‘CIA is basically useless’ Wikileaks founder Julian Assange slams US intelligence chiefs
WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has condemned the CIA as “one of the most useless organisations in the world”.
By SIMON OSBORNE
Express.co.uk
Tue, May 9, 2017
Mr Assange, declared by the Donald Trump administration as US public enemy number one, was speaking ahead of a live Spanish television interview.
He told current affairs show When It’s Gone: “The CIA is basically useless. They are extremely incompetent as an organisation.
“It is the organisation that gave us the end of democracy in Iran, Pinochet, the destruction of Libya, the rise of ISIS within Libya, al-Qaeda, the Syrian disaster and the Iraq war.
“It is one of the most useless organisations in the world.”
US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia was behind the hack, and used Wikileaks to harm the chances of Mrs Clinton and favour Mr Trump.
Mr Assange said the release was not intended to affect the election.
The US Justice Department has been investigating Mr Assange since his Wikileaks website posted thousands of embarrassing diplomatic cables stolen by a US Army soldier, now known as Chelsea Manning.
Mr Assange was granted asylum by Ecuador in June 2012 to prevent his extradition to Sweden on sexual assault allegation – which he feared would then lead to his extradition to the US.
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