Among the guests were Daniel Ellsberg, Daniel McAdams, George Smazuely, Margaret Kimberely, Peter B. Collins and Michel Collon. Hosted by Elizabeth Vos and Joe Lauria.
Australia, Britain, Commentary, Ecuador, Human Rights, Intelligence, International, Legal, WikiLeaks
JOHN PILGER: Assange Arrest a Warning from History
Real journalism is being criminalized by thugs in plain sight, says John Pilger. Dissent has become an indulgence. And the British elite has abandoned its last imperial myth: that of fairness and justice.
Campaign 2016, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, International, International News Analysis, Media, Propaganda, Russiagate, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration, Trump Administration, U.S., United Kingdon, United Nations
7 Years of Lies About Assange Won’t Stop Now
One of the few towering figures of our time was reduced to nothing more than a sex pest and scruffy bail-skipper, writes Jonathan Cook.
Commentary, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Indigenous People, International News Analysis, Israel, Palestine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
THE ANGRY ARAB: How Arabs Watch Israeli Elections
The view is no different from how South African blacks regarded elections of whites in apartheid South Africa, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
Emergency Meeting for Assange
Kim Dotcom led an emergency meeting on the day Julian Assange was arrested.
Requiem for the Fourth Estate
The arrest of Julian Assange adds to the steady erosion of the rights we once took for granted, says Ray McGovern.
Moreno Withdraws Asylum as Assange is Arrested
The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested after the Ecuadorian president, Lenin Moreno, withdrew Assange’s asylum, in a move that runs counter to international asylum law.
Spanish Police Probe Extortion Scheme Involving Surveillance on Assange
UPDATED: Suspects are being investigated in Spain for having tried to extort €3 million from WikiLeaks in exchange for a huge cache of documents and surveillance videos of Assange inside Ecuador’s London embassy, including with his doctors and lawyers.
Campaign 2016, Column, Commentary, Intelligence, Iraq, Legal, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Russiagate
RAY McGOVERN: Unaccountable Media Faced with Dilemma in Next Phase of Deep State-gate
Now that the media has been exposed for wrongly siding with the intelligence agencies, how will it handle Devin Nunes’s criminal referrals in Deep State-gate?, asks Ray McGovern.
Consortium News’ Record on Russia-gate—How CN Covered the ‘Scandal’: No. 6—‘How the Department of Homeland Security Created a Deceptive Tale of Russia Hacking US Voter Sites’
The narrative about Russian cyberattacks on American election infrastructure is a self-interested abuse of power by DHS based on distortion of evidence, wrote Gareth Porter on Aug. 28, 2018.
Gravel Declares Presidential Bid to Highlight Anti-Interventionism and Direct Democracy
The former U.S. senator, 89, who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional record, and ran for president in 2008, says he’s not entering to win but to inject crucial issues into Democratic primary debates.
Campaign 2016, Campaign 2020, Commentary, Intelligence, International, Politics, Russia, Russiagate, Trump Administration, U.S.
Russia-gate’s Successor Gambit
Now the propaganda crusade has been initiated to defame the AG, writes James Howard Kunstler.
On the Pavement with Wikileaks
When Julian Assange does leave the embassy, it will be important to try to focus a hostile media on why it is Assange is actually wanted for extradition, Craig Murray comments.
Is Assange a Journalist?
When someone says “Assange isn’t a journalist”, they aren’t telling you what Assange is. They’re showing you who they are, says Caitlin Johnstone. Plus Ray McGovern answered the question on CNN nine years ago.
Consortium News’ Record on Russia-gate—How CN Covered the ‘Scandal’: No. 5—‘Spooks Spooking Themselves’
On Thursday Daniel Lazare wrote a review of a book about how intelligence agents set up aspects of the “collusion” story. But in May 2018 Lazare had already begun figuring out the story for himself.
Australia, Britain, Consortiumnews.com, Ecuador, Human Rights, Intelligence, International, WikiLeaks
Daniel Ellsberg, John Kiriakou, Lee Camp and Many More in Marathon Assange Vigil
Unity4J held an online vigil from Friday and through Monday morning after two sources in the Ecuadorian government told WikiLeaks it can expect Julian Assange to be expelled from the London Embassy within “hours or days.”
BREAKING: Assange ‘Will Be’ Arrested in ‘Hours to Days,’ WikiLeaks Says
WikiLeaks has quoted a “high-level” Ecuadorian government source as saying that Julian Assange could be imminently expelled from Ecuador’s London embassy and that Quito has an agreement with the UK to arrest him.
WikiLeaks Says Assange Can be Expelled ‘Within Hours’
In a tweet, Wikileaks quoted a high-level Ecuadorian government source as saying that Julian Assange could be imminently kicked out of the London embassy and that Quito has an agreement with the UK to arrest him.
Australia, Books, Britain, Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Great Britain, Intelligence, International, Propaganda, Russia, Russiagate, Syria, U.S., Ukraine
The Tale of a ‘Deep State Target’
Daniel Lazare reviews George Papadopoulos’s book about his misadventures with a nest of intelligence agents.
VIPS Urge Trump to Avoid War in Venezuela
VIPS warn that Trump’s policies regarding Venezuela appear to be on a slippery slope that could take us toward war in Venezuela and military confrontation with Russia.