article_snippet.sent: Sticking the knife in: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (pictured here speaking via video link at the Commonwealth Law Conference in Glasgow on Wednesday) has defended collating the Sony Pictures hack into one searchable database saying that Sony Pictures has links to the Democratic party and the American 'military industrial complex' The data dump today comes after November's massive hack which has already cost Sony Pictures upwards of $100 million.
article_snippet.sent: WikiLeaks claim the entertainment giant has links to the Democratic party and the American 'military industrial complex built a database from the 170,000 emails and 30,000 other documents stolen from Sony Pictures by a group calling the entertainment giant has links to the Democratic party and the American 'military industrial complex Guardians of Peace.
article_snippet.sent: WikiLeaks also claim that the documents show Sony's close ties to the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party efforts to collect 'intelligence' on rival studios - including ironically, Oliver Stone's new film on NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden. '
article_snippet.sent: The work publicly known from Sony is to produce entertainment,' WikiLeaks wrote in the documents show Sony's close ties to the Democratic Party and its efforts to collect 'intelligence' on rival studios - including ironically, Oliver Stone's new film on NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden statement issued on Thursday. '
article_snippet.sent: However, the Sony Archives show that behind the scenes this is an influential corporation, with ties to the White House, with an ability to impact laws and policies, and with connections to the US military-industrial complex.'
article_snippet.sent: Wikileaks claim they have found correspondence which exposes Sony's political fundraising and lobbying for anti-piracy.
article_snippet.sent: they point to emails which detail how members of the studio set up a 'collective' to get around campaign donation limits and made contributions to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
article_snippet.sent: Sony is a member of the MPAA and a strong lobbyist on issues around internet policy, piracy, trade agreements and copyright issues,' their press release claimed. '
article_snippet.sent: The emails show the back and forth on lobbying and political efforts, not only with the MPAA but with politicians directly.'