Another very interesting editorial with no proof whatsoever. Included in this rant are laughable comments such as:
The connections between WikiLeaks and the Russians are obvious, except to the people who prefer not to see them. This is not a liberal or conservative matter; opportunists of every stripe look away from the mysteries of how Assange and WikiLeaks manage to survive, physically and financially, rather than to admit that a crusade for “transparency” and “freedom” is little more than a Russian operation directed at the West’s most gullible citizens.
Ok, if they're so obvious, where are they? Why can't the author show any of these connections? We're to believe Assange has chosen life in exile in the Embassy of Ecuador in the UK is in league with Putin simply because he is still alive, and his website is somehow running? It's Russia who is running the show based on that evidence? Never mind the money Wikileaks gets from individual donors and the public.
For more sensible people, however, the evidence is damning. First and foremost, WikiLeaks—citizens of the world that they are—never seem able to leak anything damaging to the interests of the Russians. They likewise avoid antagonizing the Chinese or any other autocratic regime that might take umbrage or engage in retaliation. Almost every leak of any consequence is aimed squarely at the United States and its allies, and never as assistance to noble activists anywhere else.
Ah yes, very damning evidence. But since they likewise avoid antagonizing the Chinese or other autocratic regime, couldn't they be agents of China or the unmentioned "other regimes"? As far as I can recall, I've never said anything disparaging about New Zealand. I think the climate is nice and the scenery magnificent. Uh oh, I'm in league with them.
The author is certainly entitled to his
opinion. But that's all it is. There's zero proof.