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Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Assange hints slain DNC staffer was WikiLeaks source
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hints that Seth Rich, a Jewish Democratic Party staffer murdered in Washington last month, was the source of emails published by his organization in the run-up to the DNC in Philadelphia last month.
“Whistleblowers go to significant efforts to get us material and often very significant risks,” Assange tells Dutch TV show Nieuwsuur. “As a 27-year-old works for the DNC was shot in the back, murdered just a few weeks ago for unknown reasons as he was walking down the street in Washington.”
“What are you suggesting?” the interviewer asks.
“I’m suggesting that our sources takes risks and they become concerned to see things occurring like that,” Assange replies.
When pressed, Assange declines to confirm that Rich was a WikiLeaks source.
WikiLeaks yesterday offered a $20,000 reward for anyone with information leading to the arrest of Rich’s killer.
WikiLeaks Offers $20K Reward for Information in Murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich https://t.co/c0YARaemzL
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) August 9, 2016
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