Contrary to U.S. government claims, WikiLeaks’ revelations actually saved lives — and drove demand for accountability from Washington, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Assange Is Free: Here’s What He’s Given Us
Category: Legal
WATCH: Revisiting the Assange Case
A panel of journalists who covered the Assange case discuss the twists and turns in the drama leading to his release on Monday, with host Richard Medhurst.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: US Postal Service’s Attack on Privacy
Somehow, a quasi-government agency that spies on individuals with no probable cause or due process, in a haphazard manner that offers no recourse for the people being targeted, doesn’t seem constitutional.
Assange Agreed to Have Unpublished Material Destroyed
As part of his plea deal with the United States, Julian Assange agreed to order the destruction of any unpublished U.S. material in WikiLeaks possession.
Assange Celebrations Mixed With Rebukes of White House
Press-freedom advocates this week flagged the damage done by the U.S. government’s pursuit of a journalist who helped expose state secrets and evidence of war crimes.
US Supreme Court’s Anti-Immigrant Ruling
Dissenting members of the court accused the majority of issuing an unnecessarily broad ruling that could be used to strike down the right to same-sex marriage, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Assange: I Broke the Law But the Law Is Wrong
Julian Assange’s plea deal with the United States was completed before a U.S. federal judge Wednesday on the U.S. possession of the Mariana Islands, reports Joe Lauria.
Caitlin Johnstone: Assange Free, But No Justice
We all still live under a globe-spanning power structure that has shown the entire world that it will destroy your life if you expose its criminality.
British-Israeli Soldiers in the War-Crimes Zone
U.K. nationals are fighting on the frontline in Gaza, helping Israel’s military enforce its “total siege” over millions of Palestinians, writes Hamza Yusuf.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Hunter Biden’s Charge of Lying Under Oath
The June 5 criminal referrals are indication enough that the Oversight and Judiciary committees are far from done, spent, or at a dead end.