JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Lies Spies Tell About Assange
The imprisoned publisher was attacked during a big-name counter-intelligence event in Washington this week with the same kind of innuendo that a larger gang, back in 2019, threw at the…
“Publishing Is Not a Crime”: The New York Times Joins the Fight to Free Assange
Leaders of Brazil and Australia are also urging dismissal of U.S. charges against Julian Assange.
Thuggish Ways: Mike Pompeo, Punishing Leakers and Getting Assange
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch Poor, silly, protuberant Mike Pompeo. The stocky, irritated former CIA director and former Secretary of State is rather upset that those who worked under him…
Secret Power: The War on WikiLeaks
Owen Bowcott on Italian investigative journalist Stefania Maurizi’s new book documenting attempts to demonise and destroy Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and her seven-year battle to access government information.
WATCH: Art Exhibit Delves Into WikiLeaks’ World
The “NoisyLeaks!” show at the Projektraum 145 gallery in Berlin “aims to collectively expose and celebrate the historical and cultural heritage of WikiLeaks,” say the organizers. CN Live! reports.
‘Political Fix’ Needed for WikiLeaks’ Assange—Lawyer
By Reuters SYDNEY (Reuters) – A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said an “urgent political fix” is needed in his case because legal appeals against his extradition to the…
Chris Hedges: The Puppets and the Puppet Masters
The judicial proceedings against Julian Assange give a faux legality to the state persecution of the most important and courageous journalist of our generation.
Rafael Correa: ‘They Have Already Destroyed Assange’
Declassified sits down with the former president of Ecuador who granted Julian Assange asylum in London. He talks about dealing with the British, how the US seeks to control his…
Craig Murray: Marx Was Right
By Craig Murray / CraigMurray.org.uk I have never considered myself a Marxist. I came to adulthood at the end of the one, forty year long, period in the history of…
UK Bill Threatens Journalists With Life in Prison
Journalists and publishers could face life sentences if National Security Bill 2022, being debated in the U.K. Parliament, becomes law, reports Mohamed Elmaazi.
Assange Makes Final Appeal Against US Extradition
"If Julian Assange is not free, neither are we," said a protester at a Friday demonstration against the WikiLeaks founder's impending transfer. "None of us is free."
How Spooks and Establishment Journalists are Circling the Wagons
It would be foolish to imagine that, in this more complex information age, the U.S. and U.K. intelligence services’ influence over journalists has diminished. Both Carole Cadwalladr and Paul Mason’s…
Merrick Garland: Drop the Charges Against Julian Assange
By David Rovics / CounterPunch I turned on the news yesterday and there was Attorney General Merrick Garland somewhere in Ukraine, talking about being part of the effort to prosecute…
The Assange Animus and the Spy Trial Ahead
By John Kendall Hawkins / CounterPunch There’s a schadenfreude going around when it comes to Julian Assange. I can feel the seethe and bristle crawling up my neck. Some people…