WikiLeaks has vowed that 2017 will be an even bigger year for leaks than 2016 Last year saw the whistleblowing site publish thousands of documents exposing US political secrets and much more… Without giving anything away, Wikileaks tweeted on Monday: “If you thought 2016 was a big WikiLeaks year, 2017 will blow you away” If you thought 2016 was a big WikiLeaks year 2017 will blow you away. Help @WikiLeaks prepare for the showdown: https://t.co/MsNZhrTzTL pic.twitter.com/wzhFiKjNGI — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 2, 2017 RT reports: The tweet also included a link to its website’s donation page so people can help the site “prepare for the showdown.” It proved a very busy 2016 for the whistleblowing site, as it delivered a massive trove of documents over the 12-month period. This included more than 50,000 emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair JohnPodesta and more than 27,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee, which confirmed the DNC worked against Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, favoring Clinton. More US State Department cables were released, as well as documents which gave an insight into the US arming of Yemen. Text from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) was [...]
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