Assange denied getting any leaks from the rnc, but one of the alphabet agencies confirmed that the rnc was hacked at the same time. Getting any of this information is difficult at best now with how shitty search has become and the fact that any search you do will bring up podesta or the recent email leak. It's also sketchy that right after Assange started doing a show for RT. Assange is a self serving narcissist not a whistle blower, except when it's to his benefit.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Fair enough, I'll adjust my search terms to see if I can find anything on that. I agree that Assange is a PoS, and it does seem like his Kremlin ties are genuine. I tend to be skeptical when the security agencies tell us someone is secretly a Russian asset (like when the state department revoked Snowden's passport while he was stopped in Russia on his way to Ecuador, then accused him of going there to aid Russia, even though they literally forced him to be there), but it certainly seems like Assange had or developed an interest in aiding the Russian government.

Wikileaks was unfortunately too centered around Assange himself, and only had a non-governing advisory board as it's infrastructure, so there really was no way to separate the organization from the man. It's a shame, because I think the work they did (especially early on) was very important, and I think the world is worse off without an organization like them.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I definitely agree. The work WikiLeaks did, especially early on, shed light on things we probably wouldn't have seen without it. Then it became Assange's personal grudge machine, and I had a hard time trusting it after that. He insists he never did any curation of the leaks he released, but how do we know that's true once he started to show his bias.