IT IS NOW CONFIRMED THAT THEY CUT OFF JULIAN ASSANGE
ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, AND THEY DID IT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE
OF THOSE WEEKS.
IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.
WHICH IS SHORTHAND OR WE EITHER WERE NOT INFLUENCED BY OR WILL
NOT COP TO BE INFLUENCED BY JOHN CAREY OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE US GOVERNMENT SHUTTING DOWN HIS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.
NUMBER ONE, I AM A BIG SUPPORTER OF WIKILEAKS.
BUT THE REASON WE HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP IS THAT I AM A
BIG SUPPORTER OF WIKILEAKS.
I THINK THE WITCHHUNT AGAINST JULIAN ASSANGE IS INSANE.
ARE THEY LEAKING THIS WITH CURIOUS TIMING?
THEY ARE, BUT THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHY ARE THE TROPIC USERS COMING OUT
RIGHT NOW.
IF IT'S TRUE, I DON'T ESPECIALLY CARE WHEN THEY COME OUT, WE
SHOULD KNOW THE TRUTH.
FOR ME, IT'S MORE I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS ORGANIZATION HAS ACCESS
TO EVERY SERVER ON THE PLANET HAS NO ABILITY OR INTEREST
IN FINDING OUT ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES.
IN FACT ON ITS TWITTER HAS SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON, AND SEEMS TO HAVE
NO INFLUENCE ON FINDING OUT ANY INFORMATION ON DONALD TRUMP.
WHICH OF THE GOAL IS TRANSPARENCY, YOU WOULD
ALSO BE INTERESTED IN THE PERSON THAT HAS A 10 OR 20%
CHANCE OF WINNING THE ELECTION AT THIS POINT.
THAT IS MY FRUSTRATION.
LET'S KEEP IT REAL.
NEAR TIMES IN THE PAST HAS ADMITTED THAT THEY HELD A
STORY UNTIL AFTER THE 2004 ELECTION.
ONE OF THE STORIES THEY HELD WAS HOW DONALD RUMSFELD KNEW
THAT WE HAD BIN LADEN QUARTERED IN AFGHANISTAN AND CHOSE
NOT TO SEND IN TROOPS.
A GOT VERY LITTLE'S COVERAGE.
PART OF THE REASON IS THAT THEY RELEASED IT RIGHT AFTER THE
ELECTION, AFTER BUSH GOT REELECTED.
THEY SAID THEY HELD IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE
POLITICAL.
THAT IS A TERRIBLY LOCAL DECISION, THEY SHOULD NOT
OF HELD IT, THEY SHOULD RUN IT AS SOON AS THEY HAD IT.
IF WIKILEAKS JUST GOT THIS INFORMATION I AM NOT BY ANY
WAY SAYING THEY SHOULD HOLD ONTO IT UNTIL AFTER
THE ELECTION.
NO, RUN IT.
IF THEY HAD EARLIER AND CHOSE TO RUN IN OCTOBER, THAT IS
WHERE IT GETS FISHY.
I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHEN THEY HAD WHAT, BUT I DID A
VIDEO OF IT ON MY PERSONAL CHANNEL MONTHS AGO WHERE HE
WAS SAYING I HAVE AN OCTOBER SURPRISE, I HAVE ENOUGH
THAT IS GOING TO SINK HILLARY CLINTON AND GET HER ARRESTED.
IT IMPLIES THAT HE HAD ACCESS TO SOME INFORMATION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE WHOLE RUSSIA THING, I DON'T KNOW
WHY THE INFORMATION IS COMBINED INTO ONE EVALUATION.
IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE DOCUMENTS ARE TRUE.
IF THEY ARE TRUE, AND IF THEY HAVE POLICY IMPLICATIONS I
THINK THEY SHOULD BE RELEASED.
BUT HE IS WAITING UNTIL HE CAN HURT HILLARY CLINTON MORE.
I THINK THAT IS THE FOCUS MORE THAN ILLUMINATING AND
AIDING AND EDUCATING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I SUPPORT WIKILEAKS BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE IN THE
BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM, AND NOT PICKING SIDES.
I DON'T WANT THEM PICKING SIDES.
IF THEY HAVE IT ñ
AT LEAST PRETEND TO GIVE THE AURA.
AT LEAST 10 EMAILS.
THERE IS DECENT EVIDENCE THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE THE ONES
DOING THE HACKING.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE SO BLIND THAT IF YOU SAY THE WORD
RUSSIA THEY ARE LIKE NO.
IS BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT IF THE INFORMATION CAME FROM
RUSSIA THAT YOU ARE IMPLYING IT IS NOT ACCURATE.
IT CAN COME FROM RUSSIA AND BE ACCURATE.
IF RUSSIA HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN ATTACKING ONE CANDIDATE
AND NOT THE OTHER, AND POSSIBLY BECAUSE THEY LIKE THEIR
MONEY FOR CHRIST SAKE THAT IS NOT JOURNALISM.
THEN WE ARE PICKING SIDES AND HURTING THE REPUTATION OF
AN ORGANIZATION I BELIEVE IN AND HAS DONE SOME GREAT WORK.
AND I GET THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE TARGETED ASSANGE.
I GET THAT IF I WAS IN HIS SITUATION I WOULD NOT BE
FOND OF THAT IF HE THINKS JUMP IS GOING TO BE BETTER I
WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING THIS FOR JOURNALISTIC
REASONS, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT PERSONAL.
YOU HAVE TO BE EVENHANDED IN THIS.
IF THEY HELD INFORMATION, AND THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT
HE HAD IT EARLIER AND HE DID NOT RELEASE IT, AND YOU ARE
TRYING TO INFLICT MAXIMUM POLITICAL DAMAGE, THAT IS
NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO JOURNALISM.
BACK TO ECUADOR, THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES PROTECTING HIM.
THEY ARE IN A TIGHT SPOT.
DO I BELIEVE THEM THAT AMERICA DIDN'T PRESSURE THEM?
NO WAY.
I AM SURE THAT.
MAYBE THEY WANTED HIM TO DO IT ANYWAY.
HE WAS MY BEST GUESS, ECUADOR WAS LIKE HEY MAN, WE ARE
PROTECTING YOU, AMERICA'S BREATHING DOWN OUR NECK
HERE, AND THEY HAVE A POINT SO I AM NOT GOING TO KEEP TAKING
FURTHER RISK NOT JUST TO PROTECT YOU BUT SO THAT YOU CAN GO
ON YOUR POLITICAL MISSION HERE.
SO I THINK HE PUSHED THEM OFF AND ECUADOR SAID WE HAVE
POWER OVER YOU SO WE ARE GOING TO EXERCISE IT.
WHAT I WANT THEM TO EXERCISE THAT POWER?
NO.
FOR TWO REASONS THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE CUT HAVE HIS
ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.
IT UNDERCUTS WHAT THEY ARE STANDING FOR BY PROTECTING
HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THIS IS AT BEST ATTEMPTED CENSORSHIP.
MORLEY I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE IT AND HAVE ACCESS.
I'M SURE THAT WIKILEAKS CAN RELEASE THE INFORMATION
WITHOUT JULIAN ASSANGE ñ IT JUST MAKES YOU LOOK BAD.
I THINK FOR BOTH OF THOSE REASONS THEY SHOULD NOT
HAVE CUT OFF HIS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.
EVEN IF THE STUFF THEY SAID IN THE STATEMENT WAS TRUE.