Wikileaks as part of the Trump government, from Foreign Policy:
And they have pretty good arguments:
Quote:A presidential candidate, Donald Trump declared, “I love WikiLeaks!” And he had good reason to display affection to this website run by accused rapist Julian Assange. By releasing reams of emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, WikiLeaks helped tilt the 2016 election in Trump’s favor.WikiLeaks Has Joined the Trump Administration - Business Insider
As president, Trump hasn’t come out and said anything laudatory about WikiLeaks following its massive disclosure of CIA secrets on Tuesday — a treasure trove that some experts already believe may be more damaging than Edward Snowden’s revelations. But Trump hasn’t condemned WikiLeaks.
The recent entries on his Twitter feed — a pure reflection of his unbridled id — contain vicious attacks on, among other things, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the New York Times, and Barack Obama but not a word about WikiLeaks.
Did the president not notice that the intelligence community he commands has just suffered a devastating breach of security? Or did he simply not feel compelled to comment? Actually there is a third, even more discomfiting, possibility: Perhaps Trump is staying silent because he stands to benefit from WikiLeaks’ latest revelations.
And they have pretty good arguments:
- Releases have often been timed for maximum political damage (Podesta emails three days before Democratic convention, etc.)
- Wikileaks has never released Russian secrets
- And these new CIA releases by Wikileaks are very useful to Trump as they claim the CIA uses hacker codes, which rightwing news media already have jumped upon by arguing it was the CIA which hacked the Democrats, posing as Russians. No wonder Trump hasn't denounced Wikileaks...