Jérémie Zimmermann, computer science engineer, friend of Julian Assange and Cypherpunk guest on the 2012 Assange TV series, spoke to CN Live! outside Assange’s courthouse about the miscarriage of justice inside.
How We Stay Blind to the Story of Power, While Those Who Challenge it, Like Assange, Can Wind Up Behind Bars
Power’s main concern is the ability to conceal itself, writes Jonathan Cook. Instead of making itself visible, it depends on ideas that enslave our minds.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Your Man in Public Gallery – Day No. 2
There were moments Tuesday when Craig Murray achieved the suspension of disbelief you might do in theater, and began thinking “Wow, this case is going well for Assange.”
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Assange Helped Manning Crack Password to Download Video Games, Not State Secrets, Court is Told
Consortium News was inside Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday for the second day of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing. Joe Lauria filed this report.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Should Journalists Be Punished For Exposing War Crimes?
Should journalists and publishers be punished for exposing US war crimes?, asks Caity Johnstone.
Commentary, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Legal, Trump Administration, U.S., United Kingdon
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Your Man in Public Gallery – Day No. 1
Craig Murray reports on Monday’s opening statements in court, where the mere act of being an honest witness was suddenly extremely important since the media had abandoned that role.
Will the Assads & House of Saud Make Up?
Giorgio Cafiero analyzes the chances of Riyadh deciding to re-embrace Syria’s president and invest in the country’s reconstruction.
Afghanistan, Britain, Column, Film, Intelligence, International, Iraq, Legal, Obama Administration, Secrecy, Trump Administration, VIPS, WikiLeaks
RAY McGOVERN: Queen’s Counsel Charges vs Assange ‘Significantly Overwrought’
The CIA and Pentagon are saying, in effect, “Trust Us.” What could possibly go wrong? — aside from a publisher of accurate information spending the rest of his life in prison .
CN LIVE! From London: Season 2, Ep. 5: Assange Extradition Special
Watch Episode 5 of CN Live! as we explore the crucial issues of Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing.
ASSANGE: A Tale of Three Extraditions
Three extradition cases in the UK illustrate how the U.S. dominates Britain, but Julian Assange’s best chance to go free is to show that this time Washington has gone too far, Joe Lauria reports.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: CN’s Gary Webb Award Presented to Kristinn Hrafnsson on Behalf of Julian Assange
Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presented the 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award to WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson on behalf of Julian Assange after a rally for Assange in Parliament Square in London.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Did Sen. Warner and Comey Crush Assange Immunity Deal?
The U.S. was in talks for a deal with Julian Assange but then FBI Director James Comey ordered an end to negotiations after Assange offered to prove Russia was not involved in the DNC leak, as Ray McGovern explains.
Censorship, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Media, Propaganda, Trump Administration, U.S., United Kingdon, United Nations, WikiLeaks
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Support for Assange Mounts as Hearing Nears
People from around the world — journalists, doctors, activists and human rights defenders — are coming together to intervene in this highly politicized case, writes Nozomi Hayase.
Central America, Commentary, Germany, Latin America, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Why No Retired Generals Oppose America’s Forever Wars
With today’s former commanders regularly joining the boards of giant military contractors, Danny Sjursen looks in vain for the likes of Smedley Butler, an outspoken anti-imperialist from more than a century ago.
Apparent US Intel Meddling in US Election, With ‘Report’ Russia is Aiding Sanders
Without any proof, The New York Times and Washington Post run “Russia helping Sanders” stories, and Sanders responds by bashing Russia, writes Joe Lauria.
Bloomberg Surrogate Was PR Guru for Bolsonaro
Arick Wierson, who is pushing the billionaire’s presidential bid, devoted himself in 2018 to softening the image of Brazil’s extreme-right leader, reports Ben Norton.
Commentary, Intelligence, International, Legal, Obama Administration, The Bush-43 Administration, U.S., United Kingdon
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Indictment on Political Offense Runs Counter to Extradition Treaty
The WikiLeaks publisher was indicted for a political offense, writes Marjorie Cohn, which is forbidden by the two-nation treaty.
Munich Conference Reveals East-West Divide
In the end, the conference did disintegrate into the catfight that will dominate the rest of the century, writes Pepe Escobar.
Bloomberg’s Rising Polls Show Power of Billionaire Narrative Control
As long as a small elite group are able to manipulate the way people think and vote, then you don’t have democracy, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Britain, China, Commentary, Europe, Foreign Policy, France, Germany, International, Norway, Russia, WikiLeaks
The West Displays Its Insecurity Complex
The only complaint the U.S. allows is that the United States might not defend us enough, when the greater danger comes from being defended too much, writes Diana Johnstone on the Munich conference.