Saying that he would never plan an announcement related to the American presidential election for 3 a.m. EDT, WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange disappointed many who stayed up late for this morning’s video announcement.
But, contrary to what the liberal mainstream media has been reporting, those expecting some damaging revelation about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton were not “played” by the organization. The event at which Assange spoke via video uplink was always planned to be a celebration of WikiLeaks’ 10th anniversary.
However, Assange did make some interesting statements about the future of the organization during his speech. Here are the bullet points from his 15-minute appearance:
- Over the next 10 weeks, WikiLeaks plans to make a weekly document release; the first batch will be released sometime this week, beginning with those pertinent to the American presidential election and future subjects including: arms, oil, 9/11 and Google.
- His work has never been “personal,” despite efforts to assassinate him, and he has been “misquoted” in articles that suggested future releases relative to the American presidential elections are meant to “destroy” Hillary Clinton.
- Clinton has been “demonizing” WikiLeaks’ efforts ever since the DNCLeaks scandal this past summer, including false claims that accessing its data would make users’ computers vulnerable with malicious software.
- He fears not only for his life, but his freedom, despite a United Nations report that urged he be allowed to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London without fear of arrest; but pressure has been growing—led by the U.S. and its allies—on his hosts.
- If necessary, he will resign as editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks in order to ensure its continuation; to accomplish that, the organization must change the way it is organized and funded and expand beyond the 100 media outlets with which it currently partners.
