Assange Agreed to Destroy Unpublished Classified Material
As part of his plea deal with the United States, Julian Assange agreed to order the destruction of any unpublished U.S. material in WikiLeaks possession.
Patrick Lawrence: Putin—Behind the Shoji
The Russian president’s time in Pyongyang and Hanoi gave clear evidence of the turn away from the West that Lavrov, the country’s foreign minister, announced at the start of the…
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.
Judges Named for Assange Appeal
Consortium News will be back inside the courtroom in London July 9-10 to cover Julian Assange’s appeal against extradition. Help us bring you news of his fate.
Patrick Lawrence: The Afterlives of Lies
The hoax of “weaponized rape” in Gaza takes what seems a fatal hit.
Biden Admin Endorses Trump’s Saudi Foreign Policy
The White House is committing itself to the survival and longevity of one of the most totalitarian regimes in the region, and the world.
Congress Trains Academia to Deny Genocide
“Do you think Israel’s government is genocidal?” Corinna Barnard reacts to congressional lawmakers raising this question with university leaders last week.
Patrick Lawrence: US Endgame in Ukraine — War Without End, Amen
What happens when a powerful nation cannot afford to lose a war it has already lost?
Michael Brenner: A Brutal Suppression of Speech
The increasingly common resort to diktats by U.S. authorities is a notable feature of contemporary American society — in all spheres, writes Michael Brenner.
Ray McGovern: Russia & China — Two Against One
Xi Jinping’s reception of Putin yesterday in Beijing sealed the increasingly formidable strategic relationship, fundamentally misunderstood in Washington.
John Kiriakou: The Heroism of David McBride
By 2014 McBride had compiled a dossier into profound command failings that saw examples of potential war crimes in Afghanistan overlooked and other soldiers wrongly accused. On Tuesday he was…
Patrick Lawrence: Ðiên Biên Phú at 70
How did the Vietnamese prevail at that world-historical moment? The answers shed light on the world we see outside our windows now.
Whistleblower David McBride To Be Sentenced
Australian whistleblower David McBride was back in court Monday for his sentencing hearing in a case in which his disclosures revealed Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.
Enforcing Silence on Genocide
The U.S. public should by now be realizing that instead of stopping genocide, U.S. institutional and media authority is actively stamping out cries to stop the mass murder being committed…
Iran’s Strategic Patience Is Spent
Direct retaliatory strikes mark a new phase of the Islamic Republic’s conflict with Israel.