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> I don't see how he can demand that other people in power behave transparently when he refuses to be transparent about how he uses his own power.

You don't know how he uses his power?

Here is how it works: People anonymously send him information, and he releases it.

> I don't think that Assange has much credibility on this issue.

As I see it, he has more credibility than most on the issue. It's one he has being fighting for all of his adult life, and what he and his sources have risked their lives for.




How has Assange, credibly, risked his life for this issue? There hasn't been any documented attempt upon his life, and very few on his livelihood (what serious attempts have been made to shut down Wikileaks)?

Hyperbole does nothing to help someone who, in the eyes of many, appears to be increasingly a victim of his own ego.


> (what serious attempts have been made to shut down Wikileaks)?

Shutting down payments was a serious attempt [1]

[1] http://rt.com/news/wikileaks-lieberman-king-mastercard-visa-...


> Here is how it works: People anonymously send him information, and he releases it.

Not true. It used to be that way. Then he decided to start releasing information according to his own political agenda.


> Then he decided to start releasing information according to his own political agenda.

What is his political agenda, and what information has he released that is in line with it?

Are you saying that he releases fake/forged documents, or that he gets sent all sorts of documents and only releases those that suit his agenda?

If the latter, do you have evidence to back up this serious allegation? Care to share it with us?

What sort of documents/information would he receive but refuse to release?


His political agenda is anti American foreign policy, and he has chosen to highlight leaks that support this agenda.




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