Wikileaks Activates "Contingency Plans" After Unknown "State Party" Cuts Julian Assange's Inte

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Wikileaks Activates "Contingency Plans" After Unknown "State Party" Cuts Julian Assange's Internet Connection

In what may be the first official retaliation against Julian Assange and Wikileaks since the organization started disseminating the hacked Podesta emails, this morning WikiLeaks announced it has "activated contingency" plans after Assange's internet link was intentionally cut off by a state party, WikiLeaks has said in a tweet.

Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party. We have activated the appropriate contingency plans.

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 17, 2016

Previously on Sunday, there was concern about Assange's well-being when Wikileaks tweeted out what some suggested were the "dead man keys" that are allegedly the encryption codes for highly damaging secret documents to be uneviled in the case of Assange's death.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-1...ulian-assanges

Link to Tweet:

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787889195507417088

[The Northbreather]

I hope he drops the hammer.

[tod evans]

Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party.

WTF is a "state party"?

And why phrase news about the outage in such arbitrary terms?

[TheCount]

Ecuador took his internet privileges away because Assange didn't do his chores.

[Working Poor]

Truth is treason in an empire of lies.

[Root]

WTF is a "state party"?

And why phrase news about the outage in such arbitrary terms?

My guess is the US Government, at the request of Hillary.

[donnay]

The posting above has lead several to believe that this is a RUSE; that Assange is already dead, but they will blame it on suicide because he was going to be extradited.

We must emphasize this is ALL rampant speculation right now, we have ZERO proof . . . but these sources have shown themselves to be 100% accurate in the past -- so much so, that we feel confident with this raw reporting . . . .

https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/2263

[alucard13mm]

Hillary is that flustered that she may have put out a green light to get rid of Assange? If its true, I hope whatever is going to be released will be worth it.

I dont think he is dead yet. If something is going on, Id imagine there being some black ops interrogation going on for the last 24 hrs to get information. Assange should know that he is a dead man and not to give in. Hope he resists waterboarding and having his nuts fried

[Lucille]

[Lucille]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-1...nternet-outage

That said, one has to wonder what this means for the future of Assange as clearly the Obama administration has applied sufficient pressure on the Ecuadorian government such that they have started to cave on their support of him. Perhaps we should be checking flight logs for mysterious planes landing in Quito with billions of Swiss Francs on board.

Of course, this comes just a few days after the Obama administration announced overt plans to escalate a cyber war with Russian over allegations they were behind the hacking of Hillary's private email server. In fact, we recently questioned what this escalation from the U.S. would mean for Julian Assange and it looks like we now have our answer.

Below is what we recently wrote on the topic.

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In what is looking more and more like a season finale of the HBO series "House of Cards" with each passing day, the Obama administration is now literally threatening a cyber war with Russia over allegations it was behind the hacking of Clinton's emails. According to an exclusive NBC report, the Obama administration "is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action" (though it's unclear how exactly it's covert if Biden is announcing it to the world via an interview with Chuck Todd) against Russia, in "retaliation for alleged" interference in the American presidential election, and has asked the CIA to draft plans for a "wide-ranging "clandestine" cyber operation designed to harass and "embarrass" the Kremlin leadership."

So now the Obama administration is overtly leveraging the full power of the United States to intimidate foreign governments, and most likely Julian Assange, in order to maintain control of the Executive Branch of the government. Does anyone within the mainstream media see any problems with this? Certainly Chuck Todd and NBC do not. And notice that even the NBC article refers to "alleged" Russian interference because not a shred of evidence has been presented to prove that senior Russian officials were actually behind the hacking of Hillary's emails...but who needs facts when you have a complicit media eager to advance whatever propaganda is necessary to maintain power?
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If the Obama administration is willing to go to such great lengths, literally escalating tensions with another superpower, to protect their candidate from whatever it is that she's hiding then we suspect whatever WikiLeaks has yet to release could be really good.

[Anti Federalist]

Just like Camp of the Saints...

If he had anything, he should have released it all.

He had to know this was coming.

I say he's a troll.

[Anti Federalist]

Just like Camp of the Saints...

If he had anything, he should have released it all.

He had to know this was coming.

I say he's a troll.

[Spikender]

Just like Camp of the Saints...

If he had anything, he should have released it all.

He had to know this was coming.

I say he's a troll.

I don't see it. I respect the strategy of steady releases to keep all of it in the news. Otherwise, it goes like Snowden and people don't give a $#@! because there's such a deluge of information. Steady information is the best way for people to process all of it.

[69360]

If Ecuador is giving him up, wikileaks should dump everything they have and take down the Clintons or the whole US government...

I'm up for the chaos when boobus finally realizes they have been dupes.

[opal]

my dad is listening to *ducks* Alex Jones, who's just reported that Assange has been assassinated.
Was it in here that someone said his best plan of action would be to fake his own death and have Jones leak it?.. couple months ago maybe?

Until there's a body and DNA confirmed by a non government source..... my bull$#@! meter is going on full tilt.

[TheCount]

Aaaahahahah hahahahahahahah

[ronpaulhawaii]

[pcosmar]

I expect a work around is already in progress.

[Zippyjuan]

[Lucille]

Ecuador took his internet privileges away because Assange didn't do his chores.

Aaaahahahah hahahahahahahah

[TheCount]

Well maybe if he'd clean his room he could get his toys back.

[Lucille]

More lameass "jokes." Don't quit your day job as a statist hack keyboard warrior, @TheCount!

[CaseyJones]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/poli...108908532.html

Wikileaks said Tuesday that Secretary of State John Kerry asked Ecuador to stop WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, from publishing leaked emails that could disrupt peace negotiations with a guerrilla group in Colombia.

Assange, who has been in refuge in Ecuador’s embassy in London for more than four years, saw his access to the internet cut over the weekend.

BREAKING: Multiple US sources tell us John Kerry asked Ecuador to stop Assange from publishing Clinton docs during FARC peace negotiations.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 18, 2016

“The John Kerry private meeting with Ecuador was made on the sidelines of the negotiations which took place pricipally on Sep 26 in Colombia,” WikiLeaks tweeted.

The State Department had no immediate response to the claim.

The John Kerry private meeting with Ecuador was made on the sidelines of the negotiations which took place pricipally on Sep 26 in Colombia.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 18, 2016

Colombia is seeking to bring an end to a guerrilla war that has been plaguing the country for more than a half century. The two sides signed a broad agreement to end the war in late September, but Colombian voters Oct. 2 narrowly rejected the deal, leaving the process in limbo.

The Obama administration considered its role in supporting the peace talks one of its signature achievements in Latin America.

WikiLeaks has published 11 tranches this month of some 55,000 internal emails taken from the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta, the chairman of the campaign to elect Hillary Clinton to the presidency. The tranches so far amount to less than a third of the emails.

A scan of leaked emails already on the WikiLeaks website show no exchanges of significance on the Colombian civil war.

Ecuador, Colombia’s southern neighbor, has an important stake in the Colombian peace process. Guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have used border jungle regions of Ecuador periodically as a safe haven. In March 2008, Colombia aircraft bombed a rebel encampment in Ecuador, killing the group’s second in command. U.S. covert intelligence is believed to have assisted in the attack, a turning point in the lengthy war.

[jllundqu]

Before the internet was shut down, Assange tweeted three hex hashes to open the encrypted 88gb dead-man switch/file dump. Tough part is, at least 12 other confidants and associates of wikileaks have ALSO had their internet shut off (not at the embassy).

$#@! just got real.

[jllundqu]

[The Northbreather]

It seems that tensions have been high at the embassy. $#@!ty living arrangements, close quarters, delivered food. I hope he can get laid from time to time.

[Suzu]

at least 12 other confidants and associates of wikileaks have ALSO had their internet shut off (not at the embassy)

What's the source of this info?

[Lucille]

About those:

http://www.anonews.co/wikileaks-cryptic-message/

“Pre-commitment” in this case is a references to a cryptographic scheme to prevent unreleased information from being tampered with. Essentially those unique codes are proof to anyone reading the documents in the future that their contents remain unchanged: alteration to the leaks will likewise alter those 64-character codes.
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The same strategy was used by Tor Project developer Andrea Shepard in a warning shot that may have helped reveal years of Jacob Applebaum’s sexual misconduct. Likewise, Edward Snowden tweeted (and quickly deleted) a similar code in August, though its meaning remains uncertain. A torrent file and accompanying SHA-512 hash was even used by someone on Reddit’s r/SilkRoad to share sensitive forum information. The tweets from Wikileaks appear to be in line with these prior examples—and surely a true “dead man’s switch” unleashing all the data Assange currently possesses would amount to much more than three measly leaks.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-1...julian-assange

The following tweets posted by WikiLeaks yesterday set off a massive bout of speculation over the fate of Julian Assange who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for nearly 4 years. There has been much speculation that the sudden change in support for Assange from the Ecuadorian government was prompted by political leverage being asserted by the Obama administration to thwart the release of emails that are proving to be very damaging to the Hillary presidential campaign.
[tweets]
Now, just this morning, WikiLeaks sent the following tweet, quoting "multiple US sources," saying that, in fact, John Kerry personally asked the Ecuadorian government to shut down Assange and his leaks of Clinton's emails.

Obviously, despite their efforts, cutting off Assange's internet access has done nothing to slow the release of emails. But, as the Associated Press has reported, those close to Assange, including staffers Kristinn Hrafnsson and Sarah Harrison, have gone silent while the Ecuadorian embassy is refusing to provide any updates on Assange's fate.

WikiLeaks staffers Kristinn Hrafnsson and Sarah Harrison did not return repeated messages seeking comment. A woman who answered the phone at the embassy said she was not authorized to say anything.

Of course, the real question is to what extent the Ecuadorian government has been compromised and what that ultimately means for the fate of Assange. Clearly, Assange has made numerous enemies over the years with his repeated release of confidential information that has been somewhat embarrassing for many world leaders. Certainly, Hillary's opinion on how to handle Assange was made quite clear when she asked, "can't we just drone this guy?"
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According to various media outlets, the Ecuadorian government has offered no immediate comment on the question of internet access, but foreign minister, Guillaume Long, confirmed that Assange remained under government protection and affirmed that his protection would remain so long as the "circumstances that led to the granting of asylum remain." Loosely translated, the full statement reads as follows:

"Faced with the speculation of the last few hours, the Government of Ecuador ratifies the validity of the asylum granted to Julian Assange four years ago. We reaffirm that his protection by the Ecuadorean state will continue while the circumstances that led to the granting of asylum remain."

According to Reuters, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has been an ardent supporter of Assange's right to free speech though he admits to having a personal relationship with Hillary Clinton and has suggested he would like for her to win the U.S. presidency "for the good of the United States and the world."

The government of leftist President Rafael Correa has long backed Assange's right to free speech, though the Wikileaks saga has caused some strain in relations with the United States, including the expulsion of diplomats in 2011.

Correa, whose term will end next year, has said he is behind Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, who he says he knows personally, in the U.S. presidential election.

"For the good of the United States and the world ... I would like Hillary to win," Correa told broadcaster Russia Today last month.

As we draw nearer to November 8th, we suspect that the "political leverage" applied by the Obama administration against the Ecuadorian government will become ever more intense. Given the increasing level of political pressure he will certainly face in the coming weeks, it will be interesting to see just how much President Correa truly supports "Assange's right to free speech."

[mrsat_98]

WTF is a "state party"?

And why phrase news about the outage in such arbitrary terms?

think state actor

[Zippyjuan]

It seems that tensions have been high at the embassy. $#@!ty living arrangements, close quarters, delivered food. I hope he can get laid from time to time.

Maybe he did this week. She brought lunch too.

http://people.com/politics/pamela-an...ulian-assange/

Julian Assange‘s Internet access has been cut — just on the heels of a health-food centric visit from Pamela Anderson.

The American actress visited WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Saturday, bringing with her “a nice vegan lunch and some vegan snacks” for the 45-year-old, she told reporters according to the Associated Press.

Anderson called herself a supporter of Assange, and joked of providing him with the meal, “He said I tortured him with bringing him vegan food.”