Jim Himes: Assange and Wikileaks a ‘Malevolent Group’

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HIMES: "There’s two things I’ll say about it. Number one, if this is true, if it is true that a whole series of tools, software tools that the CIA might have used to get into networks or whatever it is, first it is important as your reporter clarified for Americans to know that the CIA unlike what Assange is alleging, would not use those against Americans. The CIA is a foreign intelligence organization and so they wouldn’t do that. But if it turns out that these stories are accurate, of course, this is a terribly concerning thing and it comes on the heel of a four-year period in which we saw first Edward Snowden make off with a lot of very, very sensitive information, and a couple of other subsequent events at NSA that have been much reported upon where it just is started to feel to somebody like me who is an overseer it is pretty darn easy to walk out the door with sensitive secrets that our intelligence agencies. That is something we have obviously got to both get to the bottom of and stop. The other important thing, wolf, is it is important people know this. Look, Wikileaks and Assange are not some objective transparency oriented organization. This is a ma level lent group. Why is it time after time after time there are embarrassing revelations out of Wikileaks that are harmful to the united States. But oddly, there are not disclosures that are embarrassing to the Russians or to others around the world. So, people shouldn’t be under the impression this is some fair actor who is out there fighting for transparency. This is a malevalent guy who can’t leave because he is wanted by law enforcement and need to judge the accuracy Wikileaks is coming from based on that context."