Mike Pompeo, in his first speech as director of the CIA, chose to declare war on free speech rather than on the United States’ actual adversaries. All this speech to stifle speech comes in reaction to the first publication in the start of WikiLeaks’ “Vault 7” series. Words matter, and I assume that Pompeo meant his when he said, “Julian Assange has no First Amendment freedoms. BUSTED: 19,252 Emails from DNC Leaked by WikiLeaks.” Pompeo liked WikiLeaks when he perceived it was publishing material revealing the shortcomings of his political rivals. The logic that WikiLeaks, or these organizations, are somehow “intelligence agencies” would be as absurd as the suggestion that the CIA is a media outlet.

Source: Washington Post April 25, 2017 23:37 UTC