In 2013, Jonathan Cook encountered a master class in propaganda when he watched We Steal Secrets, Alex Gibney’s documentary about WikiLeaks and its founder.
The Assassination of Julian Assange
Category: Intelligence
NATO’s Plans to Hack Your Brain
NATO is spinning out an entirely new kind of combat it has branded cognitive warfare, Ben Norton reports.
WATCH: Julian Assange — What’s the Appeal?
Join Assange’s father, an Australian MP, a former national news presenter, two medical professionals and CN‘s legal analyst in a discussion about the upcoming appeal hearing.
CIA Plan to Poison Assange Wasn’t Needed
What the Yahoo! Assange Report Got Wrong
The Yahoo! report provides important new details of facts reported a year ago, but contains several errors, including a fabricated story about Russian operatives exfiltrating Assange from the Ecuador embassy, writes Joe Lauria.
Media Pushing Hostility to the New Afghan Govt
Gareth Porter reports on the echoing by some corporate press of a counter-terrorism narrative that threatens a goal shared by Washington and Kabul: eradicating the IS-K organization.
Pompeo Effectively Admits To Assange Allegations
Pompeo’s point that U.S. law prohibits carrying out assassinations is not convincing considering how the Trump administration openly assassinated Iran’s top military commander Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike last year, writes Caity Johnstone.
WATCH: The UN Inquiry into Hammarskjöld’s Death: Last Chance to Reach the Truth?
The United Nations is investigating the mysterious death of its second secretary-general 60 years ago last Saturday in circumstances that appear to implicate the intelligence agencies of the United States and Britain.
With Clinton Lawyer Charged, Russiagate Scam Now Under Indictment
Michael Sussmann is charged for failing to disclose he was acting on behalf of Clinton’s team, Aaron Maté reports. But the indictment makes clear the special counsel uncovered a wider deception.
The Elusive Truth About the Death of Dag Hammarskjöld and My Father
The U.N. ducked — in my view, avoiding discomfiting questions about the roles of Belgium, France, South Africa, the Soviet Union, Britain and the U.S. in events related to the crash, writes Hynrich W. Wieschhoff.