September 15, 2016

Why WikiLeaks hates Hillary Clinton

Featuring Ben FitzGerald

Source: Vox

Journalist Zack Beauchamp

One of the weirdest sub-dramas of the 2016 US presidential election has been WikiLeaks, an organization nominally dedicated to “radical transparency,” serving as a de facto Donald Trump Super PAC.

In March, the group dumped a trove of emails from Clinton’s private email server. On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, it released embarrassing private emails from the Democratic National Committee obtained by a Russia-linked hacker. The group’s Twitter account has hyped Clinton’s health problems and suggested she broke the law.

 

To read the full article, visit the Vox website.

 

Authors

  • Ben FitzGerald

    Former Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and National Security Program

    Ben FitzGerald was a Senior Fellow and Director of the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS. In this capacity, Mr. FitzGerald led CNAS efforts to explore...