During
a press conference Monday, WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange criticized
the recent ODNI report describing it as "quite embarrassing to
the reputations of the US intelligence services."
Assange
answered questions submitted via #AskWL on Twitter for over an hour,
which was streamed live via Periscope from the Ecuadorian embassy in
London. He described the ODNI's report as containing "zero
evidentiary weight" and being "deliberately
political." Asked about the source of the leaked emails from
Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta Assange denied it was a
state.
"If
our sources were a state we would have a lot less concern in
attempting to protect them,” he said, adding that he would not
provide additional information as this could lead to their
identification. "Take the data now, keep it under your bed or
with your mother. You can give it to WikiLeaks,” Assange said,
encouraging members of the Obama administration to prevent
information being destroyed before he leaves office.
He denied
that WikiLeaks posessed information from the Republican National
Committee which they refused to publish, calling the claim "false."
Assange said he believed that whistleblowers would continue to be
persecuted under Trump's administration, saying "No system of
authority likes those who undermine their authority.”
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