It was the “gang of 8” who initiated the reclassification of wikileaks. These were mainly democrats who were infuriated about the DNC email leaks. Then pompeo obliged due to concerns he had related to:
Proof wikileaks had infiltrated the CIA and was covertly acquiring sensitive information. This combined with their affiliation with foreign intelligence agencies represented a plausible insider threat. So, not initiated by trump or his leadership -and- not related to their historic actions but to their current actions which are qualitatively different than investigative journalism.
The reporting also uncovers a CIA plot under Obama -- during the height of the Snowden reporting -- to classify myself, Laura Poitras and Assange as "information brokers" rather than journalists to justify surveillance of us and even imprisonment, rejected by the Obama DOJ.
Alternative perspective: plenty of black hat traitors were present within the administration. Source doesn’t indicate direct leadership involvement.
I notice two key things when reading this:
Source: https://news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london-shoot-out-inside-the-ci-as-secret-war-plans-against-wiki-leaks-090057786.html
And people think that Trump is a saint.
Faith in politicians, especially in this current state of things will be our downfall.
Greenwald: