Wikileaks is getting cryptic again
The official wikileaks twitter account has begun posting a series of strange tweets referencing #Vault7 . Lots of theories are floating around, but no answers yet.
Here are the tweets so far, with more information on what is pictured in each one.
I'll summarize and include some of the more interesting theories at the end.
Tweet 1 - What is Vault 7 ?
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This image is of Svalbard Global Seed Vault located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago.
This is a massive doomsday vault, packed with heirloom seed variety's sent from all over the globe.
According to building plans, available images and all descriptions I've been able to find, however - there are only 3 vaults inside.
More info: Official Site , Wikipedia
Tweet 2 - Where is Vault 7 ?
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This image can be found on shutterstock with this description :
Reichsbank gold, SS loot, paintings in a Salt mine in Merkers, Germany. April 15, 1945. Photo by the 'Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives',
Mashable has a great article covering the events surrounding this photograph titled "The Monuments Men - The Nazis stole art. These guys took it back." that gave this caption for the photo :
The 90th Division of the U.S. Third Army discovered this cache of Reichsbank wealth, SS loot and Berlin museum paintings that were removed from Berlin to a salt mine vault in Merkers, Germany.
Tweet 3 - When is Vault 7 ?
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This image is of a Pratt & Whitney F119 afterburning turbofan engine developed by Pratt & Whitney for the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor advanced tactical fighter.
This specific photograph can be traced to the Joint Base Langley-Eustis website , where it has this caption :
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Airmen of the 1st Component Maintenance Squadron run a test on a Pratt and Whitney F119-PW-100 engine at the test cell, or hush house, here April 9. These inspections are critical in order to remove any objects that could damage the blades inside the engines. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Gul Crockett)
Tweet 4 - Who is Vault 7 ?
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These images, depicting Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden are part of the “Espionage Series”were created by the US Defense Security Service back in 2014. The images were once available on the "Center for Development of Security Excellence" website, but have since been removed.
Their previous existence on the official govt can be verified using this internet archive snapshot from 2014 .
You can find more information in this article from Quartz (qz.com)
Tweet 5 - Why is Vault 7 ?
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This picture was taken at Whiteman Airforce base in Missouri , its listed on whiteman.af.mil with the following caption :
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- Staff Sgt. Adam Boyd, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron structural supervisor, welds a box blade for a snow plow, Feb. 27. Structures Airmen perform jobs such as this one to save the Air Force from having to possibly spend money on parts made by civilian companies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson) (Released)
This base hosts the 509th Bomb Wing used in the Shock and Awe (Shekinah) campaign in Iraq according to wikipedia .
Other potentially relevant tweets
Now this might just be another coincidence however exactly 30 minutes before the first "Vault 7" tweet, they tweeted this :
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Note this is file 6 from vault.fbi.gov , which they then followed with references to vault 7 ..
Wikileaks also tweeted a youtube video of "11 interesting wikileaks publications", with a video thumbnail from 9/11 .
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There's another potentially relevant tweet, referring to a Der Spiegel article from Germany :
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What does it mean ?
It's too early to say what they're referring to for sure, but among all of the theories floating around at this stage I think it's referring to another possible release related to the Clinton FBI investigation.
Update: After seeing the WHO tweet I think they may be implying that Clinton sold national secrets (acted as a spy).
Lets look back over the questions asked, and clues given so far
WHAT is Vault 7
It's a massive subterranean vault , possibly holding seeds / genetic materials .
WHERE is Vault 7
The photo was of a Salt Mine re-purposed by Nazi's into a gold vault in Merkers, Germany
WHEN is Vault 7
The photo was taken on April 9th 2010 , but the engine model number could be a 9/11 reference.
WHO is Vault 7
These images are all of people deemed threats to the security of the US government (by the US government). Bradley Manning (Now Chelsea Manning), Julian Assange and Edward Snowden .
WHY is Vault 7
Why did they bomb Iraq ? Why is he making a snow plow ? The photo was pointing out they do these jobs internally "to save the Air Force from having to possibly spend money on parts made by civilian companies".. This one is tricky.
I feel like this tweet series hasn't finished yet, and they're either hyping people up for a new release or sending an abstract threat to release information, possibly to the FBI given the timing of the tweets.
They seem to be running through the "5 W's" - What Who Where When Why - so now we're just waiting on the "Why" .
I really hope the rumours are true, and that we're on the verge of major disclosure - but for now I'm just waiting for more information and trying not to get my hopes up :P
You can find more info in the community-run wiki at our.wikileaks.org/Vault_7 .
Do you have any theories ? Share in the comments!
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Great post .. I have been following wiki for a while now ... do we know if Julian Assange is still alive ... ive seen alot of claims online that hes been taken into custody.. hard to know what to belive with all the fake news online at the moment ... great post though
Ive done some past posts detailing his timeline since when i believe he was removed from the embassy and the inconsistencies since..
I dont know what to believe anymore. Since we can't be positive if hes alive or if wikileaks has been compromised, i stopped fundraising for wikileaks and started building a decentralized replacement.
Will post more on that under the @steemleak account once the details are worked out
Great stuff I will be following your feed ...
Do you really think his recent AMA is fake though?? Who is Pamela Anderson visiting then?
https://steemit.com/vault7/@debtpeon/another-vault-7-post
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I've been combing through CIA and FBI files on 9/11 ... there are parallels in these vaults in the WL photos to vaults underneath the World Trade Center and one of the twin towers, Tower 4. Huge bank, maybe the bank of Switzerland I think, had tons of treasure, metal, gold, money, hidden away in these vaults but it was compromised either before or during the supposed 9/11 attacks ( not officially recorded though) ...
I remember hearing about an early morning operation in the basement of one of the towers, but assumed it was just planting more charges.. Interesting..
Very intriguing.
I wonder if it is at all related to this tweet wikileaks just made 5 minutes ago
Ecuadorian Presidential candidate's first act after Feb 19: terminate Assange asylum
There is some interesting speculation here at the outer dark.
Nice I hadn't seen this yet thanks! Embedding for others :
You said elsewhere people could promote their vault 7 posts here. my post is more dense but covers a lot more, would love to hear what other people have to say about it, but i doubt there is time before the leak
https://steemit.com/vault7/@debtpeon/another-vault-7-post
I interpret these tweets to be more of a warning to Wikileaks' enemies rather than being directed at the general public.
When - February 22nd - the engine is from an F22 raptor, so i think they are hinting they will release something big on Feb 22nd. Also note that the pic was taken in Langley Virginia which is CIA headquarters, more on that below.
Who - the source of the leak is someone similar to Manning and Snowden, perhaps an ex-CIA spy, as other pics had a relation to Langley.
What - i think the seed-bank is indicating that the source of these new leaks is protected from harm in the same way as the seeds in the seed bank. Either the source or the actual data itself, again my interpretation is that these are warnings to insiders who want to prevent WL from leaking.
Just my interpretation.
Awesome!