Skeptics Stack Exchange
Skeptics Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [wikileaks]

8 questions
96
votes
2 answers

Is it illegal for regular US citizens to possess or read the Podesta emails published by WikiLeaks?

While referring to the the Podesta emails which were leaked by WikiLeaks this week, CNN's Chris Cuomo said on live TV: Also interesting is, remember: It's illegal to possess these stolen documents. It's different for the media, so everything you…
Lisa B
  • 743
  • 1
  • 5
  • 8
22
votes
1 answer

Did Secretary Clinton suggest killing Julian Assange with a drone strike?

“Can’t we just drone this guy?” Clinton openly inquired, offering a simple remedy to silence Assange and smother Wikileaks via a planned military drone strike, according to State Department…
Curious
  • 947
  • 1
  • 8
  • 18
18
votes
2 answers

Were the "DNC leak" emails stolen by the Russian government?

The DNC leak refers to the publication of thousands of private emails of the Democratic National Committee by WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks has not revealed their source and some outlets have claimed that "according to the intelligence community" the Russian…
MuhKarma
  • 301
  • 1
  • 6
13
votes
1 answer

Did Hillary Clinton ask L.F. de Rothschild "what penance" she owed her?

In this email provided by Wikileaks, it appears that Hillary Clinton asks Rothschild to: Let me know what penance I owe you. Was this email written by Hillary Clinton?
Fiksdal
  • 1,414
  • 1
  • 14
  • 32
11
votes
2 answers

Did Seth Rich give Wikileaks the DNC leak emails?

This image has a few claims, are they true? Image text: Hi, I'm Seth Rich. I was the DNC staffer who gave Wikileaks the DNC emails proving that they had rigged the primaries against Bernie Sanders for Hillary Clinton. Soon after, I was shot twice…
Wayne Werner
  • 1,851
  • 5
  • 19
  • 26
10
votes
0 answers

Does Wikileaks have direct ties with US governmental organizations?

According to this blog post post (I agree, this is not a very valid source of information), Julian Assange had ties with US government workers, especially in the CIA: The sender is talking about John Young who runs Cryptome, an alleged “leak” site.…
ChrisR
  • 1,393
  • 2
  • 13
  • 28
8
votes
1 answer

Did Edward Snowden leak documents on aliens?

I by chance found a site claiming that Edward Snowden had leaked documents which proved something to do with aliens and the US government knowing about them and possibly even having some further connection to them. I searched around a bit and…
user35244
-7
votes
1 answer

Did Tony and John Podesta exchange emails with Marina Abramovic discussing a Spirit Cooking dinner?

WikiLeaks hosts an alleged email exchange involving Tony Podesta, John Podesta and Marina Abramovic. In the exchange, Marina invites the Podesta brothers to partake in what is referred to as a "Spirit Cooking" dinner. Quoting the WikiLeaks…
user45736