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Assange appeared via satellite from his perch at Londons Ecuadorian embassy at 5:02 AM Eastern Time wearing a black truth T-shirt, two hours after Wikileaks tenth anniversary press conference convened in Berlin. <\/p>\n
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Ive seen the Internet and theres enormous expectation in the United States, Assange said. Some of that expectation is partly answered but you have to understand that if were going to make a major publication in relation to the United States at a particular hour, we dont do it at 3 AM. <\/p>\n
We have a great many upcoming publications, Assange promised, noting thatOur sources have suffered terrible consequences in the United States. Assange has implied that murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich was a Wikileaks source. <\/p>\n
Assange said that Wikileaks will be publishing once a week for the next ten weeks with a special interest in the U.S. election and topics like war, surveillance, and Google. <\/p>\n
Theres been a lot of misquoting of me, Assange said when asked if his upcoming publications would destroy Hillary Clinton. <\/p>\n
In this particular case, the misquoting has to do with, we want to harm Hillary Clinton, or I want to harm Hillary Clinton. Assange said that some in the United States want to personalize his upcoming publications. <\/p>\n
Expectant watchers filled the comments on Right Side Broadcastings Youtube livestream of the event with taunts of Boring, ZZZZZZ, and Assange is a no show. One commenter compared the event to Geraldo Riveras ill-fated entry into Al Capones secret vault, where Rivera found nothing interesting inside. <\/p>\n
The press conference convened at 4:06 AM Eastern Time in Berlin from a dimly lit auditorium with a rudimentary projection screen. <\/p>\n
A woman representing Wikileaks introduced a video montage commemorating the organizations biggest hits over its ten-year run, including its publication of documents and videos pertaining to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan some of which were leaked to the group by Bradley Manning and the operating procedures at Guantanamo Bay prison. The woman extensively recapped some of Wikileaks most divisive cases, claiming that the group has endured dDos cyber attacks and propaganda attacks from enemy forces. <\/p>\n
The woman, referencing the Democratic National Committee email leak that complicated the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, said that Wikileaks is now getting hit with another major propaganda attack. The woman outright denied that anyone at Wikileaks is a Russian spy, citing thousands of documents that Wikileaks has published exposing the regime of Bashar al Assad, a Russian ally. <\/p>\n
For us, these kinds of attacks are quite interesting, she said. The lesson weve learned through these propaganda attacks is just to keep publishing And so we will keep publishing. <\/p>\n
A small panel ensued, with Wikileaks officials talking about their biggest cases. <\/p>\n
Wikileaks then showed a video collecting Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and C-SPAN segments in which U.S. politicos, mostly Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Karl Rove, called for Assanges arrest and prosecution. One of Assanges attorneys spoke about Assanges indefinite detention at the Ecuadorian embassy. The lawyer made reference to the smear campaign caused by the DNC leaks and to Hillary Clintons desire, stated in a private meeting, to drone Assange. <\/p>\n
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