for all the Democrats\u2019 woes.<\/p>\n
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