Wikileaks��� Julian Assange Suggests Seth Rich was His DNC Email Source

During the morning hours of July 8, DC resident Seth Rich was shot and killed���after being beaten���while he was walking back to his home and chatting on the phone with his girlfriend. Police have no leads to speak of, and are unsure as to a motive for the killing. Rich���s wallet, watch, and phone were still on his person when he was found.

While Rich���s killing may ultimately prove to be a robbery gone wrong, many are now speculating that his job as a Democratic National Committee (DNC) staff member may have played a part in his demise; some particularly conspiracy-minded folks even think that Rich may actually be the person responsible for giving the 30,000 ���private��� emails from inside the DNC to Wikileaks.

Now, in an additional development along that line of speculation, Julian Assange, the man behind the Wikileaks organization, suggested for the first time this week that Rich was, in fact, an informant for Wikileaks. Additionally, Wikileaks has announced a $20,000 reward for information related to the Rich murder.
Assange raised the subject of Rich���s possible involvement with Wikileaks during an appearance on the Dutch television program Nieuwsuur (���Newshour���).

 

An excerpt from the video:

Julian Assange: ���Whistleblowers go to significant efforts to get us material and often very significant risks. As a 27 year-old, works for the DNC, was shot in the back, murdered just a few weeks ago for unknown reasons as he was walking down the street in Washington.���

Reporter: ���That was just a robbery, I believe. Wasn���t it?���

Julian Assange: ���No. There���s no finding. So��� I���m suggesting that our sources take risks.���

Curiouser and curiouser���

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large