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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @01:04PM
Ugh. That website is super spinny. They said:
In August, liberal commentator Bob Beckel did suggest in a TV appearance that Assange be murdered, proclaiming that someone should “shoot the son of a bitch!”
When the truth is he said that back in 2010 while working for Fox News. [snopes.com] It was bullshit then, but come on, to imply that it is connected to the "october surprise" is a straight-up lie.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @07:57PM
Didn't Assange try to tie the death of someone to leaked info from the DNC because he wanted people to believe they were related? Assange is a "pay attention to ME" person and has lost credibility.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Tuesday October 04 2016, @02:17AM
The "someone" was named Seth Rich.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/wikileaks-offers-reward-in-killing-of-dnc-staffer-in-washington/2016/08/09/f84fcbf4-5e5b-11e6-8e45-477372e89d78_story.html [washingtonpost.com]
http://www.businessinsider.com/wikileaks-20000-seth-rich-dnc-2016-8 [businessinsider.com]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Rich [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 3, Informative) by NotSanguine on Tuesday October 04 2016, @04:50AM
Yes, that is his name. [snopes.com]
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