{"id":50916,"date":"2016-10-02T14:47:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T18:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=50916"},"modified":"2016-10-02T18:08:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T22:08:56","slug":"wikileaks-cancels-highly-anticipated-tuesday-announcement-due-to-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=50916","title":{"rendered":"Wikileaks Cancels Highly Anticipated Tuesday Announcement Due To &#8220;Security Concerns&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->HEAT STREET<\/p>\n<p>Wikileaks has abruptly canceled a much-anticipated announcement on Tuesday, according to NBC News. The announcement had been expected to be founder Julian Assange\u2019s long-promised document dump on Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>NBC\u2019s Jesse Rodriguez reported that the Tuesday announcement \u2014 which was to come from the balcony of London\u2019s Ecuadorian Embassy, where Assange has sought sanctuary for years \u2013 was canceled due to \u201csecurity concerns\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Due to security concerns at the Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange&#39;s balcony announcement on Tues has been cancelled, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wikileaks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseRodriguez\/status\/781899043026853888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Julian Assange set to make an announcement from his balcony in London next Tuesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WikiLeaks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseRodriguez\/status\/780803150295011328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wikileaks has not said when it will now make its \u201cannouncement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Assange appeared on Fox News last month, repeating his assertion that Wikileaks has damaging documents on Clinton and suggested WikiLeaks may soon release \u201cteasers\u201d. More than three weeks later, that release has yet to take place.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton\u2019s more fervent opponents have hoped for weeks that the promised document dump would be an \u201cOctober surprise\u201d \u2013 damaging and revelatory emails or the like \u2014 and inflict a mortal wound on her campaign. There\u2019s no evidence however that such damaging information even exists.<\/p>\n<p>It was only this summer that Assange\u2019s group leaked thousands of embarrassing emails from the Democratic National Committee which showed their disdain for Bernie Sanders\u2019 insurgent campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. The uproar over the disclosures forced DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz to resign in disgrace on the eve of the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n<p>The political provocateur and bomb-thrower Roger Stone, a fervent Donald Trump supporter, predicted Sunday morning that Wikileaks\u2019 revelations would doom Clinton\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wednesday@HillaryClinton is done. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wikileaks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Wikileaks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RogerJStoneJr\/status\/782443074874138624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if Stone was aware that Wikileaks, according to NBC News, has canceled their Tuesday announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Assange and his supporters have long claimed that his personal safety is at risk due to the danger he (supposedly) represents to Clinton\u2019s presidential ambitions. In August, a video reemerged of liberal commentator Bob Beckel who suggested in a TV appearance that Assange be murdered, proclaiming that someone should \u201cshoot the son of a bitch!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/763380671796678656\/video\/1\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/763380671796678656\/video\/1<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"twitter-video twitter-video-rendered\" data-tweet-id=\"763380671796678656\">\u00a0Assange himself has also recently hinted publicly that low-level DNC staffer Seth Rich, who was murdered this summer in Washington DC, had been the source for Wikileaks\u2019 document dump on the DNC. And that Rich\u2019s alleged role in the leaks was linked to his death.<\/div>\n<p>There has been no evidence linking Rich to the leak and no evidence that his murder was anything more than a botched robbery.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the cancellation of Tuesday\u2019s Wikileaks announcement already has anti-Clinton conspiracy theorists working up a frantic stew of speculation.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-10-02\/wikileaks-cancels-highly-anticipated-tuesday-announcement-due-security-concerns\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-10-02\/wikileaks-cancels-highly-anticipated-tuesday-announcement-due-security-concerns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}