FBI Director Slams WikiLeaks, Calls It “Intelligence Porn,” Assange Fires Back

The entire government is turning on WikiLeaks, and this shift began shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration. While the whistleblowing website was releasing information about Hillary Clinton, the right was largely silent and even praised Julian Assange. But the tables have turned since Vault 7’s release, and there’s probably a reason why, but Assange is firing back in the meantime.

FBI director James Comey, who claimed he was “mildly nauseous” over potentially swaying the election, has been knee deep in many issues and scandals (such as Hillary Clinton’s email debacle.) These instances have pushed him into headlines and continue to revolve around WikiLeaks seemingly constant dump of information to the public. But now Comey has followed in the footsteps of the CIA chief in blasting WikiLeaks for giving the public the cold hard truth we deserve.

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Comey was asked why the United States had not charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with a crime. Comey said he had to be careful with his answer, because he did not want to confirm whether there were charges pending against Assange, but then responded: “He hasn’t been apprehended because he is inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.” –Politico

But that isn’t all he said. He went on to blast Assange’s whistle-blowing website. “To my mind, it crosses a line when it moves from being about trying to educate a public and instead just becomes about intelligence porn, frankly, just pushing out information about sources and methods without regard to interests,” Comey said Wednesday.

Ironically, Comey’s entire statement validated the fact that what Assange is releasing is true, and it’s, therefore, damaging to the American government, who has had a stranglehold on pertinent information for the past ten years. In fact, Barack Obama and his administration set a record for withholding FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests, and it’s too early to tell if president Trump will follow in those same footsteps.

Comey also added that he’s upset that Julian Assange dared to release the truth without begging for his permission before doing so. Comey said that “American journalists” who obtain classified information usually call the government before publishing to determine if any lives would be put in danger. “This activity I’m talking about WikiLeaks involves no such considerations whatsoever,” he said.

But Assange put Comey firmly in his place over that lie using his Twitter account. Assange wrote: “James Comey just mislead the Senate while under oath when said Wikileaks ‘doesn’t call us’. We did over #Vault7 and I know he knows it.”

James Comey just mislead the Senate while under oath when said Wikileaks "doesn't call us". We did over #Vault7 and I know he knows it.

— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) May 3, 2017

Not only did Comey validate that what Assange and WikiLeaks released was factual information, but he intentionally lied to the senate under oath to cover his tracks. It’s becoming apparent the government really doesn’t want us to read what’s on WikiLeaks website, and that should be all the more reason to do so. But Assange wasn’t done with Comey just yet either.  He then took a second jab at the FBI director on Twitter for calling his facts “intelligence porn” likely in an effort to demean the site.

What does WikiLeaks publish?https://t.co/79mynuYUpX

— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) May 3, 2017

Comey is also still blaming Russia for the release of information which damaged Hillary Clinton during the election. He conveniently forgets to mention that all the information WikiLeaks released in the Podesta emails was factual though. And a WikiLeaks operative has said he accepted the information from upset Bernie Sanders supporter after Hillary Clinton and John Podesta worked actively with the DNC to ensure Hillary got the democrat nomination over the socialist. The information didn’t come from Russia, according to WikiLeaks, and they have been far more trustworthy than the American government as of late. Especially since Comey cannot seem to make up his mind about Russian election hacking.

With the entire US government against Assange, it’s quite astonishing he’s keeping his sense of humor, remaining fairly upbeat, and still releasing the information all of us deserve to know.