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Ecuador Concluded That Assange Has Ties to Russian Intelligence
by Martin Longman at the Washington Monthly
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/07/15/ecuador-concluded-that-assange-has-ties-to-russian-intelligence/
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Days later, on July 18, while the Republican National Convention kicked off in Cleveland, an embassy security guard broke protocol by abandoning his post to receive a package outside the embassy from a man in disguise. The man covered his face with a mask and sunglasses and was wearing a backpack, according to surveillance images obtained by CNN.
The security company saw this unfold on surveillance footage and recommended that the guard be replaced. But the Ecuadorian government kept him on the job.
On that same day, according to the Mueller report, WikiLeaks informed the Russian hackers that it had received the files and was preparing to release them soon. Its not clear if these incidents are related, and the contents of the package delivered to the embassy are unknown.
The outlines of what happened are really coming into focus. Assange was clearly working in close coordination with the Kremlin and Russian state-sponsored media. Its implausible that he didnt know the provenance of the hacked material. It seems clear that he was a knowing and key part of Russias effort to throw the election to Trump.
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(38,687 posts)Aussie105
(5,405 posts)Assange got kicked out of the Ecuadorian embassy? Ecuador didn't want to get involved in any fallout?
'Did not look after the cat, made a mess' just excuses?
Seeing Assange was born in Townsville, Australia, I'm somewhat embarrassed about his activities, and have to ask WTF motivated him. Us Australians are a laid back lot, generally. So what gives, Assange?
His original attitude of 'Information wants to be free' doesn't hold water any more. Hasn't for a long time.
https://www.thecut.com/2019/04/what-happened-to-julian-assanges-embassy-cat.html
Embassy Cat hasn't been charged with any crimes, so all is well that ends well.