Three news outlets were recently leaked confidential material from inside the Trump campaign, but have chosen not to reveal any of the details about what they received.
  • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    271·
    4 months ago

    so what’s stopping “someone”? there are infinity minus one randos on the internet willing to host juicy hot leaks for whatever ulterior motives.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      71·
      4 months ago

      What happened to Julian Assange is what’s stopping someone. And he wasn’t even in the US.

        • jonne@infosec.pub
          51·
          4 months ago

          He spent over a decade imprisoned and pled guilty to something that’s clearly first amendment protected activity, I wouldn’t call that Scot free.

          • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
            14·
            4 months ago

            “First amendment”… ? So you think it’s fine to release information you know will lead to murder of innocent people, are warned repeatedly, you do it anyway, and that’s all fine.

            And this is to say nothing of the women who credibly claim he raped them.

            • jonne@infosec.pub
              31·
              4 months ago

              And this is where you’re supposed to link to a specific instance of anyone who got murdered due to the leaks, because that didn’t happen, he redacted the files to avoid this.

              As for the ghosting charge, I agree he should’ve stood trial in Sweden for that.