{"id":72529,"date":"2017-05-12T15:02:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T19:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72529"},"modified":"2017-05-12T15:02:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T19:02:15","slug":"work-for-wikileaks-assange-offers-comey-job-as-snowden-condemns-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=72529","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Work for WikiLeaks\u2019: Assange offers Comey job as Snowden condemns White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_72534\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5913303dc36188cb3f8b466a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72534\" class=\"wp-image-72534\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5913303dc36188cb3f8b466a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5913303dc36188cb3f8b466a.jpg 900w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5913303dc36188cb3f8b466a-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5913303dc36188cb3f8b466a-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Director of the FBI James Comey. \u00a9 Joshua Roberts \/ Reuters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has accused the US administration of \u201cpolitical interference\u201d for firing FBI Director James Comey while Julian Assange has invited the latter to work for WikiLeaks.<\/p>\n<p>Comey was fired on Tuesday, days after he testified before a Senate Judiciary Committee about the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSet aside politics: every American should condemn such political interference in the Bureau\u2019s work,\u201d<\/em> Snowden tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Many view the sudden firing as being tied to Comey\u2019s role in the Russia investigation, although Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Comey was fired over his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton\u2019s use of a private server during her time as secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis FBI Director has sought for years to jail me on account of my political activities,\u201d<\/em> Snowden tweeted.<em> \u201cIf I can oppose his firing, so can you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Assange tweeted that: <em>\u201cWikiLeaks would be happy to consider hiring James Comey to help lead its DC office should he like to properly investigate the US government.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WikiLeaks would be happy to consider hiring James Comey to help lead its DC office should he like to properly investigate the US government.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefendAssange\/status\/862073819300810753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Assange said an FBI source had claimed the Bureau would now <em>\u201cstart leaking like Niagara.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut please, FBI friends, full docs or you know the press will spin it,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FBI source says the FBI will now start leaking leaking like Niagara. But please FBI friends full docs or you know the press will spin it!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefendAssange\/status\/862075341644468224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cComey&#8217;s firing will be an extraordinary boon for transparency as his loyalists leak and the admin counter-leaks,\u201d<\/em> Assange tweeted. <em>\u201cWill he run for 2020?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mr. Comey knows where many bodies are buried. Working for WikiLeaks is fulfilling. James&#8211;don&#39;t become another lobbyist for Glock or Donkin.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefendAssange\/status\/862106832223031296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Assange also drew his followers\u2019 attention back to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JulianAssange\/status\/862094396732436480\">1993<\/a>, when President Bill Clinton fired FBI chief William S Sessions, after he refused to resign on recommendation of the attorney general. Sessions, who was accused of ethical violations, was the only other FBI head to be fired.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mr. Comey knows where many bodies are buried. Working for WikiLeaks is fulfilling. James&#8211;don&#39;t become another lobbyist for Glock or Donkin.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefendAssange\/status\/862106832223031296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMr. Comey knows where many bodies are buried,\u201d<\/em> Assange tweeted. <em>\u201cWorking for WikiLeaks is fulfilling. James \u2013 don&#8217;t become another lobbyist for Glock or Donkin.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Snowden also retweeted a couple of tweets drawing comparisons with the Watergate scandal, as well as claims that Trump and the attorney general Jeff Sessions fired Comey because of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>During the Watergate investigation, President Richard Nixon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/09\/us\/politics\/fbi-director-firing-saturday-night-massacre.html?_r=0\">sought<\/a> to fire the special prosecutor Archibald Cox, and the attorney general and deputy resigned after they refused to take action.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/387844-comey-assange-snowden-wikileaks\/\">http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/387844-comey-assange-snowden-wikileaks\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RT.com NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has accused the US administration of \u201cpolitical interference\u201d for firing FBI Director James Comey while Julian Assange has invited the latter to work for WikiLeaks. 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