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I think it depends on your definition of constructive criticism. Assange breaking news of US coverups of war-zone crimes is useful, imho. Assange serving as a mouthpiece of Russian disinformation is not.

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Where has he released inauthentic (untruthful) information?

He kept claiming that DNC staffer Seth Rich was the source of the leaked DNC emailes (and not Russian military/GRU hackers) and that Rich had been killed as a result.

He also released actual CIA hacking tools (Vault 7), which was a monumentally stupid, destructive act.

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