{"id":273752,"date":"2016-10-18T23:50:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T23:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-cyber-war-on-wikileaks\/"},"modified":"2016-10-19T18:12:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T18:12:40","slug":"the-cyber-war-on-wikileaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/sicence-technology\/the-cyber-war-on-wikileaks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cyber-War on Wikileaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"attachment_87671\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-87671 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-18-at-12.46.10-PM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-18-at-12-46-10-pm\" width=\"510\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-18-at-12.46.10-PM.png 510w, http:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-18-at-12.46.10-PM-300x165.png 300w, http:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-18-at-12.46.10-PM-768x423.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sre\u0107ko Horvat &amp; Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London \u2013 Sunshine Press Publications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When the ruling class is in panic, their first reaction is to hide\u00a0the panic.<\/p>\n<p>They react out of cynicism: when their masks are revealed, instead of running around naked, they usually point the finger at the mask they wear. These days the whole world could witness a postmodern version of the infamous quote \u201cLet them eat cake\u201d, attributed to Marie-Antoinette, queen of France during the French Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>As a reaction to WikiLeaks publishing his emails, John Podesta, the man behind Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign, posted a photo of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnpodesta\/status\/786988264985100288\">a dinner preparation<\/a>, saying \u201cI bet the lobster risotto is better than the food at the Ecuadorian Embassy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A similar version of vulgar cynicism emerged earlier this month when Hillary Clinton reacted to the claim that she reportedly wanted to \u201cdrone\u201d WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (\u201cCan\u2019t we just drone this guy?\u201d) when she was the US Secretary of State. Instead of denying her comments, Clinton said that she doesn\u2019t recall any such joke, \u201cIt would have been a joke if it had been said, but I don\u2019t recall that\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>One doesn\u2019t have to read between the lines to understand that if Hillary Clinton had\u00a0said that, she would have considered it a joke. But when emperors joke, it usually has dire consequences for those who are the objects of their \u201chumor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cyber-war Not with Russia<\/strong><strong>\u2026but WikiLeaks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the last few months I&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2016\/10\/18\/the-cyber-war-on-wikileaks\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sre\u0107ko Horvat &amp; Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London \u2013 Sunshine Press Publications. When the ruling class is in panic, their first reaction is to hide\u00a0the panic. They react out of cynicism: when their masks are revealed, instead of running around naked, they usually point the finger at the mask they wear. 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