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ZeeTalk on Jan 9, 2017
It actually starts at the 6:15 marker: WikiLeaks held its presser in response to the CIA report on the US presidential election. Julian Assange said that the so-called report by the US Intelligence Community on the alleged Russian interference in the US election is not an intelligence report, but a press release “designed for a political effect.”
Assange also said that US intelligence agencies became politicized under the administration of US President Barack Obama. “The evidentiary weight [of the report] is literally zero, there is no evidence of any kind supplied,” Assange said. “In relation to Trump, it’s an interesting situation, the US population turned against the elite. When the elites stop listening to the population, the population stops listening to the elites,” Assange noted. “What elites don’t like is Donald Trump,” he added.
Donald Trump is a “destabilizing force” in a good sense of the word, Assange said. There are a lot of “anti-DC and anti-establishment people” in Trump’s incoming administration, the Wikileaks founder said, answering a question whether he thinks whistleblowers will be safer in the upcoming admin or will they continue to be persecuted.
‘Not an intelligence report’: WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange slams ODNI
RT on Jan 9, 2017
WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange criticized the recent ODNI report describing it as ‘quite embarrassing to the reputations of the US intelligence services.’
‘Insane to say critical reporting on Clinton led to Trump’s victory’ – Abby Martin on ODNI report
RT America on Jan 9, 2017
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence report on Russian “interference” in the 2016 US presidential election contained a lengthy and detailed attack on RT’s programming. It specifically cited “Breaking the Set,” a popular RT America show that went off the air two years ago, hosted by Abby Martin. The report criticized the show for promoting “radical discontent.” Martin joins RT America’s Anya Parampil to respond and offer an impassioned defense of RT.
Related articles here and here.
Partial interview clip:
From the archives:
Julian Assange: Russia Was Not the Source of the Leaked Podesta Emails
Fantasies About Russia Could Doom Opposition to Trump by David Swanson
Craig Murray: Russia Played No Role At All In The Email Leaks, interviewed by David Swanson
John Pilger and Julian Assange: Secret World of US Election
See also:
Intelligence report offers no evidence of Russian hacking of US election By Patrick Martin
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