I fail to see how all the considerations about Assange's motivations and timing are more relevant than the certitude "CIA is doing it wholesale, and - at the present - doing it in *this* and *that* area. If you don't like it - for whatever reasons - prepare yourself".
Adrian On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 2:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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:free-software-melb- > [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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
