The head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says WikiLeaks is seeking to destroy America, adding he doesn’t “love” the global whistleblowing service.
In an interview with conservative New York Times columnist Bret Stephens at the Aspen Institute’s Security Forum on Thursday night, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said, “WikiLeaks will take down America any way they can.”
“I don’t love WikiLeaks,” he stated.
When asked about whether he believes Russia interfered in the 2016 election, Pompeo said. “Of course they did. And the one before that. And the one before that.”
In an interview in April, Pompeo called WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service.”
“It’s time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is: A non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia,” he said.
Pompeo said WikiLeaks is overwhelmingly focused on the US and encourages its followers to join the CIA with the sole purpose of…