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"October Surprise" Thwarted? Wikileaks Cancels Tuesday Announcement Due to Security Concerns

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

DBCubix writes:

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: 1) by angst_ridden_hipster on Monday October 03 2016, @06:51PM

    by angst_ridden_hipster (5616) on Monday October 03 2016, @06:51PM (#409573) Homepage

    Remember that guy Hillary had killed for the emails released around the DNC?

    No, I remember a lot of speculation without a scintilla of any real evidence. Same as most of the things you mention.

    We get it. You hate Hillary. Some people do.

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Monday October 03 2016, @07:13PM

    by VLM (445) on Monday October 03 2016, @07:13PM (#409588)

    Well, OK, but what about "how to design something politically effective that can't be debunked in four weeks"

    I think that's a valid non-partisan-ish question. I suppose someone could use something similar against Trump too, unless its a very Hillary specific attack. Perhaps anything that can be obfuscated for four weeks is inherently very personal and individual. Or maybe it just doesn't exist.

    I can't figure out a valid strategy, can't even guess the outlines... I'm on very shaky ground claiming that proves nothing could exist under that criteria, but it is starting to look that way.

    Its probably easier to find something derailing that lasts 4 weeks because its true, rather than something daydreamed up one afternoon that passes scrutiny.