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New WikiLeaks Series Details CIA's 'Specialized Unit' Dedicated to Creating iOS Exploits
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Looks like every time Wikileaks releases material it's convenient, every week there is something.
If we stick to the common mythology, God does not need to spy as He knows everything. Which really makes me wonder why the question "Did you eat the fruit?" was even asked.
I know, I was just filling out the details for posters who don't know.Yes. That was my point.
On the other hand, it allows the companies that make the affected devices to fix the exploited vulnerabilities. IMO the intelligence agencies should be much more proactive in sharing their exploits with the industry. It would make us all safer. In fact, Obama instructed them to do so, but left some loopholes.
That's because the agencies in question don't comment at all. You seem to think this is an admission of authenticity, but it's not.
Wikileaks is a Russian influence operation. An HOUR after Trump's Access Hollywood tape came out, they started dumping Podesta's emails, which they held in reserve to serve as a distraction when they needed them.
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....are you asserting that Wikileaks has always been a "russian influence operation"?
What does that have to do with US developed tools as per this article? If the CIA gives Israel the tools and that tool is used on US Citizens, then the CIA has an issue. Now if Israel developes their own tool, well that is just the world we live in.
No, they don't have an issue, because we've signed intelligence sharing agreements with just about every ally we have. So if the CIA wants to spy on Johnny Arkansas, you only need to suggest to ally X or Y that they may want to look into him, and then ask them to share the data.
What I'm saying is our own (secret) treaties have rendered the laws on spying on US citizens laughably moot.
No, but after the Collateral Murder tape, I think Julian decided he'd like to bring down the US, found common cause with the Russians. There was a large exodus of original Wikileaks staff around then when it became the Julian Assange egomaniac show. The DNC leaks were all by Russian hackers. Odd how he never pushes anything negative against Putin, right?
So now can we all admit it wasn't the Russians?
It amazes me people still push unfounded theories about Trump. It seems like the way politicians are covering themselves is by pushing narratives that accuse their opponents of what they in FACT have done. It gets picked up and repeated all over the place organically as well as through paid social media campaigns. A lot of what you read has been generated by zombie/drone/bot accounts.
Don't conflate (erroneously associate) the term covert with the term conspiracy. The failure to remain covert does not nullify the conspiracy.
Wikileaks is a primarily an influence by the Russians now. Assange regularly meets with RT (Russia Today- state owned television). Notice how he never posts anything bad about Putin, despite Putin murdering journalists, invading Crimea, etc?
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I think the USA's explicit empire needs to be taken down (not that the country should be harmed, simply that US Hegemony is a sick worldview), so what's the problem? The DNC leaks...were leaks from a DNC staffer as a former british ambassador involved in handing the information off had stated.
As for the underlined, I'll ask you again to actually visit their goddamn website. There is a category on Russia's dealings. If you're only understanding of Wikileaks is when US news actually decides to cover some of their exposures then I can see how you'd get that impression. Wikileaks is hosting leaks from dozens of countries, Russia included, which you can easily find by just going to the damn website.
