Former U.S. ambassador to Russia weighs in on Wikileaks

Can people STOP referring to Wikileaks as a news organization. They are a foreign agent, supported by Russia, publishing stolen data.

@McFaul WikiLeaks is an award winning independent media organization, funded entirely by its readers, book and film sales.

You have become famous & therefore generate these $s by publishing stolen property. How is that any different from selling stolen cars?https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/790589660825260032 …

@McFaul Copied. Not stolen. The holder retains full use. Law 101.

We disagree. You publish stolen data & in American election, have made it clear that you are overtly partisan.https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/790589660825260032 …

You work is also underwritten by Russian intelligence services. That makes your claim to being "independent" suspect.https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/790589660825260032 …

Your claim to being independent would be more credible if you published stolen data about Putin & Trump. You have never done so.https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/790589660825260032 …

Ill admit, I'm afraid to exercise my 1st amendment rights in discussing Wikileaks for fear of cyber attack retribution. Not democratic.https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/790589660825260032 …

You published a cable reporting on a friend of mine recommending that US support Medvedev, not Putin. My friend, Nemtsov, is now dead.https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/790589660825260032 …

Imagine a world in which every conversation between journalists & sources was published by Wikileaks. Good for democracy?https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/790589660825260032 …

@McFaul @YourAnonNews @wikileaks Trump didn't leave reams of damning evidence virtually unprotected for them to fall into but ok

That is naive. Dont underestimate the capabilities of Russian (or other) intelligence services.https://twitter.com/dscott85/status/790592794637180928 …

Trump has traveled to Russia. Russia has tremendous surveillance capabilities. You really believe that they dont have anything on him?https://twitter.com/dscott85/status/790592794637180928 …

@McFaul Or they are publishing fact You feel people shouldn't have!Knowledge is power You wish to control the exchange of information

There has to be some privacy in this world. Otherwise, government, business, and democracy cant function.https://twitter.com/woodboxer851/status/790599767646670849 …

.@wikileaks is a 21st Century "Publisher". Pure AND simple. @McFaul like to start "Burning Books"? Shutting down Publisher? #PodestaEmails17https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/790575782921809920 …

In your normative world, is it ok to profit from the use of stolen property?https://twitter.com/PattiaGarder/status/790594512246702084 …

@wikileaks @McFaul Zero proof on WL being a puppet for Putin. Do your research please. Blaming Russia takes the focus off of leaked content.

Have you read Clapper's report? Crowdstrike report from June? Read and tell me what inaccurate in them?https://twitter.com/RachelC90181550/status/790604265609891840 …

Indeed @McFaul has been nailing it. For good cause + ample reasons as wl is nothing more than putin propaganda arm operating as non profithttps://twitter.com/ShiCooks/status/790702614333657088 …

Smart and nuanced discussion of the ethics of publishing leaked emails, between @ggreenwald and @NaomiAKlein:https://theintercept.com/2016/10/19/is-disclosure-of-podestas-emails-a-step-too-far-a-conversation-with-naomi-klein/ …