Julian Assange
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WikiLeaks has activated contingency plans after their co-founder's internet link was intentionally cut off by a state party, WikiLeaks has said in a tweet.

The internet is one of the few, if not only, available ways for Julian Assange, who has been locked up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for more than 4 years, to be in touch with the world.

The news comes as WikiLeaks is releasing damaging documents, namely hacked emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign manager John Podesta, which could ruin Clinton's chances of becoming the next US president.

Clinton's campaign has suggested that WikiLeaks is working together with the Russian government to help defeat them in favor of Trump.

The allegations have never been backed up by any evidence, but have gained traction as fears mounted that Clinton was doing poorly.

The 9th release, the latest, occurred on Sunday, bringing the total number of leaked files to over 12,000.

Among the hundreds of emails released are discussions about appealing to black voters, Hillary's email apologies, and Chelsea Clinton being described by one of her father's longtime aides as a 'backstabber.'

The batch also comes amid revelations of Clinton's cozy relationship with the mainstream media, and how they work closely to control the media landscape and set up stories that show her in a favorable light.

Earlier this month, it emerged that Hillary Clinton reportedly wanted to "drone" WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange when she was the US secretary of state.

According to True Pundit, Clinton and the State Department were under pressure to silence the whistleblower in the months before WikiLeaks dumped some 250,000 diplomatic cables from 1966 to 2010, dubbed CableGate.

Unidentified State Department sources claimed Clinton asked "can't we just drone this guy?".