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Julian Assange is 'no hero': America's former head of intelligence says what Wikileaks founder did was wrong and illegal and 'assets' in Afghanistan will have died because of his actions
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 26,2024 | Paul Farrell

Posted on 06/26/2024 4:30:39 AM PDT by C19fan

The former head of US intelligence slammed the celebrations surrounding the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange this week and called the Australian 'no hero.'

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today show, James Clapper, who served as head of the intelligence community under former President Barack Obama, called Assange's actions wrong and illegal.

Clapper went on to say that US assets in Afghanistan were likely killed due to Wikileaks revealing their identities in government documents.

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To: Bratch

Wikileaks cannot and will not be destroyed. Julian no longer controls the information.


21 posted on 06/26/2024 4:55:56 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: Zhang Fei

The DOJ had no business prosecuting Assange. He’s not a U.S. citizen and didn’t commit any alleged crimes in the U.S.


22 posted on 06/26/2024 4:59:10 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (“Ain't it funny how the night moves … when you just don't seem to have as much to lose.”)
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To: C19fan

Clapper belongs in the crapper..


24 posted on 06/26/2024 5:00:07 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: C19fan

Is this the same former head of U.S. intelligence who signed a letter claiming Hunter’s laptop was Russian misinformation?


25 posted on 06/26/2024 5:00:24 AM PDT by DEPcom (DC is not my Capitol after Jan 6th lock downs.)
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To: C19fan

So if Assange publishing these leaks was so damaging Jim, why did your boss Obama Pardon Chelsey Manning for leaking them? Dude decides to identity as a gal and then all is forgiven?


26 posted on 06/26/2024 5:00:43 AM PDT by oldernittany
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To: C19fan

Didn’t assets in Afghanistan die because of Biden’s actions?


27 posted on 06/26/2024 5:02:47 AM PDT by Chengdu54 (This is a time for which the 2nd Amendment was intended. )
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To: CodeToad

“Wikileaks cannot and will not be destroyed. Julian no longer controls the information.”

That’s what I was thinking. If the information does come out, and Assange disowns any complicity, will he be able to walk away without blame? Somehow I doubt, but I have to admit it does work for the Neocons when they blow up beaches and blame Ukraine for it.


28 posted on 06/26/2024 5:03:51 AM PDT by BobL
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To: C19fan

Yep, the more he squeals, the better I’m convinced Assange a hero.


29 posted on 06/26/2024 5:05:58 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: C19fan

Exactly. If there is anyone deserving of a putrid dungeon and 24x7 leg irons, it is that scumbag, lying Clapper.


30 posted on 06/26/2024 5:06:28 AM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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To: BobL

Julian needs to get himself and his family out of Australia. They are in danger there.


31 posted on 06/26/2024 5:08:09 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: CodeToad

“Julian needs to get himself and his family out of Australia. They are in danger there.”

Agree, I smell something. Best for him to get to a safe country for Americans, like Russia. He can have his family move there too, if they can get Exit Permits from the US Government.


32 posted on 06/26/2024 5:10:28 AM PDT by BobL
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To: C19fan

Assange was prosecuted for revealing the truth about government shenanigans. As a journalist, he refused to give up his sources.

He exposed how pervasive and intrusive the Deep State is.


33 posted on 06/26/2024 5:12:17 AM PDT by TheWriterTX (🇺🇸✝️🙏🇮🇱)
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To: Paladin2

Who would believe the DM?


34 posted on 06/26/2024 5:14:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: C19fan

Clapper is no doubt correct to a degree. My questions for him are: Why are you and the responsible government agencies and individuals so careless with such critical secrets? Shouldn’t Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden have been prosecuted for gross violations of national security? Doesn’t letting them skate while prosecuting President Trump in bad faith discredit enforcement of government secret keeping as being too often abused as a weapon against political enemies? And, since we have the chance to ask, is the dirty, festering secret of the Kennedy assassination that the CIA did it with LBJ’s approval?


35 posted on 06/26/2024 5:16:59 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: C19fan

That’s rich, James Clapper, the CIA director that didn’t know about the London bombing and one of the 51 signatories of the Hunter Biden laptop letter, defining who are the good guys and bad guys.

He should have been making that proclamation from a high security prison, preferably GITMO, while serving life without parole sentence . . .


36 posted on 06/26/2024 5:18:50 AM PDT by MCSETots ( )
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To: C19fan

It would be difficult to think of a less credible person that Crapper. The guy exudes falsehoods.


37 posted on 06/26/2024 5:20:44 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: C19fan

NO! WHAT YOU GUYS WERE DOING WAS WRONG AND ILLEGAL- HE JUST EXPOSED IT.


38 posted on 06/26/2024 5:24:09 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: Steven Tyler

Assange and Rich were in direct contact..................


39 posted on 06/26/2024 5:24:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: C19fan

Ya clapper expended every ounce of his credibility. He no longer has any business contributing in the public square.


40 posted on 06/26/2024 5:31:05 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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