Anyone still reading The Guardian? "Guardian" of what one asks? The Establishment?
Is there another option to the editor being either a moron or else complicit? Unless there is an exculpatory explanation quickly forthcoming that passes the smell test, some people need to be fired.
Needless to say, The Guardian has joined a growing list of unreliable media that I will no longer be linking to, at least until there is a change in management.
Disobedient Media
The Guardian’s Reputation In Tatters After Forger Revealed To Have Co-Authored Assange Smear
Elizabeth Vos
See also
Zero Hedge
Top Ecuadorian Diplomat Destroys Guardian's Claim That Manafort Visited Assange
Jonathan Cook