Clinton told Australian Broadcasting Corp. in an interview broadcast on Monday that the Australian whistleblower had “become a kind of nihilistic opportunist who does the bidding of a dictator,” Russian President Vladimir Putin. “He’s a tool of Russian intelligence, and if he’s such a … martyr of free speech, why doesn’t WikiLeaks ever publish anything coming out of Russia?” she said. Clinton was complaining about WikiLeaks’ publication during the 2016 election campaign of politically damaging emails from the Democratic National Committee. “WikiLeaks is unfortunately now practically a fully owned subsidiary of Russian intelligence,” she said. CIA Director Mike Pompeo in April denounced WikiLeaks as a “hostile intelligence service” and a threat to US national security.

Source: Egypt Independent October 16, 2017 10:41 UTC