VACATIONING LAME-DUCK OBAMA Ready To Announce Sanctions Against RussiaThe Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking into U.S. political institutions and individuals and leaking information in an effort to help President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday.Both officials declined to specify what actions President Barack Obama has approved, but said targeted economic sanctions, indictments, leaking information to embarrass Russian officials or oligarchs, and restrictions on Russian diplomats in the United States are among steps that have been discussed.One decision that has been made, they said, speaking on the condition of anonymity, is to avoid any moves that exceed the Russian election hacking and risk an escalating cyber conflict that could spiral out of control. One example of an excessive step might be interfering with Russian internet messaging.Russia has repeatedly denied hacking accusations. Trump has dismissed the assessments of the U.S. intelligence community.Obama, in an interview earlier this month with NPR, said,  We need to take action and we will  against Russia for interfering in the U.S. election.Trump seemed to suggest the United States should not impose sanctions on Russia. I think we ought to get on with our lives,  Trump told reporters in Florida on Wednesday when asked about remarks by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who said Russia and President Vladimir Putin should expect tough sanctions for the cyber attacks.Russia s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, promised retaliation on Wednesday against Washington in the event of new economic sanctions.Jim Lewis, a cyber security expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, said further sanctions may be an effective U.S. tool in part because they would be difficult for Trump to roll back and because Russia  hates  dealing with them. For the rest of the world, it s like having  scumball  stamped on your forehead,  Lewis said.How to respond to the growing problem of cyber attacks carried out or sponsored by foreign powers has bedeviled Obama, whose eight years in office witnessed a torrent of major hacks against the U.S. government and private organizations that were attributed to China, North Korea, Iran and Russia.In past cases, administration officials have decided to publicly blame North Korea and indict members of China s military for hacking because they decided the net benefit of public shaming   and increased awareness brought to cyber security   outweighed potential risks.But determining an appropriate response to Russia s actions has proven more complicated in part because Russia s cyber capabilities are more advanced and due to fears about disrupting other geopolitical issues, such as the civil war in Syria.Obama may choose to invoke an April 2015 executive order that empowered him to levy sanctions in response to cyber attacks perpetrated by foreign groups targeting infrastructure, such as transportation, or done for economic purposes.Another option would be further economic sanctions against Russia. Washington has already sanctioned Russia over the past two years to punish Moscow for its role in annexing Crimea. But former U.S. officials say the existing measures leave Washington plenty of room to slap new, tougher sanction on Russia in response to cyber intrusions.  ReutersIn recent months, WikiLeaks and I personally have come under enormous pressure to stop publishing what the Clinton campaign says about itself to itself. That pressure has come from the campaign s allies, including the Obama administration, and from liberals who are anxious about who will be elected US President.On the eve of the election, it is important to restate why we have published what we have.The right to receive and impart true information is the guiding principle of WikiLeaks   an organization that has a staff and organizational mission far beyond myself. Our organization defends the public s right to be informed.This is why, irrespective of the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election, the real victor is the US public which is better informed as a result of our work.The US public has thoroughly engaged with WikiLeaks  election related publications which number more than one hundred thousand documents. Millions of Americans have pored over the leaks and passed on their citations to each other and to us. It is an open model of journalism that gatekeepers are uncomfortable with, but which is perfectly harmonious with the First Amendment.We publish material given to us if it is of political, diplomatic, historical or ethical importance and which has not been published elsewhere. When we have material that fulfills this criteria, we publish. We had information that fit our editorial criteria which related to the Sanders and Clinton campaign (DNC Leaks) and the Clinton political campaign and Foundation (Podesta Emails). No-one disputes the public importance of these publications. It would be unconscionable for WikiLeaks to withhold such an archive from the public during an election.At the same time, we cannot publish what we do not have. To date, we have not received information on Donald Trump s campaign, or Jill Stein s campaign, or Gary Johnson s campaign or any of the other candidates that fufills our stated editorial criteria. As a result of publishing Clinton s cables and indexing her emails we are seen as domain experts on Clinton archives. So it is natural that Clinton sources come to us.We publish as fast as our resources will allow and as fast as the public can absorb it.That is our commitment to ourselves, to our sources, and to the public.This is not due to a personal desire to influence the outcome of the election. The Democratic and Republican candidates have both expressed hostility towards whistleblowers. I spoke at the launch of the campaign for Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, because her platform addresses the need to protect them. This is an issue that is close to my heart because of the Obama administration s inhuman and degrading treatment of one of our alleged sources, Chelsea Manning. But WikiLeaks publications are not an attempt to get Jill Stein elected or to take revenge over Ms Manning s treatment either.Publishing is what we do. To withhold the publication of such information until after the election would have been to favour one of the candidates above the public s right to know.This is after all what happened when the New York Times withheld evidence of illegal mass surveillance of the US population for a year until after the 2004 election, denying the public a critical understanding of the incumbent president George W Bush, which probably secured his reelection. The current editor of the New York Times has distanced himself from that decision and rightly so.The US public defends free speech more passionately, but the First Amendment only truly lives through its repeated exercise. The First Amendment explicitly prevents the executive from attempting to restrict anyone s ability to speak and publish freely. The First Amendment does not privilege old media, with its corporate advertisers and dependencies on incumbent power factions, over WikiLeaks  model of scientific journalism or an individual s decision to inform their friends on social media. The First Amendment unapologetically nurtures the democratization of knowledge. With the Internet, it has reached its full potential.Yet, some weeks ago, in a tactic reminiscent of Senator McCarthy and the red scare, Wikileaks, Green Party candidate Stein, Glenn Greenwald and Clinton s main opponent were painted with a broad, red brush. The Clinton campaign, when they were not spreading obvious untruths, pointed to unnamed sources or to speculative and vague statements from the intelligence community to suggest a nefarious allegiance with Russia. The campaign was unable to invoke evidence about our publications because none exists.In the end, those who have attempted to malign our groundbreaking work over the past four months seek to inhibit public understanding perhaps because it is embarrassing to them   a reason for censorship the First Amendment cannot tolerate. Only unsuccessfully do they try to claim that our publications are inaccurate.WikiLeaks  decade-long pristine record for authentication remains. Our key publications this round have even been proven through the cryptographic signatures of the companies they passed through, such as Google. It is not every day you can mathematically prove that your publications are perfect but this day is one of them.We have endured intense criticism, primarily from Clinton supporters, for our publications. Many long-term supporters have been frustrated because we have not addressed this criticism in a systematic way or responded to a number of false narratives about Wikileaks  motivation or sources. Ultimately, however, if WL reacted to every false claim, we would have to divert resources from our primary work.WikiLeaks, like all publishers, is ultimately accountable to its funders. Those funders are you. Our resources are entirely made up of contributions from the public and our book sales. This allows us to be principled, independent and free in a way no other influential media organization is. But it also means that we do not have the resources of CNN, MSNBC or the Clinton campaign to constantly rebuff criticism.Yet if the press obeys considerations above informing the public, we are no longer talking about a free press, and we are no longer talking about an informed public.Wikileaks remains committed to publishing information that informs the public, even if many, especially those in power, would prefer not to see it. WikiLeaks must publish. It must publish and be damned.politics
vacationing obama ready to announce sanctions against russiathe obama administration plans announce thursday series retaliatory measures russia hacking political institutions individuals leaking information effort help donald trump republican candidates two officials said officials declined specify actions president barack obama approved said targeted economic sanctions indictments leaking information embarrass russian officials oligarchs restrictions russian diplomats united states among steps decision made said speaking condition anonymity avoid moves exceed russian election hacking risk escalating cyber conflict could spiral control one example excessive step might interfering russian internet repeatedly denied hacking accusations trump dismissed assessments intelligence interview earlier month npr said we need take action russia interfering seemed suggest united states impose sanctions russia i think ought get lives trump told reporters florida wednesday asked remarks republican senator lindsay graham said russia president vladimir putin expect tough sanctions cyber foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova promised retaliation wednesday washington event new economic lewis cyber security expert center strategic international studies think tank said sanctions may effective tool part would difficult trump roll back russia hates dealing for rest world like scumball stamped forehead lewis respond growing problem cyber attacks carried sponsored foreign powers bedeviled obama whose eight years office witnessed torrent major hacks government private organizations attributed china north korea iran past cases administration officials decided publicly blame north korea indica members china military hacking decided net benefit public shading increased awareness brought cyber security outweighed potential determining appropriate response russia actions proven complicated part russia cyber capabilities advanced due fears disrupting geopolitical issues civil war may choose invoke april executive order empowered levy sanctions response cyber attacks perpetrated foreign groups targeting infrastructure transportation done economic option would economic sanctions russia washington already sanctioned russia past two years punish moscow role annoying crimea but former officials say existing measures leave washington plenty room slap new tougher sanction russia response cyber intrusions reuters recent months wikileaks i personally come enormous pressure stop publishing clinton campaign says that pressure come campaign allies including obama administration liberals anxious elected us eve election important estate published right receive impart true information guiding principle wikileaks organization staff organizational mission far beyond our organization defends public right irrespective outcome us presidential election real victor us public better informed result us public thoroughly engaged wikileaks election related publications number one hundred 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TEXT: VACATIONING LAME-DUCK OBAMA Ready To Announce Sanctions Against RussiaThe Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking into U.S. political institutions and individuals and leaking information in an effort to help President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday.Both officials declined to specify what actions President Barack Obama has approved, but said targeted economic sanctions, indictments, leaking information to embarrass Russian officials or oligarchs, and restrictions on Russian diplomats in the United States are among steps that have been discussed.One decision that has been made, they said, speaking on the condition of anonymity, is to avoid any moves that exceed the Russian election hacking and risk an escalating cyber conflict that could spiral out of control. One example of an excessive step might be interfering with Russian internet messaging.Russia has repeatedly denied hacking accusations. Trump has dismissed the assessments of the U.S. intelligence community.Obama, in an interview earlier this month with NPR, said,  We need to take action and we will  against Russia for interfering in the U.S. election.Trump seemed to suggest the United States should not impose sanctions on Russia. I think we ought to get on with our lives,  Trump told reporters in Florida on Wednesday when asked about remarks by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who said Russia and President Vladimir Putin should expect tough sanctions for the cyber attacks.Russia s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, promised retaliation on Wednesday against Washington in the event of new economic sanctions.Jim Lewis, a cyber security expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, said further sanctions may be an effective U.S. tool in part because they would be difficult for Trump to roll back and because Russia  hates  dealing with them. For the rest of the world, it s like having  scumball  stamped on your forehead,  Lewis said.How to respond to the growing problem of cyber attacks carried out or sponsored by foreign powers has bedeviled Obama, whose eight years in office witnessed a torrent of major hacks against the U.S. government and private organizations that were attributed to China, North Korea, Iran and Russia.In past cases, administration officials have decided to publicly blame North Korea and indict members of China s military for hacking because they decided the net benefit of public shaming   and increased awareness brought to cyber security   outweighed potential risks.But determining an appropriate response to Russia s actions has proven more complicated in part because Russia s cyber capabilities are more advanced and due to fears about disrupting other geopolitical issues, such as the civil war in Syria.Obama may choose to invoke an April 2015 executive order that empowered him to levy sanctions in response to cyber attacks perpetrated by foreign groups targeting infrastructure, such as transportation, or done for economic purposes.Another option would be further economic sanctions against Russia. Washington has already sanctioned Russia over the past two years to punish Moscow for its role in annexing Crimea. But former U.S. officials say the existing measures leave Washington plenty of room to slap new, tougher sanction on Russia in response to cyber intrusions.  ReutersIn recent months, WikiLeaks and I personally have come under enormous pressure to stop publishing what the Clinton campaign says about itself to itself. That pressure has come from the campaign s allies, including the Obama administration, and from liberals who are anxious about who will be elected US President.On the eve of the election, it is important to restate why we have published what we have.The right to receive and impart true information is the guiding principle of WikiLeaks   an organization that has a staff and organizational mission far beyond myself. Our organization defends the public s right to be informed.This is why, irrespective of the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election, the real victor is the US public which is better informed as a result of our work.The US public has thoroughly engaged with WikiLeaks  election related publications which number more than one hundred thousand documents. Millions of Americans have pored over the leaks and passed on their citations to each other and to us. It is an open model of journalism that gatekeepers are uncomfortable with, but which is perfectly harmonious with the First Amendment.We publish material given to us if it is of political, diplomatic, historical or ethical importance and which has not been published elsewhere. When we have material that fulfills this criteria, we publish. We had information that fit our editorial criteria which related to the Sanders and Clinton campaign (DNC Leaks) and the Clinton political campaign and Foundation (Podesta Emails). No-one disputes the public importance of these publications. It would be unconscionable for WikiLeaks to withhold such an archive from the public during an election.At the same time, we cannot publish what we do not have. To date, we have not received information on Donald Trump s campaign, or Jill Stein s campaign, or Gary Johnson s campaign or any of the other candidates that fufills our stated editorial criteria. As a result of publishing Clinton s cables and indexing her emails we are seen as domain experts on Clinton archives. So it is natural that Clinton sources come to us.We publish as fast as our resources will allow and as fast as the public can absorb it.That is our commitment to ourselves, to our sources, and to the public.This is not due to a personal desire to influence the outcome of the election. The Democratic and Republican candidates have both expressed hostility towards whistleblowers. I spoke at the launch of the campaign for Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, because her platform addresses the need to protect them. This is an issue that is close to my heart because of the Obama administration s inhuman and degrading treatment of one of our alleged sources, Chelsea Manning. But WikiLeaks publications are not an attempt to get Jill Stein elected or to take revenge over Ms Manning s treatment either.Publishing is what we do. To withhold the publication of such information until after the election would have been to favour one of the candidates above the public s right to know.This is after all what happened when the New York Times withheld evidence of illegal mass surveillance of the US population for a year until after the 2004 election, denying the public a critical understanding of the incumbent president George W Bush, which probably secured his reelection. The current editor of the New York Times has distanced himself from that decision and rightly so.The US public defends free speech more passionately, but the First Amendment only truly lives through its repeated exercise. The First Amendment explicitly prevents the executive from attempting to restrict anyone s ability to speak and publish freely. The First Amendment does not privilege old media, with its corporate advertisers and dependencies on incumbent power factions, over WikiLeaks  model of scientific journalism or an individual s decision to inform their friends on social media. The First Amendment unapologetically nurtures the democratization of knowledge. With the Internet, it has reached its full potential.Yet, some weeks ago, in a tactic reminiscent of Senator McCarthy and the red scare, Wikileaks, Green Party candidate Stein, Glenn Greenwald and Clinton s main opponent were painted with a broad, red brush. The Clinton campaign, when they were not spreading obvious untruths, pointed to unnamed sources or to speculative and vague statements from the intelligence community to suggest a nefarious allegiance with Russia. The campaign was unable to invoke evidence about our publications because none exists.In the end, those who have attempted to malign our groundbreaking work over the past four months seek to inhibit public understanding perhaps because it is embarrassing to them   a reason for censorship the First Amendment cannot tolerate. Only unsuccessfully do they try to claim that our publications are inaccurate.WikiLeaks  decade-long pristine record for authentication remains. Our key publications this round have even been proven through the cryptographic signatures of the companies they passed through, such as Google. It is not every day you can mathematically prove that your publications are perfect but this day is one of them.We have endured intense criticism, primarily from Clinton supporters, for our publications. Many long-term supporters have been frustrated because we have not addressed this criticism in a systematic way or responded to a number of false narratives about Wikileaks  motivation or sources. Ultimately, however, if WL reacted to every false claim, we would have to divert resources from our primary work.WikiLeaks, like all publishers, is ultimately accountable to its funders. Those funders are you. Our resources are entirely made up of contributions from the public and our book sales. This allows us to be principled, independent and free in a way no other influential media organization is. But it also means that we do not have the resources of CNN, MSNBC or the Clinton campaign to constantly rebuff criticism.Yet if the press obeys considerations above informing the public, we are no longer talking about a free press, and we are no longer talking about an informed public.Wikileaks remains committed to publishing information that informs the public, even if many, especially those in power, would prefer not to see it. WikiLeaks must publish. It must publish and be damned.politics
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TEXT: vacationing obama ready to announce sanctions against russiathe obama administration plans announce thursday series retaliatory measures russia hacking political institutions individuals leaking information effort help donald trump republican candidates two officials said officials declined specify actions president barack obama approved said targeted economic sanctions indictments leaking information embarrass russian officials oligarchs restrictions russian diplomats united states among steps decision made said speaking condition anonymity avoid moves exceed russian election hacking risk escalating cyber conflict could spiral control one example excessive step might interfering russian internet repeatedly denied hacking accusations trump dismissed assessments intelligence interview earlier month npr said we need take action russia interfering seemed suggest united states impose sanctions russia i think ought get lives trump told reporters florida wednesday asked remarks republican senator lindsay graham said russia president vladimir putin expect tough sanctions cyber foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova promised retaliation wednesday washington event new economic lewis cyber security expert center strategic international studies think tank said sanctions may effective tool part would difficult trump roll back russia hates dealing for rest world like scumball stamped forehead lewis respond growing problem cyber attacks carried sponsored foreign powers bedeviled obama whose eight years office witnessed torrent major hacks government private organizations attributed china north korea iran past cases administration officials decided publicly blame north korea indica members china military hacking decided net benefit public shading increased awareness brought cyber security outweighed potential determining appropriate response russia actions proven complicated part russia cyber capabilities advanced due fears disrupting geopolitical issues civil war may choose invoke april executive order empowered levy sanctions response cyber attacks perpetrated foreign groups targeting infrastructure transportation done economic option would economic sanctions russia washington already sanctioned russia past two years punish moscow role annoying crimea but former officials say existing measures leave washington plenty room slap new tougher sanction russia response cyber intrusions reuters recent months wikileaks i personally come enormous pressure stop publishing clinton campaign says that pressure come campaign allies including obama administration liberals anxious elected us eve election important estate published right receive impart true information guiding principle wikileaks organization staff organizational mission far beyond our organization defends public right irrespective outcome us presidential election real victor us public better informed result us public thoroughly engaged wikileaks election related publications number one hundred thousand documents millions americans posed leaks passed citations us it open model journalism gatekeepers uncomfortable perfectly harmonious first publish material given us political diplomatic historical ethical importance published elsewhere when material fulfills criteria publish we information fit editorial criteria related sanders clinton campaign dnc leaks clinton political campaign foundation modesta emails disputes public importance publications it would unconscionable wikileaks withhold archive public time publish to date received information donald trump campaign jill stein campaign gary johnson campaign candidates fulfills stated editorial criteria as result publishing clinton cables indexing emails seen domain experts clinton archives so natural clinton sources come publish fast resources allow fast public absorb commitment sources due personal desire influence outcome election the democratic republican candidates expressed hostility towards whistleblowers i spoke launch campaign jill stein green party candidate platform addresses need protect this issue close heart obama administration inhuman degrading treatment one alleged sources chelsea manning but wikileaks publications attempt get jill stein elected take revenge ms manning treatment to withhold publication information election would favour one candidates public right happened new york times withheld evidence illegal mass surveillance us population year election denying public critical understanding incumbent president george w bush probably secured reelection the current editor new york times distanced decision rightly us public defends free speech passionately first amendment truly lives repeated exercise the first amendment explicitly prevents executive attempting restrict anyone ability speak publish freely the first amendment privilege old media corporate advertisers dependencies incumbent power factions wikileaks model scientific journalism individual decision inform friends social media the first amendment unapologetically nurture democratization knowledge with internet reached full weeks ago tactic reminiscent senator mccarthy red scare wikileaks green party candidate stein glenn greenwald clinton main opponent painted broad red brush the clinton campaign spreading obvious truths pointed unnamed sources speculative vague statements intelligence community suggest nefarious allegiance russia the campaign unable invoke evidence publications none end attempted align groundbreaking work past four months seek inhibit public understanding perhaps embarrassing reason censorship first amendment tolerate only unsuccessfully try claim publications pristine record authentication remains our key publications round even proven cryptographic signatures companies passed google it every day mathematically prove publications perfect day one endured intense criticism primarily clinton supporters publications many supporters frustrated addressed criticism systematic way responded number false narratives wikileaks motivation sources ultimately however wl reacted every false claim would divert resources primary like publishers ultimately accountable founders those founders our resources entirely made contributions public book sales this allows us principle independent free way influential media organization but also means resources cnn msnbc clinton campaign constantly buff press obey considerations informing public longer talking free press longer talking informed remains committed publishing information informs public even many especially power would prefer see wikileaks must publish it must publish