Assange has been a thorn in the side of Democrats this entire election cycle and has personally helped spread some conspiracy theories around Clinton. Back in the summer, young DNC staffer Seth Rich was killed in Washington, D.C., in what police called a robbery attempt gone wrong. But there were some who claimed that Rich was killed either by the DNC or Clinton because of some secret he may have threatened to release.
Despite scant evidence to support the theory and statements from Richs family asking that people stop spreading the baseless rumors Assange jumped on the story. WikiLeaks offered a $20,000 reward for information abut Richs murderer, and Assange himself insinuated that Rich may have been the source of the DNC leak.
The Gateway Pundit had a transcript of Assanges appearance on a Dutch television show in which he hinted about it.
Julian Assange: Whistleblowers go to significant efforts to get us material and often very significant risks. As a 27 year-old, works for the DNC, was shot in the back, murdered just a few weeks ago for unknown reasons as he was walking down the street in Washington.
Reporter: That was just a robbery, I believe. Wasnt it?
Julian Assange: No. Theres no finding. So Im suggesting that our sources take risks.
A later report from a site called True Pundit claimed that Hillary Clinton wanted to order a drone strike against Julian Assange back in 2010, when WikiLeaks had released hundreds of thousands of sensitive diplomatic cables. The report has been called into question and there appears to be no evidence to support the account of Clinton trying to assassinate Assange.
Despite WikiLeaks posting on Twitter after the release of the so-called dead mans switch, the rumors that Julian Assange may be dead have persisted online. Many people are still openly questioning his fate and calling on Assange to make a statement directly.
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Much more confirmation needed on this story. I hope that it's bogus.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
Much more confirmation needed on this story. I hope that it's bogus.
BBC has no mention of it, and given the embassy is in London, I think they would. Raiding an embassy is an open act of war, so no, I don't buy it. Fake story.
Someone thought Snowden was killed a few months ago because he tweeted some kind of cyber key. But he merely said later that some things are private.
These Cryptic Wikileaks Tweets Don't Mean Julian Assange Is Dead [Update]
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Image: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth Earlier today, Wikileaks tweeted out a series of three terse, confusing messages, each containing a 64-character code. Now a lot of people think Julian Assange is dead.
In the absence of context, some users on Twitter, Reddit, and various image boards were quick to speculate that the tweets were the result of a dead mans switch, triggered in the event of Julian Assanges untimely end. Such switches do exist (both mechanically and electronically) and many speculated that all 349 gigs of the heavily-encrypted Wikileaks
Much as these tweets provide great fodder for conspiracy speculation, the secret to their meaning is hidden in plain sight. Pre-commitment in this case is a references to a cryptographic scheme to prevent unreleased information from being tampered with. Essentially those unique codes are proof to anyone reading the documents in the future that their contents remain unchanged: alteration to the leaks will likewise alter those 64-character codes. insurance from 2013 are intended for precisely that purpose. . . .
Further undermining claims of Assanges death, the Wikileaks account retweeted something approximately 2 hours ago. In any case, weve reached out to them to confirm that Assange is still alive. What remains to be seen is when Wikileaks plans to make these three leaks public, and what theyll contain.
Update 10/17/16 8:53 EDT: A volunteer with Wikileaks confirmed that Assange is very much alive, even tweeting out some photos of them together.
@JohnDeplo You can't go in without an appointment. Julian is confirmed to be perfectly fine. Thanks for your support and for checking :)
Kelly Kolisnik (@kellykolisnik) October 17, 2016
The "Samson Option" is Israel's dead mans switch for their nukes. It is designed to be triggered in the event of a sneak attack or ahnihilation of Israel. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
It shows the dept of corruption when our politicians are calling for his droning and death by any means possible.
Assange and Snowden should have won the Peace Prize instead of that jerk-off dictator from Columbia, imo.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
There are reporters and pedestrians on the street in front of the embassy nearly around the clock, no "raid" could happen without lots of witnesses.
With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group." -Alex Kurtagic
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If the Dead Man Switch was activated, it might have been because the US government is threatening Ecuador. They did cut off his Internet. I think we have had a lot of Podesta emails coming out but more important will be sex tapes involving Bill and one involving Hillary. If these are released, they will make corporate news. And they might drag in all the other emails. I expect more to be released as promised all the way to the final weekend. That should break the vote towards Trump. Any undecided at this point is gong to vote against Hillary.
WikiLeaks says Ecuador cut off Assanges internet after new Clinton emails published Published time: 18 Oct, 2016 01:01 Whistleblowing site WikiLeaks has confirmed it was Ecuador that cut off Julian Assanges internet access on Saturday after another batch of leaked emails from Hillary Clintons campaign chair was released.
WikiLeaks did not elaborate on the grounds for Ecuadors London embassy, where Assange has spent more than four years after being granted asylum over fears of persecution over his publications, to restrict the whistleblowers web access.
It tweeted that the internet was shut 5pm GMT, shortly after publication of Clinton's Goldman Sachs [speeches].
Ecuador Foreign Ministry source: "Ecuador will continue to protect Julian Assange and uphold the political asylum granted to him in 2012." Alan Jones (@AlanJonesPA) October 17, 2016
Since then, two new batches of Clintons campaign chair John Podestas emails have been published on WikiLeaks.
The latest, 10th leak includes instructions for Clintons campaign staff on how to handle the fact the Democratic presidential candidate has seemingly switched tune on gay marriage, as well as strategies on gaining more Latino support and limiting media discussion of Clintons healthcare policy.
WikiLeaks earlier said it activated contingency plans after Assanges internet service was intentionally severed by a state party.
The incident comes after a canceled live balcony appearance by Assange scheduled for October 4, due to recent security concerns. An earlier report claimed Hillary Clinton suggested to drone Assange when she was US secretary of state.