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Warner engaged with Waldman over encrypted text messages, Warner then reached out to [[FBI]] Director [[Jimmy the Weasel]] Comey. Although the response to Assange's offer to help was positive among other elements throughout the United States Government, Warner relayed Comey's response to Waldman: "stand down."

Warner engaged with Waldman over encrypted text messages, Warner then reached out to [[FBI]] Director [[Jimmy the Weasel]] Comey. Although the response to Assange's offer to help was positive among other elements throughout the United States Government, Warner relayed Comey's response to Waldman: "stand down."

Waldman could not believe that Warner and Comey were sending a different message from others in the government, so he went back to Laufman, who assured him the negotiations were still on. What Laufman said when he heard Waldman was told to "stand down" was, "That's B.S. You are not standing down and neither am I."

Waldman could not believe that Warner and Comey were sending a different message from others in the government, so he went back to Laufman, who assured him the negotiations were still on. What Laufman said when he heard Waldman was told to "stand down" was, "That's B.S. You are not standing down and neither am I." The episode sowed distrust in Assange's camp.

 

 

On April 7, 2017, Assange released documents with the specifics of some of the [[CIA]] [[malware]] used for [[cyber attack]]s. It had immediate impact: A furious U.S. government backed out of the negotiations, and CIA Director [[Mike Pompeo]] slammed WikiLeaks as a "hostile intelligence service."

== See also ==

== See also ==