Adam Schiff asks intelligence agencies for information about CIA's targeting of WikiLeaks

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JULIAN “… not just a technical system but a total system. WikiLeaks was, and is, an attempt—although still very young—at a total system…” ASSANGE. 2014

"Often it's the case that we have to do a lot of exploration and marketing of the material we publish ourselves to get a big political impact for it." - Julian Assange 2016

Julian Assange recognised that the language of what amounted to the WikiLeaks Manifesto might appear a little “overblown”. He recognised that it had about it too much the flavour of “anarchy”. But in general when it was written he was pleased.

John Young was not. In early January 2007 he decided that WikiLeaks was a CIA-backed fraud. “Fuck your cute hustle and disinformation campaign. Same old shit, working for the enemy … Fuck ’em all.”