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    Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

    The Intercept has obtained DMs from a private Twitter group with @WikiLeaks and its most loyal supporters. It includes: - A desire for GOP to win the 2016 election - Trolling - Anti-semitism - Rampant misogyny, sexist attacks on feminists - Transphobiahttps://theintercept.com/2018/02/14/julian-assange-wikileaks-election-clinton-trump/ …

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      2. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        One of the members of the group, Hazelpress, archived it to leak to the media after news broke that WikiLeaks was secretly talking to @DonaldJTrumpJr, urging Trump to reject election results as rigged if he lost, asking Trump to get Assange an Australian Ambassadorship

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      3. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        The archive spans May 2015 to Nov 2017, includes over 11k DMs, over 10% written by @WikiLeaks. We've published excerpts. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4378830-Excerpts-From-Private-WikiLeaks-Twitter-Group.html … We confirmed that the data is authentic by logging into Hazelpress's account (he provided his password) and checking his DMs.

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      4. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        As early as November 2015, @WikiLeaks (presumably @JulianAssange typing) expressed a strong preference for the GOP to win the 2016 election, and later in the campaign explained why he preferred Trump over Clintonpic.twitter.com/lW9tn8cmsd

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      5. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        He also says Clinton's "role in the war in Libya is what should bring her down." BTW, here's a 2011 video of Trump publicly advocating US military intervention in Libyahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTqoz0RYvVM …

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      6. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Many of the messages contain casual sexism, like this "WikiLeaks took Hillary's FUBAR virginity" one, referring to a Clinton email that the State Department released, and WikiLeaks re-published https://www.cbsnews.com/media/8-quirky-emails-from-hillary-clintons-private-server/8/ … (FUBAR = Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition)pic.twitter.com/SwEDBRuUE0

        22 replies 216 retweets 483 likes
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      7. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Assange denied to the group that former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone was an insider, called him a "bullshitter," said he's "Trying to a) imply that he knows anything b) that he contributed to our hard work"pic.twitter.com/KL9rglVVVy

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      8. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        At one point, Assange went into detail about its thoughts on Russia. Russia is "absolutely terrified"; "US hacks the hell out of it." WikiLeaks thinks Kremlin is "deeply paranoid" of foreign NGOs and "invading 'western' cultural practices, like gays and the internet"pic.twitter.com/suQiAY5gfx

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      9. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        When #PanamaPapers broke, Assange claimed to "have a role" in it (I think he's probably lying). Someone said they confused people into thinking it was a WikiLeaks release. Assange responded "please don't go around unconfusing"pic.twitter.com/GZ3u7DFUgO

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      10. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Micah Retweeted Micah

        WikiLeaks taking credit for the work of Panama Papers journalists is especially ironic considering WikiLeaks publicly attacked these journalists after they exposed corruption and fraud in Russia, implicating a close friend Vladimir Putinhttps://twitter.com/micahflee/status/950778501270917120 …

        Micah added,

        MicahVerified account @micahflee
        In case you missed it when it was happening, would you like to hear a story about that time @WikiLeaks attacked brave investigative journalists for exposing Vladimir Putin's corruption? Follow along. 1/x
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      11. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        WikiLeaks: "Be the troll you want to see in the world." This was a common theme in the Twitter group. Here is some WikiLeaks advice about making sock puppet accounts. And here's WikiLeaks asking supporters to troll a BBC journalist.pic.twitter.com/MY1hdYSqkB

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      12. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        An AP journalist tweeted an article he co-wrote about WikiLeaks publishing private info causing harm to individuals. "He's always been a rat," Assange said. "But he's jewish and engaged with the ((()))) issue," and instructed people to start trolling himpic.twitter.com/Ei83osBV21

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      13. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        The ((())) are a neo-nazi meme called "echos" used to identify Jews online. In response, Jews and some allies started echoing their own names to show solidarity. WikiLeaks used these same echoes in this deleted tweet, suggesting that its critics are Jews: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/25/what_wikileaks_might_have_meant_by_that_anti_semitic_tweet.html …pic.twitter.com/DkEDxtrT5Q

        25 replies 385 retweets 837 likes
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      14. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Former WikiLeaks volunteer @jamesrbuk, and former WikiLeaks spokesperson Daniel Domscheit-Berg, both raised concerns about Assange's relationship with Holocaust denier Israel Shamir, alleging that Assange gave Shamir early access to US diplomatic cables https://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-former-wikileaks-employee-james-ball-describes-working-with-julian-assange …pic.twitter.com/jpmyhazV1E

        9 replies 253 retweets 466 likes
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      15. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        And here, someone Assange hired to ghostwrite his memoir (who ended up turning it down) recounts sitting with Assange late at night, listening to his sexist and anti-semitic ramblings https://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n05/andrew-ohagan/ghosting …pic.twitter.com/kMd2Y7vIZm

        7 replies 211 retweets 453 likes
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      16. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        In Aug 2017, @DanaRohrabacher met with Assange in the embassy to help arrange a deal with Trump http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/16/exclusive-republican-congressman-meets-with-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange/ … Guess who introduced the two? Neo-Nazi Chuck Johnson. This is the same alt-right Holocaust denier who attended Trump's SOTU addresshttps://thinkprogress.org/matt-gaetz-charles-johnson-trump-state-of-the-union-46502b4cee6f/ …

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      17. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Micah Retweeted Micah

        After @freedomofpress found no evidence that the WikiLeaks' financial censorship existed anymore, we voted to stop processing payments to bypass the non-existent censorship. In response, Assange called me, and my fellow FPF board members, ratshttps://twitter.com/micahflee/status/949001208605192198 …

        Micah added,

        MicahVerified account @micahflee
        And finally, after FPF's decision to stop bypassing non-existent financial censorship, Julian Assange and WikiLeaks called us rats. You might be interested in the history of antisemites and nazis calling people they consider subhuman rats https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/shortcuts/2015/nov/18/rats-the-history-of-an-incendiary-cartoon-trope … pic.twitter.com/mWTjGWo1Zj
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      18. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        The group was also intensely focused on Assange's Swedish rape case. Assange posted a link to Elizabeth Fritz's website, lawyer representing one of his accusers. It prominently featured this photo of her firm's all-female legal staff. They really felt threatened by that photo...pic.twitter.com/YOTauTT10q

        10 replies 210 retweets 496 likes
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      19. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Then Assange went on a conspiracy-ridden rant about Swedish rape law, proclaiming that "the accusation industry is highly profitable." He accused Fritz of working with Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny to "tag-team the accused."pic.twitter.com/AZMWq6AgYV

        11 replies 149 retweets 330 likes
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      20. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Fritz said: "Wikileaks and Assange have, and continue to, deliberately spread false information in an attempt to turn public opinion against the women accusing Assange of sexual offenses, cast doubt on the accusations, and to discredit myself and the Swedish legal system."

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      21. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Assange also went after @PennyRed, calling her a "fake leftist, and a manipulative, predatory exhibitionist." He later said she's part of the "cliterati of London" and called her a "fauximist."pic.twitter.com/d6wV1fQlka

        10 replies 133 retweets 327 likes
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      22. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Here's the story that the "cliterati" didn't write about, which Assange says is "clear proof that they're fakes." https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/24/undercover-police-spy-girlfriend-child … (In the 2.5 years of DMs that frequently discuss rape, this is the only time Assange appears to believe a woman accusing someone of rape)

        2 replies 100 retweets 274 likes
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      23. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        "We don't require Wikileaks to be the arbiter of what our feminist politics should be. I really cannot overemphasize how little I care what Julian Assange thinks about anything I do," @PennyRed said after seeing the DMs

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      24. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        The group spent weeks trying to preempt an article @JessicaValenti was writing about Assange's rape case. She said, "These messages speak for themselves: This is a powerful organization strategizing to discredit me and a brave woman who simply wanted to share her story."pic.twitter.com/GWXIZDy54X

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      25. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        The Twitter group was also obsessed with Risk, Laura Poitras' documentary about WikiLeaks and Assange. WikiLeaks called it "revenge porn against Jake" referring to alleged rapist @ioerror. First, some background.pic.twitter.com/FWdEOzZSgG

        2 replies 89 retweets 238 likes
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      26. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Jacob Appelbaum is a WikiLeaks volunteer and former employee of @torproject. In June 2016 an anonymous group of whistleblowers within the Tor community launched http://jacobappelbaum.net/  full of accusations of rape and sexual assault against him

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      27. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Since then, several women have publicly come forward as accusers: @isislovecruft https://blog.patternsinthevoid.net/the-forest-for-the-trees.html … @flexlibris https://medium.com/@flexlibris/theres-really-no-such-thing-as-the-voiceless-92b3fa45134d … @chelseakomlohttps://medium.com/@chelsea.komlo/behind-every-serial-abuser-there-are-many-enablers-491bf2303f82 …

        6 replies 84 retweets 240 likes
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      28. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Appelbaum was featured in Risk. In response to the allegations (and WL's role in the election), Poitras realized her doc wasn't done. She said: "I thought I could ignore the contradictions. I thought they were not part of the story. I was so wrong. They are becoming the story."

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      29. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        In the film she disclosed that she and Appelbaum had "been involved briefly in 2014" and that after they ended their relationship "he was abusive to someone close to me." Now, back to the leaked DMs.

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      30. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Assange went on a rant against Poitras, accusing her of changing her film for profit (...?). He called the film "boring US imperialism" (?). He called Jake "sex-accused" (he's accused of rape, not sex). He never entertained the idea that maybe she believed the women.pic.twitter.com/rr77ANX5q8

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      31. Micah‏Verified account @micahflee 14 Feb 2018

        Here's a scene in Risk (paraphrased for space): Lawyer: Stop sounding like you think this is a mad feminist conspiracy. That's not helpful Assange: No, to say it publicly it's not helpful. Privately, it's a thoroughly tawdry radical feminist political positioning thing

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