[mnehring]

Just keeping it going on this thread.

(2008 article). In the past year-and-a-half, Julian Assange and his band of online dissidents have helped swing the Kenyan presidential election, embarrassed the US Government and sparked international scandal.

Hmmmm.. I wonder who else was involved (on the ground) helping swing that Kenyan election.... oh yea...

Sen. Obama has cultivated his associations with another Kenyan citizen, Raila Odinga. Mr. Odinga was a presidential candidate in the 2007 Kenyan election....Mr. Odinga and the senator were nearly inseparable. Obama’s presence with the Kenyan presidential candidate provided a major boost to Odinga’s campaign....

[mnehring]

...except Assange and Obama were on the opposite sides of that election and 'leaked' documents may have been the downfall of Odinga.

Shortly after the senator’s trip to Kenya, a Memorandum of Understanding dated August 29, 2008 was released between Raila Odinga and the National Muslim Leaders Forum. The blog that broke the story, AtlasShrugs, reports that the memorandum stated, in return for complete Muslim support and votes, Mr. Odinga would institute Shariah courts in all districts of Kenya, “impose a total ban on open-air gospel crusades by worshippers of the cross”, “outlaw gospel programs”, and close meat-packing plants associated with swine amongst several other requests. Following the discovery of this memorandum, a “clean” second version was released pledging the support of the National Muslim Leaders Forum in return for infrastructure and civil service assistance on behalf of the Kenyan government should Mr. Odinga be elected. The election did not see things turn in complete favor of Raila Odinga. He lost the election on December 30th by 200,000 votes.

So, Assange is credited with 'swinging' the Kenyan election away from Obama's cousin (who he lobbied for). This article states 'leaked' documents (this time through a different site) were Odinga's downfall.. hmmmm...