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WIKILEAKS HAS BLAMED the Ecuadorean embassy for cutting off internet access to Julian Assange under the supposed orders of the United States government.
Assange, a staunch critic of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, has been accused of turning Wikileaks into a prop for Trump, and becoming the best friend of the Republican nominee, due to his increasingly high-profile attempts to influence the US presidential election.
He has been living in Ecuador’s embassy to the UK in London for the past four years, due to rape charges in Sweden.
Assange has said that Trump’s openness is part of his “charismatic appeal”, and has defended his reluctance to leak hacked material from Donald Trump, which has prompted criticism from supporters like Peter Tatchell.
In July, Wikileaks released 20,000 private emails from the Democratic National Committee, forcing the resignation of DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Clinton supporter.
Yesterday, Wikileaks accused unknown state actors for disrupting Assange’s web lifeline in the Ecuadorean embassy. It appears to have concluded that those responsible are in the embassy itself, right under Assange’s nose.
WikiLeaks / TwitterWe can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange's internet access Saturday, 5pm GMT, shortly after publication of Clinton's Goldman Sachs speechs.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 17, 2016
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Today, Wikileaks has also said that John Kerry, Clinton’s successor as United States Secretary of State, asked Ecuador to stop Assange publishing documents hacked from Clinton’s emails on 26 September.
WikiLeaks / TwitterThe John Kerry private meeting with Ecuador was made on the sidelines of the negotiations which took place pricipally on Sep 26 in Colombia.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 18, 2016
A cyber-espionage specialist, Assange has been claiming asylum at London’s Ecuadorean embassy since 2012 in order to avoid extradition over sex assault allegations.
The anti-secrecy organisation said in a tweet: “We have activated the appropriate contingency plans.”
Assange has been hiding in the Ecuadorean Embassy in central London for more than four years in a bid to avoid returning to Sweden to face rape charges.
WikiLeaks / TwitterJulian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party. We have activated the appropriate contingency plans.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 17, 2016
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Ecuador has reportedly refused to respond to what it termed “speculation” on Twitter, vowing to continue to protect their long-term guest with political asylum.
The Wikileaks claim follows the latest emails it disclosed after it hacked of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s emails.
It released three transcripts on Saturday of Clinton’s paid speeches to Goldman Sachs.
The organisation’s consistent search for material that may prove damaging to Clinton’s bid to be president has seen it win many Trump supporters. Fox News is often the first to broadcast Wikileaks allegations. The latter reciprocates by retweeting their reports.
Donald Trump had previously called on Russia to hack into Hillary Clinton’s emails.
Assange denies Sweden’s rape allegation and says he fears that if he were sent to Sweden to face trial, he could be extradited to the United States to be tried over WikiLeaks’ publication of thousands of classified documents.
Fear for the amount of homeless exposed to this weather in America :(
It’s the trolleys I feel sorry for!
We didn’t get snow but it’s -22c here in Burlington Vermont.
Head for the whiskey room!
Darren, I delivered their mail already.
If I never seen snow again it would be too soon. I will never forget those miserable winters we had, stuck in the house, spending hours getting to work, I remember being stuck on the n11 one night nearly 5 hours and ran out of petrol. Whenever I see snow on tv or on Xmas cards etc the sight now disgusts me.
Looks lovely ! Love snow but hate the slush after a few days!
Does anybody honestly care about the weather in the USA? I don’t care about the weather in cork let alone the US.
why on earth did you read / comment on the story then ?
Does anyone honestly care what you have to say?! Dzzzooppe
A very cold winter in North America can directly affect the world price for oil and natural gas… Maybe you should care?
We have plenty in reserve and frankly, most of our oil and natural gas comes from the US, Canada and Mexico anyway. World prices are impacted much more by speculators in the markets than usage in the US.
I have a flight to Philadelphia tomorrow, hope i can make it!
We’ll all light a candle and say a prayer for you!
A wooly mammoth has been spotted crossing a pedestrian crossing on a street somewhere in Chicago! True story!
Landed into JFK yesterday after a week in Mexico. Went from 30°C to -16°C (-26°C with wind chill).Bodies still in shock.
Ahhh! I’m supposed to be going there next week. Hope the snow is gone by then! I don’t fancy staying in my hotel room the whole visit!
I got caught in a nor’easter in Boston a few years ago. 2 feet of snow fell in about 6 hours. Amazingly the roads were kept more or less clear. Some Craig but no delayed flight back to Ireland :(
Meanwhile in Germany “State weather forecaster, DWD, said that people in icy areas should avoid driving. On Monday night there were 132 accidents on Berlin’s roads, on the back of 2,200 ice-related incidents during the day.”
They don’t seem to cope any better than we do with snow.
“Fallen trees and iced-over train tracks have made rail travel difficult across the whole country and trains were delayed for up to ten hours.”"Transport police were forced to close the A20 motorway near Hamburg after cars began skidding uncontrollably on Monday evening.”
The Local.
This weather system is bashing up against the one covering Ireland and England, if it wins then things could get interesting on our eastern side.
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