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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Thu May 23, 2019, 07:07 PM May 2019

Assange is not a journalist. When Osama bin Laden's compound was raided he had unredacted leaks

Page 12 of US superseding indictment on Assange.

When Osama bin Laden's compound was raided, he was found to be in possession of the unredacted portions of the Manning leaks, & was seeking to act on the intelligence it contained=JAss not a journo


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Assange is not a journalist. When Osama bin Laden's compound was raided he had unredacted leaks (Original Post) MelissaB May 2019 OP
Osama Bin Laden also had a truther book JonLP24 May 2019 #1
K&R, I take the side of the US in this case. Objectively Assange shouldn't ...ACTIVELY AIDE ... in uponit7771 May 2019 #2
Whatever damaging info Assange had, has been turned over to Pootie FakeNoose May 2019 #3
bin Laden probably also had porn, and the NYT or WaPo. The fact bin Laden had it is not what RockRaven May 2019 #4

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
1. Osama Bin Laden also had a truther book
Thu May 23, 2019, 07:10 PM
May 2019

Checking Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Henry Sokolski and Patrick Clawson
The Taking of America 1-2-3
Richard Sprague
Bloodlines of the Illuminati
Fritz Springmeier
The Best Enemy Money Can Buy
Anthony Sutton
Oxford History of Modern War
Charles Townsend
Obama’s Wars
Bob Woodward
Project MKULTRA, the CIA’s program of research in behavioral modification. Joint hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, August 3, 1977. United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence


Not only did the US Navy Seals who raided the Abbottabad compound in Pakistan in 2011 find Osama bin Laden, they also discovered his collection of books. These reading materials are being analysed and gradually made public by the US government under the title of “Bin Laden’s Bookshelf” and the above is a list of the English-language books found at his home, all digital copies rather than printed.

There is no light reading here. Instead of laughing at Bertie Wooster’s controversial choice of purple socks, the head of al-Qaeda seems to have preferred high-profile critics of the US government such as Chomsky and Palast, while concentrating entirely on serious politics, law and, especially, conspiracy theories. Among these are the chronicles of the ongoing activities of the Illuminati, the running of the USA by shadowy cabals (take your pick of a Power Control Group, elite financiers or 300 chosen families), and that 9/11 was organised or at the very least allowed to happen by the US government.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/book-of-book-lists-osama-bin-laden-bookshelf-literature-alqaeda-a8230601.html%3famp

uponit7771

(90,302 posts)
2. K&R, I take the side of the US in this case. Objectively Assange shouldn't ...ACTIVELY AIDE ... in
Thu May 23, 2019, 07:12 PM
May 2019

... getting secret information and then claim journalist.

In that case all 2 million of the Iranian military can get journalist credentials and ... ACTIVELY AIDE ... in getting secret information from the US government.

RockRaven

(14,899 posts)
4. bin Laden probably also had porn, and the NYT or WaPo. The fact bin Laden had it is not what
Thu May 23, 2019, 08:30 PM
May 2019

determines whether or not somebody is a journalist, or whether or not the person whose work material bin Laben possessed had acted inappropriately.

The question of whether or not JAss is a journalist should be answered by examining his work practices and patterns, not by invoking an anecdote of a particular triggering bogeyman, or an appeal to the consequences.

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