There's a difference in publishing classified content (which is what journalists do) and actually stealing that content (which is what whistleblowers usually do). AFAIK Assange did not steal anything but only published what he got.
Manning was one of the best IT people in the whole military sector where he was based at. Wikileaks giving Manning technical help how to steal data is ludicrous... Manning first approached a hacker friend of his regarding the data that he already had, and that hacker friend of his told him to go to Wikileaks. After Wikileaks published the stuff, the hacker friend (diagnosed as Autist with loads of mental health problems) told the police that Manning stole the data
The FBI works within the USA. It would be the CIA that would does meddling in other countries' elections. Seems you have been spending too much time watching cartoons.
Is the US perpetrating military-grade psi ops against other country's electorates? Not trying to be glib; if you have evidence for that I would be all eyes.
Yes. You need to research history esp. in Latin America. I liked reading the book: “Confessions of an Economic Hitman”. Also Lookup Operation Ajax and how the CIA overthrew the democratically elected Mossaddegh in Iran. A Roosevelt organized that one.... I think Wikipedia has documented 81 attempts at US intervention in foreign elections lol.
Whether or not you believe it or not, the same statements could be said about current election. Will be obvious if you have high levels of self-awareness.
I have seen officers making notes of how the tires are aligned so they know whether the car has been moved when they come by a second time. (Seen in DACH countries)
How would one know if the Chinese government was supported by the population or not, given that anyone expressing a contrary opinion is likely to be a thorn in the eye that is China's surveillance state?
It's quite apparent to anyone who has lived there for a while and talked to people. Some large scale anonymous surveys done by not particularly sympathetic outsiders also confirm it (e.g. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/10/0...).
That's what happens when the party controls information to paint a very specific picture. You'll find that anonymous surveys in DPRK will also show that most support the Kim regime.
What became the Chinese government we know today also conducted "anonymous" surveys during the cultural revolution. Those who answered incorrectly were bundled up (along with their families) and never seen again.
> How would one know if the Chinese government was supported by the population or not
Or given the fact that any attempt to gather opinion about the communist party on the ground would instantly land you in jail, this is an impossible statement if anything.
