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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

After four years of exile in the Ecuadorian embassy, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is making some more noise [salon.com]:

Assange implored the audience to "get ready to gather around" in order "to protect our ability to be publishing." "It will be very necessary in the coming months," the WikiLeaks editor stressed.

Many of the upcoming releases, he said, concern Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. "I've come to know Hillary quite well," Assange joked. WikiLeaks has released thousands of Clinton's emails, and he has read many of them. "She is an extremely ambitious liberal interventionist hawk," he explained. This is, of course, no surprise, he added, but the extreme degree of her belligerence is often not understood. Clinton "was the leading figure behind the destruction of Libya," he said, echoing comments he said in an interview with Salon [salon.com] in February. "If Hillary Clinton gets into office, it means endless war," Assange warned. "We are in fact already, under Obama, in endless war, but I think it will significantly ramp up under Hillary Clinton."

The WikiLeaks Twitter account [twitter.com] has suggested that the UK's "Brexit" could allow [mintpressnews.com] Assange to go free [rt.com], since the European Arrest Warrant may be scrapped in the UK. However, Assange is still wanted [metro.co.uk] for breaching the conditions of his bail.

WikiLeaks recently released a new 88 GB insurance file. The contents are unknown, but speculation is converging on the idea of material related to Hillary Clinton [heavy.com], including emails or more:

Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have previously shared that they have emails of Clinton's [inquisitr.com] to release that may carry enough weight for an indictment. Many are theorizing that this Insurance File has been released so that WikiLeaks can make the planned document drop about Clinton's emails. But 88 GB seems like a huge amount if it only contains emails. But he may have more than just emails. Assange told a British TV station [aol.com]: "We've accumulated a lot of material about Hillary Clinton. We could proceed to an indictment." However, he added, he doubted she would actually face charges because the current attorney general won't likely indict her.

This week, a hacker who goes by the name of Guccifer 2.0 also released information [wordpress.com] they purportedly hacked from the Democratic National Convention. (The Democratic Party had, previously, confirmed [vox.com] that they were indeed hacked by someone from Russia.) Most of the files were run-of-the-mill background information about presidential transitions and planned PR moves against Donald Trump. But one showed an email sent to the DNC [observer.com] around the same time that Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy for president. The email showed the DNC working actively to promote Hillary Clinton's candidacy. Although Guccifer 2.0 has not been confirmed as the authentic DNC hack, WikiLeaks did tweet about Guccifer 2.0's claim [twitter.com] that they had sent additional hacked files to WikiLeaks. Some are theorizing that WikiLeaks' big file release may be related to Guccifer 2.0 and information found about Hillary Clinton.

Who can blame Bernie Sanders for waiting as long as possible before dropping out?

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