Forgive everyone if they fail to believe that. The NSA has been shown to be lying with everything else it has said so likely this is somehow a lie as well.
No, it's far better to keep an eye peeled on everything they do now that they've been shown to be trying to slip their mandate.
> Therefore one has to wonder what Assange's motivation is behind this leak [...]
No, not really. His motives are really clear. Force the liars out into the light of day. The US Army was actively collaborating to frame innocent Iraqis with terrorism charges - something which directly contributed to ISIS, and they hid evidence and lied to the press and US investigators about it.
Honestly, your motives are more in question. Assange pointed out that our government was lying to us and you heap blame on him.
This is literally my first time engaging in an Internet flame war. It's kind of fun.
To address your comment, Mr. Hominem, I never called Assange's motives into question. I'm providing a valuable service of an alternative perspective. The fact that I instigated a flame war is evidence of the hacker news echo chamber. I suspect once my comment crosses into -1 territory my opinions will be disregarded by the same people who would consider them when my comment was at the top of the discussion.
Propaganda is alive and well on hacker news. Luckily so is free speech, the right I assume you hold most dearly. If you want to avoid hypocrisy, it would be best to approach discussion with an open mind rather than a vindictive agenda.
I have no agenda, except that I like to keep my writing sharp and piss some people off in the process.
No, it's far better to keep an eye peeled on everything they do now that they've been shown to be trying to slip their mandate.
> Therefore one has to wonder what Assange's motivation is behind this leak [...]
No, not really. His motives are really clear. Force the liars out into the light of day. The US Army was actively collaborating to frame innocent Iraqis with terrorism charges - something which directly contributed to ISIS, and they hid evidence and lied to the press and US investigators about it.
Honestly, your motives are more in question. Assange pointed out that our government was lying to us and you heap blame on him.