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posted by cmn32480 on Monday October 03 2016, @09:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the within-snipers-reach dept.

Wikileaks has abruptly canceled a much-anticipated announcement on Tuesday. The announcement had been expected to be founder Julian Assange's long-promised document dump on Hillary Clinton.

NBC's Jesse Rodriguez reported that the Tuesday announcement — which was to come from the balcony of London's Ecuadorian Embassy, where Assange has sought sanctuary for years – was canceled due to security concerns.

Wikileaks has not said when it will now make its announcement.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by butthurt on Monday October 03 2016, @11:41AM

    by butthurt (6141) on Monday October 03 2016, @11:41AM (#409356) Journal

    > Everybody knows Trump hasn't paid taxes in decades.

    How do you know that? I don't know that. The New York Times writers don't claim to know that: they write

    The figure is so substantial that it could have allowed him to legally avoid paying federal income tax for 18 years.

    > What's the "surprise" here?

    The magnitude is just tremendous. That he sustained such losses during what, for others, was a boom, I mean economically, is surprising. Also there is the fact that today he's very, very rich, with a net worth "in excess of ten billion dollars."

    http://fox59.com/2015/07/15/donald-trump-im-worth-10-billion/ [fox59.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday October 03 2016, @12:55PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Monday October 03 2016, @12:55PM (#409387) Journal

    Tremendous. Huuuuge even.

    His people were justifying it by saying that it proves he is the right choice for tax reform [nbcnews.com], because he is a master of loopholes.

    It would be ironic for them to bash NYT while quietly supporting Wikileaks, but it seems they are avoiding drawing extra attention to the leak:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/02/the-new-york-times-risked-legal-trouble-to-publish-donald-trumps-tax-return/ [washingtonpost.com]
    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/us/politics/giuliani-calls-donald-trump-a-genius-for-minimizing-his-taxes.html [nytimes.com]

    Mr. Trump’s campaign did not contest or confirm the report, but a lawyer for the candidate said in a statement that the publication of the tax records was illegal.

    It's too bad that Wikileaks hasn't been able to release any Donald Trump info. Maybe leakers think they can get a more prompt reaction from liberal news outlets that are also regularly derided by Mr. Trump.

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    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @08:01PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @08:01PM (#409614)

      His people were justifying it by saying that it proves he is the right choice for tax reform [nbcnews.com], because he is a master of loopholes.

      Then shouldn't his tax accountant be running for President?

    • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Tuesday October 04 2016, @05:07AM

      by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Tuesday October 04 2016, @05:07AM (#409817) Homepage Journal

      It's too bad that Wikileaks hasn't been able to release any Donald Trump info. Maybe leakers think they can get a more prompt reaction from liberal news outlets that are also regularly derided by Mr. Trump.

      Why would they? Donald Trump wasn't part of the Obama administration, of whom, rightly or wrongly, Assange is terrified.

      He hates Obama and Clinton because he thinks that they've worked a deal with the Swedes to turn him over to the CIA for 'Extraordinary Rendition' [wikipedia.org]. Which is why he's been hiding out in the Ecuadorian embassyin London.

      He won't release anything that puts Trump in a bad light, because that would help his nemesis. Which is amusing, since I'm sure Clinton considers him a scuttling cockroach or, at most, an annoyance. I guess it just goes to show that he's got an ego the size of Brazil, and no cojones.

      He only has another 3-1/2 years before the statute of limitations runs out on the last charge against him in Sweden. I hope he likes Ecuadorian cooking! I know I do. Fortunately, there are a couple of Ecuadorian restaurants near me.

      So he'll be able to leave before Hillary finishes her first term.

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