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Are you saying that the files don't implicate 'western' companies/government?

You are passing judgement on wikileaks becasue they don't have a leak... But I thought wikileaks was just an option for leaked documents, they don't proactively hunt leaks... Am I wrong on that?

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The persons who leaked to BuzzFeed tried to go to WikiLeaks three days before. WikiLeaks says they have no record of that so maybe the leakers simply couldn't figure out how to properly submit. But the story's been out for like 2-3 days now apparently, certainly would be useful for WikiLeaks to archive surveillance state abuses by Western democracies, no?

... I'm sorry, I really don't understand your position. Wikileaks isn't an archiving system, it's a way to publish leaks... If Wikileaks is proven to be rejecting leaks (which is unproven allegations at the moment) then I could understand your point.

But you are literally just believing some random on the internet, which could well be an effort by the US to discredit Wikileaks and Ecuador at the same time (purely speculation).

What wikileaks do is not complicated, you can always create an alternative. They'd probably support your efforts.

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