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From last night, a point about the Assange matter from @dwnews reporter @melissakchan. There does seem to be a significant gap between zealous defenders of the abstract on the one hand & Assange’s many critics on the other.
Of course, it’s also true Assange was involved in several different things: the leak of confidential (not Russian) diplomatic correspondence, theft of NSA (not Russian) hacking secrets, and hacking of US Democratic (not Russian) political figures & organizations.
About the first of these, @melissakchan’s comment above is apt. But note this thread also from @maxbergmann — much of what got leaked via Wikileaks from US diplomats was rather flattering to them, if awkward for them.
