When Pompeo Spat on West Point
The former C.I.A. director and secretary of state ridiculed the U.S. Military Academy, his alma mater, by dissing the cadets’ honor code in one of his most infamous remarks, writes…
Unaccountable Hackers: The CIA, Vengeance and Joshua Schulte
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch The release of the Vault 7 files in the spring of 2017 in a series of 26 disclosures, detailing the hacking tools of the US…
From Media Outlet to ‘Non-State Hostile Intelligence Service’
By designating WikiLeaks a spy outfit, the U.S. government has stacked the deck against Julian Assange and leveled an unprecedented threat against journalism.
Assange Visitors Renew Request for CIA to ‘Purge and Destroy’ Files on Them
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Attorneys and journalists, who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while he was living under political asylum in the Ecuador embassy, amended their lawsuit against…
CIA Pushes for Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Alleged Spying on Assange Visitors
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The Central Intelligence Agency and former CIA director Mike Pompeo notified a federal court in New York that they intend to push for the…
Has the Worm Turned in the Assange Case?
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch One of the world’s most courageous whistleblowers, Daniel Ellsberg challenged U.S. prosecutors on December 6 to come after him, as they have pursued Julian Assange.…
Four British Ministries Refuse To Say if They’ve Discussed Assange With US
UK government statements raise suspicions about the degree of coordination with the US administration over the continued incarceration of the WikiLeaks founder.
CIA, Pompeo Sued for Allegedly Spying on US Attorneys and Journalists Who Met With Assange
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A group of journalists and lawyers, who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while he was living under political asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy, sued…
Craig Murray: The Film About Julian Assange
Ithaka is a heart-rending film that offers an important rebuttal to more than a decade of propaganda aimed at dehumanizing the WikiLeaks publisher.
Stella Assange: ‘We Are Going to Fight This’
“We are going to use every appeal avenue,” Stella Assange told a London press conference on Friday after the home secretary signed the extradition order, reports Joe Lauria.
Patrick Lawrence: Biden’s Taiwan Talk
We are witnessing the gradual dismantling of strategic ambiguity in favor of the clarity urged by Trump’s belligerent secretary of state, Mike Pompeo.
Chris Hedges and John Pilger on the ‘Show Trial’ of Julian Assange
Investigative journalism is also on trial with WikiLeaks' founder.
Trump’s CIA Considered Kidnapping or Assassinating Assange
Citing conversations with more than 30 former U.S. officials, Yahoo News reports that "discussions over kidnapping or killing Assange occurred 'at the highest levels' of the Trump administration."
Unraveling the U.S. Army’s Hot Take on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
The beauty of the dream Armenia-Azerbaijan battleground is it near perfectly fulfills the macabre fantasies of Cold War-nostalgic conventional army officers.
International Racketeering: ‘Godfather’ Donald’s Mafia War on the ICC
Faced with an investigation of possible U.S. war crimes, the administration’s 'enforcers' retaliated with textbook mob tactics.