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Wikileaks has pretty good track record. I believe so far every single one of the leaks have turned out true, or no one has challenged their authenticity.

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Which is it? Your phrasing implies those are the same thing. They're not.

They're not the same, but they're pretty well indistinguishable for anyone who isn't omniscient.

The CIA has a long standing "no comment" policy when asked about the authenticity of any documents. So you can't rely on the absence of a counter-claim to prove the veracity of the documents.

I wouldn't rule out an intentional leak to spread misinformation.

> So you can't rely on the absence of a counter-claim to prove the veracity of the documents.

That's fine... but if no one is disputing the truth of something, there's no evidence whatsoever that it's false.

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