Assange is a public figure and can't be excised from responsibility or relevance over the things he does.
The information is fascinating, but the timing is far more fascinating. Assange has spent a number of months releasing information that happens to benefit a particular political player in the most powerful country in the world. This release is no different. It's just a coincidence that he releases information about spying at a time when Trump happens to be claiming he was spied upon? If the information is the most important thing then he won't drip-feed it to the public at times when it most suits his political purpose. The fact that he is doing it that way means that he is using the information he has access to for his own personal benefit. That makes him no better than the governments he is "exposing". He's just one more person who is collecting information to use and using it for personal benefit. Dislike the "establishment" all you like. Assange is fast turning himself into simply an alternative establishment. If the information is all that matters, wikileaks will release all information it obtains as soon as practicable and will do all things possible to ensure that they do not release information at times that just happen to suit partisan political interests. ESPECIALLY when those partisan political interests also appear to align with the partisan interests of the media star of wikileaks. Jason Cleeland -----Original Message----- From: Free-software-melb [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andri Effendi Sent: Wednesday, 8 March 2017 1:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed I think people who dismiss Assange or Snowden as "Russian Agent(s)" are bonkers and have been manipulated by the MSM. I can't believe that such critical information that should be released to the public as part of being a so called "democracy" is seen as making them foreign agents. Vulnerabilities in the software that hundreds of millions (if not billions) use every day must be exposed and patched ASAP. We can't let this Anti-Russia scare nonsense affect critically judging our government. When wrong doing is exposed, IT must be the center of attention, NOT who revealed it. Its about the movement, NOT the man. Scape goating and saying "it's all russia's fault" without proof is just going to alienate people and will be 100% counter productive. It goes way beyond the US Election. So remember, always think critically of those who are speaking in Canberra, Ottawa, Washinton DC, Wellington, West minister, Berlin or any government relevant to you. Don't take "it's russia's fault" with a grain of salt, especially nowadays when it is just being used as a distraction. Adrian Colomitchi: >> Also remember that Assange seems to be a Russian agent. > Oh, really? > > So you say: > * it doesn't matter we know how you can be spied on or that you can be > "serendipitous" killed by a truck or that your "secure" apps that > should guarantee your privacy are got around. And it still doesn't > matter an organization that should look after the american public > interest chooses to hoard zero-days instead of disclosing/plugging > them (thus letting the public vulnerable against others). > * but it does matter Assange is human (thus imperfect). > > Quite a twisted logic IMHO, I hope you don't mind if I'm not accepting it. > > Adrian > > > On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Russell Coker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This isn't really news. After Snowden's information this is something >> most people expected. >> >> https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/ >> assange-man-in-the-news/512243/ >> >> Also remember that Assange seems to be a Russian agent. >> -- >> Sent from my Nexus 6P with K-9 Mail. >> _______________________________________________ >> Free-software-melb mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/ >> listinfo/free-software-melb >> >> >> Free Software Melbourne home page: >> http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ > Kind Regards, -- Andri Effendi <[email protected]> Organiser of The Free Software Movement in Sydney www.freesoftware.org.au/ GPG fingerprint: 8438 138D ECDA 05E0 591F F2B4 4721 0F03 AC24 DF73 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted. _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
