The infrastructure bill in U.S. Congress is an example of the serious public consequences of innumeracy, writes Michael Brenner.
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Official Secrets Act: UK Planned Reform Makes Criminals Out of Journalists
In a remarkable twist, this new legislation equates investigative journalism with spying, writes Karin Wahl-Jorgensen.
LETTER FROM LONDON: The Obsessive Pursuit of Assange as UK Prepares Its Own Espionage Act
The single-minded U.S. pursuit of Julian Assange as Britain proposes changes to its official secrets law shows the fierce determination of both governments to conceal their secrets, writes Alexander Mercouris.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Same FBI
From the Michigan kidnapping plotters to the Portland occupiers to my own brush with a sting, not much has changed since J. Edgar Hoover.
Intelligent Intelligence Analysis
Consortium News leads the way in analyzing intelligence that is laundered uncritically through the mainstream media.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Assange on the Brink’ — Now With Full Transcript
WikiLeaks Editor Kristinn Hrafnsson; ex-Icelandic interior minister Ögmundur Jónasson; Stundin journalist Bjartmar Alexandersson; and Australian MP Julian Hill discuss major developments in the U.S. case against Julian Assange. Watch the replay and read the transcript.
RUSSIAGATE: Luke Harding’s Hard Sell
The only interests this leak serves — if it was a leak — are those of Harding and U.S. intelligence, who were hung out to dry by the collapse of the Russiagate narrative, writes Joe Lauria.
The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 6: Assange in the Dock
The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 5: The Pentagon Papers
Merkel Is Sent Letter on Assange Before Her Visit to Biden
On her way to the White House, the German chancellor has a received a letter from Bundestag members, journalists and artists telling her to bring up Assange with the U.S. president.