The WikiLeaks legal team has a strong case to throw out Assange’s extradition request after the government that wants him extradited got hold of surveillance video of his privileged attorney-client conversations.
Category: Intelligence
Judge Denies Assange Extension on Extradition Hearing
A judge at a hearing in London has denied the WikiLeaks’ publisher more time to prepare his defense, while a group of Australian politicians coalesce around a demand to return Julian Assange home.
WATCH: Episode 14 CN Live!–Impeachment and Syria
Watch tonight’s episode of CN Live! at 8 pm EDT as we delve deeply into the situation in Syria and the attempt to impeach Donald Trump.
US Has Backed 21 of the 28 ‘Crazy’ Militias Leading Turkey’s Brutal Invasion of Northern Syria
New data from Turkey reveals almost all the mercenary force of “Arab militias” getting slammed by former and current U.S. officials were armed and trained in the past by the CIA and Pentagon, reports Max Blumenthal.
PEPE ESCOBAR: The Road to Damascus: How the Syria War was Won
Following the Damascus-Kurdish alliance, Syria may become the biggest defeat for the Central Intelligence Agency since Vietnam, says Pepe Escobar.
Protecting the ‘Whistleblower’ & Other Preposterous Pranks
James Howard Kunstler marvels at Adam Schiff’s tactical idiocy and savors the bit of media agitprop about James Comey in Saturday’s New York Times.
RAY McGOVERN: The New York Times’ Preemptive Reporting on James Comey
With the Justice Dept.’s coming inspector general report that could find serious wrongdoing by former FBI director James Comey and other senior officials the Times runs a glowing defense of Comey.
British Government Continues to Aid Repression in Human Rights-Abusing Countries, New Data Shows
In the past year, “telecommunications interception equipment,” or software & technology for it, has been exported to authoritarian regimes such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar, report Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis.
The New Yorker’s Partisan Attempt to Refute Its Claim of Partisan Disinformation on Biden and Ukraine
A leading New Yorker writer omits crucial facts to run interference for Joe Biden against serious allegations of corruption in Ukraine, writes Joe Lauria.
Watch CN Live! Special on Saudi Arabia—Episode 12
Watch CN Live!‘s Episode 12 tonight at 8 pm EDT for a Special on Saudi Arabia that delves into US-Saudi relations, Israeli-Saudi relations and the internal politics of the Kingdom.