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Who's Really Behind the Effort to Stop WikiLeaks?

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The government of Ecuador says it was responsible for cutting Internet access of WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange. But some sources say it was U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

WikiLeaks continues to embarrass the Clinton campaign with disclosures of hacked emails.

One email leaked Tuesday appears to suggest Hillary Clinton wants Obamacare to fail, referring to the unraveling of the Affordable Care Act as a way of ushering in a single-payer system.

The emails also show Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta referring to Clinton's rival in the Democratic primaries, Bernie Sanders, as a "doofus."

WikiLeaks alleges Kerry asked Ecuador to cut Assange's Internet, a charge the State Department denies. Ecuador said it acted alone in restricting his Internet because he was interfering in the U.S. election. Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for four years, seeking asylum.

Meanwhile, Clinton is facing more email troubles.

Emails obtained by Citizens United through a Freedom of Information Act request added to concerns about Clinton's health, suggesting that simply walking around a stage may have been a challenge for Clinton as early as 2009.

And on Tuesday, President Barack Obama was taking shots at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, rejecting Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud, even though examples of fraud have been popping up around the country.

"You start whining before the game's even over?" Obama asked. "If whenever things are going badly for you and you start blaming someone else, then you don't have what it takes to be in this job (the presidency). I invite Mr. Trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes."

Obama also called Trump's praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin "unprecedented."

"Mr. Trump's continued flattery of Mr. Putin and the degree to which he appears to model many of his policies and approaches to politics of Mr. Putin is unprecedented in American politics," he charged.

Trump will have the chance to fire back at tonight's final debate.

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