In an extensive interview, a former Ecuadorian diplomat says he assumes that intelligence contractors were a source of the smear which claimed former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort had visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. This follows an exclusive Canary article in which the same diplomat called the Guardian story “fake”, explaining why visits by Manafort could … Continue reading Insider reveals likely players behind the Guardian’s ‘fake’ Assange-Manafort story