Pentagon Papers whistleblower Dan Ellsberg, who testified at Julian Assange’s hearing, and legendary journalist and filmmaker John Pilger, who was in the courtroom, join us LIVE at 9 am Pacific, 12 pm Eastern and 5 pm BST on Saturday.
The second week of Julian Assange‘s resumed extradition hearing has ended and we bring you our weekly wrap-up of the case. Our guests this week are one of the defense witnesses, Daniel Ellsberg, and a courtroom observer, John Pilger. They will be interviewed by CN Live! co-host Elizabeth Vos; British legal analyst Alexander Mercouris and Consortium News Editor Joe Lauria.
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Recall that Section 973 e of the USA 1917 Espionage Act makes retention of classified material illegal. Yes this affects journalists. But, it also affects every library on the planet which holds archival material from the New York Times, Washington Post, etc..
Think about that.
Actually, the newspapers themselves hold copies of their publications. Thus, prosecute all the newspapers too.
Following John Pilger’s description of the glass cage in the courtroom, I am wondering what the rules are regarding images from the courtroom for public dissemination. It is the practice in courts of law in Australia to permit hand sketches to be made from inside the courtroom. Would this be possible during these proceedings? Is it even permitted to distribute such images made by anyone from either within or outside the court?
Only courtroom sketches are permitted in the Assange hearing.
CN hasn’t yet commented on the important topic of The Transition Integrity Project (TIP)!
Consortium News reported on the Transition Integrity Project
on August 28, 2020 in a piece by Diana Johnstone.
Thank you. My ignorance!
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