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OCT 12, 2016. Donald Trump ally Roger Stone admits ‘back-channel’ tie to WikiLeaks
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/donald-trump/article107882287.htmlRoger Stone, a self-described master of the political dark arts and the longtime ally of Donald Trump, admits he has had back-channel communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over the release of thousands of emails stolen from the Hillary Clinton campaign.
I do have a back-channel communication with Assange, because we have a good mutual friend, Stone told CBS4 News Wednesday evening. That friend travels back and forth from the United States to London and we talk. I had dinner with him last Monday.
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I have not talked to him, Stone said. I have not met with him.
Stones involvement blossomed as an issue after the latest WikiLeaks dump that included embarrassing emails from John Podesta, chairman of the Clinton Campaign.
Tuesday evening, Podesta accused Stone of plotting with WikiLeaks.
Podesta pointed to a Tweet Stone posted on August 21, which stated: Trust me, it will soon [be] Podestas time in the barrel.
Roger Stone @RogerJStoneJr
Trust me, it will soon the Podesta's time in the barrel. #CrookedHillary
9:24 AM - 21 Aug 2016
Seven weeks later Podestas private emails were made public.
Stone pointed his finger at me, and said that I could expect some treatment that would expose me and ultimately sent out a tweet that said it would be my time in the barrel, Podesta told reporters Tuesday. So I think its a reasonable assumption to or at least a reasonable conclusion that Mr. Stone had advance warning and the Trump campaign had advance warning about what Assange was going to do I think theres at least a reasonable belief that Mr. Assange may have passed this information onto Mr. Stone.
READ MORE From the Oct article at Link.
(I'll just call it the coup against the American Gov't.).
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OCT 12, 2016. Donald Trump ally Roger Stone admits ‘back-channel’ tie to WikiLeaks (Original Post)
misterhighwasted
Oct 2016
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Bill USA
(6,436 posts)1. Assange is the internet version of Ted Kaczynski, he's the cyber-bomber .....they both felt they
were infallible and entitled to pass judgement on others behavior and punish those they judged as miscreants.
SunSeeker
(51,740 posts)2. K & R for exposure.