"Pompeo said Assange portrays himself as a crusader but in fact helps enemies of the United States, including aiding Russia’s interference in last year’s presidential election.<p>However, Pompeo did not comment on how Trump has previously lavished praise on Assange for the information he has made public.<p>Nor did Pompeo mention that he himself had cited and linked to WikiLeaks in a tweet attacking the Democratic Party. Pompeo at the time was a Republican congressman and member of the House Intelligence Committee.<p>The CIA declined to comment on that."<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/14/cia-director-brands-wikileaks-a-hostile-intelligence-service" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/14/cia-director...</a>
Not sure what he means by “embedded by [sic] state actors like Russia,” but isn’t is clear by now that Wikileaks has, at the least, aligned its interests with Russia’s, and, quite likely, is largely controlled by the Kremlin?
But when the NSA breaks the constitution and lies to congress, they're not hostile? It's pretty obvious he doesn't mean hostile to the American people, but to the US government.
Meh, in a way you could view it as the most important thing everything needs these days. Extra motivation to keep your secrets tight. And insight into what you've messed up.