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LIVE UPDATES FROM LONDON: ASSANGE EXTRADITION HEARING ADJOURNED UNTIL MAY 18

February 27, 2020 • 36 Comments

Consortium News is in London to cover the formal extradition process of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and has provided updates throughout the week.

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Afghanistan, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, U.S.

Anti-Interventionist Think Tank’s Debut is a Dud

February 28, 2020 • 0 Comments

The Quincy Institute’s kickoff conference lacked any dramatic moment announcing the arrival of a powerful new voice for radical change in U.S. policy, writes Gareth Porter. 

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Britain, Commentary, Legal, U.S., WikiLeaks

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Your Man in Public Gallery – Day No. 4

February 28, 2020 • 5 Comments

Craig Murray relates Thursday’s proceedings, during which the judge’s harassment of the defense — when Fitzgerald had the prosecution on the ropes — to the Stalin show trial playbook.

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Afghanistan, Censorship, Commentary, Intelligence, Iraq, Propaganda, Trump Administration, U.S., United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: First They Came for Julian …

February 27, 2020 • 10 Comments

What is at stake here, absent any hyperbole, is the very existence of a free press, writes Danny Sjursen.

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Afghanistan, Censorship, Commentary, Intelligence, Iraq, Media, Propaganda, Trump Administration, U.S., United Kingdon, WikiLeaks

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Debunking the Smear About Assange Recklessly Publishing Unredacted Documents

February 27, 2020 • 1 Comment

Caitlin Johnstone issues a reminder that the WikiLeaks publisher not only tried to alert the State Department he also pulled an all-nighter to cleanse the logs of over 10,000 names. 

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Books, Column, Commentary, France, Legal, Spain, Trump Administration, United Kingdon, WikiLeaks

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Can a French Touch Pierce a Neo-Orwellian Farce?

February 27, 2020 • 3 Comments

By offering asylum to the persecuted publisher of WikiLeaks, France’s Macron would enhance his status in myriad European latitudes and all across the Global South, writes Pepe Escobar.

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Britain, Commentary, International, Legal, WikiLeaks

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Your Man in Public Gallery – Day No. 3

February 27, 2020 • 12 Comments

With Assange still caged behind bullet-proof glass, lawyers from both sides argued whether international or domestic law would determine whether an extradition can be made for a political crime, as Craig Murray reports.

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Britain, CN Live!, Intelligence, International, Legal, Media, Russia, WikiLeaks

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Interview With Jérémie Zimmermann, Assange Collaborator and Friend, on the Travesty at Woolwich Crown Court

February 26, 2020 • 7 Comments

Jérémie Zimmermann, computer science engineer, friend of Julian Assange and Cypherpunk guest on the 2012 Assange TV series, spoke to CN Live! outside Assange’s courthouse about the miscarriage of justice inside.

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Arts, Campaign 2020, Climate Change, Commentary, Media, Propaganda, Russiagate, WikiLeaks

How We Stay Blind to the Story of Power, While Those Who Challenge it, Like Assange, Can Wind Up Behind Bars

February 26, 2020 • 21 Comments

Power’s main concern is the ability to conceal itself, writes Jonathan Cook. Instead of making itself visible, it depends on ideas that enslave our minds. 

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Britain, Commentary, Human Rights, International, Legal, WikiLeaks

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Your Man in Public Gallery – Day No. 2

February 26, 2020 • 11 Comments

There were moments Tuesday when Craig Murray achieved the suspension of disbelief you might do in theater, and began thinking “Wow, this case is going well for Assange.” 

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Britain, Legal, WikiLeaks

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Assange Helped Manning Crack Password to Download Video Games, Not State Secrets, Court is Told

February 25, 2020 • 11 Comments

Consortium News was inside Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday for the second day of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing. Joe Lauria filed this report.

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Propaganda, WikiLeaks

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Should Journalists Be Punished For Exposing War Crimes?

February 25, 2020 • 7 Comments

Should journalists and publishers be punished for exposing US war crimes?, asks Caity Johnstone.

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Commentary, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Legal, Trump Administration, U.S., United Kingdon

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Your Man in Public Gallery – Day No. 1

February 25, 2020 • 19 Comments

Craig Murray reports on Monday’s opening statements in court, where the mere act of being an honest witness was suddenly extremely important since the media had  abandoned that role.

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Gulf States, International News Analysis, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, U.S.

Will the Assads & House of Saud Make Up?

February 25, 2020 • 4 Comments

Giorgio Cafiero analyzes the chances of Riyadh deciding to re-embrace Syria’s president and invest in the country’s  reconstruction.

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Afghanistan, Britain, Column, Film, Intelligence, International, Iraq, Legal, Obama Administration, Secrecy, Trump Administration, VIPS, WikiLeaks

RAY McGOVERN: Queen’s Counsel Charges vs Assange ‘Significantly Overwrought’

February 25, 2020 • 25 Comments

The CIA and Pentagon are saying, in effect, “Trust Us.” What could possibly go wrong? — aside from a publisher of accurate information spending the rest of his life in prison .

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Britain, CN Live!, Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award, Intelligence, Legal, WikiLeaks

CN LIVE! From London: Season 2, Ep. 5: Assange Extradition Special

February 24, 2020 • 3 Comments

Watch Episode 5 of CN Live! as we explore the crucial issues of Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing.

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Britain, Intelligence, International, Legal, Politics, WikiLeaks

ASSANGE: A Tale of Three Extraditions

February 23, 2020

Three extradition cases in the UK illustrate how the U.S. dominates Britain, but Julian Assange’s best chance to go free is to show that this time Washington has gone too far, Joe Lauria reports.

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Consortiumnews.com, Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award, Media, WikiLeaks

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: CN’s Gary Webb Award Presented to Kristinn Hrafnsson on Behalf of Julian Assange

February 23, 2020

Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presented the 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award to WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson on behalf of Julian Assange after a rally for Assange in Parliament Square in London.

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Intelligence, International, Russiagate, U.S., VIPS Memos

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Did Sen. Warner and Comey Crush Assange Immunity Deal?

February 22, 2020

The U.S. was in talks for a deal with Julian Assange but then FBI Director James Comey ordered an end to negotiations after Assange offered to prove Russia was not involved in the DNC leak, as Ray McGovern explains.

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Censorship, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Media, Propaganda, Trump Administration, U.S., United Kingdon, United Nations, WikiLeaks

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Support for Assange Mounts as Hearing Nears

February 22, 2020

People from around the world — journalists, doctors, activists and human rights defenders — are coming together to intervene in this highly politicized case, writes Nozomi Hayase.

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Central America, Commentary, Germany, Latin America, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

Why No Retired Generals Oppose America’s Forever Wars

February 21, 2020

With today’s former commanders regularly joining the boards of  giant military contractors, Danny Sjursen looks in vain for the likes of Smedley Butler, an outspoken anti-imperialist from more than a century ago. 

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Campaign 2016, Campaign 2020, Commentary, Intelligence, International, Politics, Russia, Russiagate

Apparent US Intel Meddling in US Election, With ‘Report’ Russia is Aiding Sanders

February 21, 2020

Without any proof, The New York Times and Washington Post run “Russia helping Sanders” stories, and Sanders responds by bashing Russia, writes Joe Lauria.

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Brazil, Campaign 2020, Propaganda, Right Wing, U.S.

Bloomberg Surrogate Was PR Guru for Bolsonaro

February 20, 2020

Arick Wierson, who is pushing the billionaire’s presidential bid, devoted himself in 2018 to softening the image of Brazil’s extreme-right leader, reports Ben Norton.

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Commentary, Intelligence, International, Legal, Obama Administration, The Bush-43 Administration, U.S., United Kingdon

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Indictment on Political Offense Runs Counter to Extradition Treaty

February 20, 2020

The WikiLeaks publisher was indicted for a political offense, writes Marjorie Cohn, which is forbidden by the two-nation treaty.

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China, Commentary, Foreign Policy

Munich Conference Reveals East-West Divide

February 20, 2020

In the end, the conference did disintegrate into the catfight that will dominate the rest of the century, writes Pepe Escobar. 

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