Well I am smart enough to not fall for the blame-everything-on-the-Russians bs.
I don’t blame everything on Russia, I’m just not naïve enough to think that they’re a benign force.
Wikileaks goes back a lot further than the recent election cycle,
Which is why I said, “at this point”.
and they made a name for themselves outing U.S. abuses against civilians in the war on terror,
Hence my reference to the difference between whistleblowing and subverting American interests and security.
which is a common cause with the Russians. It’s pretty clear they are just anti-government,
Anti- which government?
and the idea that Assange or anyone there is a Russian agent is about as stupid as it gets.
I never said that.
If the Russians were the source for Wikileaks dumps, then you know it stands to reason the U.S. could source them with intel on Putin and the Russians as well, right? But since it ain’t workin’ like that, you should be be able to figure out logically that all of their info is coming from inside Washington D.C., not Russia.
I don’t get what your point is here. Just because something very specific hasn’t happened doesn’t mean that your invented alternative is immediately true.