title: comment on if hillary clinton is charged with obstruction of justice she could go to prison for  years by kingdom ambassador
text: what is going on with wikileaks  tweet wikileaks director and founder of the centre for investigative journalism gavin macfadyen has died at age  the cause of death is yet unknown his fellows in arms have flocked online to post their farewells including wikileaks cofounder julian assange 
   we are extremely sad to announce the death of gavin macfadyen cijs founder director and its leading light  the centre for investigative journalism team wrote on its twitter we are extremely sad to announce the death of gavin macfadyen the cijs founder director and its leading light http tcijorggavinmacfadyen 
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  macfadyen was a pioneering investigative journalist and filmmaker who back in  founded the centre for investigative journalism cij an organization that helped break several major stories and has trained a number of prominent journalists gavin macfadyen was mentor to assange and his closest friend in london to wikileaks sarah harrison joseph farrell and many others 
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  he was a mentor and friend to famous whistleblower and cofounder of wikileaks julian assange as well as the director of the publication paying tribute to their head wikileaks published a post on the groups twitter account saying macfadyen  now takes his fists and his fight to battle god  gavin macfadyen beloved director of wikileaks now takes his fists and his fight to battle god sock it to him forever gavin ja pictwittercomzyzsqxxk 
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  the post is signed  ja  indicating that the phrase belongs directly to julian assange with wikileaks claiming that despite the whistleblower being deprived of internet access in his suite in the ecuadorian embassy for a week now he has been able to contact them and is  still in full command  
  the cij team also published an address from macfadyens wife and member of julian assanges defense fund susan benn who described her husband as a  largerthanlife person  with gratitude and respect 
   he was the model of what a journalist should be he spearheaded the creation of a journalistic landscape which has irrevocably lifted the bar for ethical and hardhitting reporting gavin worked tirelessly to hold power to account 
  his life and how he lived it were completely in sync with the principles that he held dear and practiced as a journalist and educator  to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable  benn wrote  
  recounting her husbands achievements she said he had produced and directed more than  investigative documentaries covering diverse and multiple countries and problems she also noted that he had been banned from apartheid south africa and the soviet union for his investigative work and was also attacked by british neonazis 
  in his professional career macfadyen shed light on topics like child labor pollution the torture of political prisoners neonazis in britain uk industrial accidents contra murders in nicaragua the cia maritime piracy election fraud in south america south african mines as well as many others he worked on investigative television programs for pbss frontline granada televisions world in action the bbcs fine cut panorama the money programme and  hours as well as channel s dispatches 
  the cause of macfadyens death has not yet been made public in the original post from his wife susan she wrote that he had died from  a short illness  but that line has now been removed did you know gavin macfadyen was arrested with bernie sanders was a body double for nick nolte  was banned from south africa  the ussr 
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  twitter has been full of tributes from his colleagues and likeminded people even the hacktivist organization anonymous has spoken out our deepest condolences gavin macfadyen well never forget your investigative journalism https twittercomwikileaksstat us  
   anonymous youranonnews rip gavin macfadyen you were larger than life truly one of a kind https twittercomgijnstatus   
   sheila coronel sheilacoronel gavin macfadyen purest and bravest human ive ever met the countless people that love you are with you now sending u our love and thanks pictwittercomyppsnjrwr 
   matt kennard kennardmatt we send our loving thoughts to gavin macfadyen and his family at this very difficult time pictwittercomhzkiilujaa 
   the whistler whistler_news gavin macfadyen always kind  supportive of young journalists  filmmakers can never forget your booming laugh thank you my friend  kevin pina acrossmediums