The U.S. president would not likely move on the case without some face-saving measure to ward off pressure from the C.I.A. and his own party, writes Joe Lauria.
Biden Would Need His Pound of Flesh From Assange
Category: Australia
Suspended for Providing Balanced News on Ukraine
An editor at Radio New Zealand has been suspended and is under investigation for the time-honored practices of providing balanced and factual reporting, writes Tony Kevin.
The Israeli Company Hacking Locked Mobile Phones
The use of military grade spyware by Australian government departments means the most personal data stored on mobile phones is no longer secret, writes Antony Lowenstein.
US Pushing into Troubled Waters with China
China’s defense minister has made it clear that his government is open to dialogue with Washington, writes Vijay Prashad. However, he has put forward a precondition – mutual respect.
Report: FBI Carries on Assange Investigation
An Australian newspaper reported Thursday the F.B.I. sought to question Julian Assange’s former ghostwriter in London as the U.S. continues a probe that resulted in an indictment three years ago of the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Rescuing Assange: The End Game’
Julian Assange’s Australian lawyer, Stephen Kenny, speaks to CN Live! about the “end game” to free the WikiLeaks publisher. With U.S. constitutional lawyer Bruce Afran. Watch the replay.
Caitlin Johnstone: 60 Minutes Australia Churning Out War-with-China Propaganda
Australians are particularly vulnerable to propaganda because the country has the most concentrated media ownership in the Western world, dominated by Nine Entertainment and the Murdoch-owned News Corp.
WATCH: Biden Missing, But Assange Sydney Rally Goes On
Joe Biden was due in Sydney Wednesday where he’s facing increased pressure to let Julian Assange go. Biden cancelled the trip but a rally in Hyde Park sent him the message anyway.
WATCH: Stella Assange & Jen Robinson at the NPC
Stella Assange, Julian Assange’s wife, and his lawyer, Jennifer Robinson addressed the media at the National Press Club in Canberra.
Australian MPs Meet US Envoy Caroline Kennedy on Assange
The breakfast was held in the Australian capital Canberra just two weeks before President Joe Biden visits Australia and after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ended his “quiet diplomacy” on Julian Assange.