The same government that cannot audit its own Defense Department, and can’t balance its own budget, is going to protect us from the Chinese — even if free speech is impaired in the process, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
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Tag: Daniel Ellsberg
US Air Force’s Election-Night ICBM Test
The missile will launch from a U.S. base in California, writes Leah Yananton. Twenty two minutes later it will crash into the Marshall Islands.
JOE LAURIA: Why the US Let Assange Go
The Consortium News editor examines the cumulative factors that led to the United States releasing WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange from prison.
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.
Chris Hedges: Aaron Bushnell’s Divine Violence
Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation was ultimately a religious act, one that radically delineates good and evil and calls us to resist.
Chris Hedges: Julian Assange’s Final Appeal
The WikiLeaks publisher will make his final appeal this week to the British courts. If he is extradited it is the death of investigations into the inner workings of power by the press.
JOHN PILGER: Justice for Assange Is Justice for All
John Pilger, whose funeral was in London on Tuesday, wrote this account of the extradition trial of his friend Julian Assange in November 2021.
WATCH: Pilger & Ellsberg — Extradition Extra Edition
We lost both John Pilger and Daniel Ellsberg in 2023. Here they both appear on CN Live! on Sept. 20, 2020 to discuss Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.
WATCH: Celebration of the Life of Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg, the most prominent whistleblower in U.S. history, will be remembered on Sunday at 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT. Watch it here.
Jeffrey Sachs: NATO Expansion & Ukraine’s Destruction
Ukraine is being destroyed by U.S. arrogance, proving again Henry Kissinger’s adage that to be America’s enemy is dangerous, while to be its friend is fatal.