Last Tuesday a top lawyer for the New York Times named David McCraw warned a room full of judges that the prosecution of Julian Assange for WikiLeaks publications would set a very dangerous precedent which would end up hurting mainstream news media outlets like NYT, the Washington Post, and other outlets which publish secret government documents. “I think the prosecution Read More…
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US Suddenly Buys More Ecuadorian Oil: Is Trump Also Buying Assange’s Arrest?
Over the last two weeks, the U.S. has imported a record amount of Ecuadorian oil, leading to speculation that a deal or pay-off may have been made to ensure Moreno’s cooperation with Washington’s long-standing efforts to have Assange arrested and extradited. MADRID — Speaking in Madrid on Friday, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno told an audience that Read More…
Ecuador Prepares To Hand Julian Assange Over To British Authorities
Amid new reports that Ecuador is preparing to withdraw asylum protections from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and hand him over to British authorities within the next few weeks, journalists are raising alarm at the serious threats to press freedom such a move could spawn, given that the U.K. may decide to extradite Assange to the Read More…
WikiLeaks Lawyer’s Office Stormed In “Professional Operation”; Assange Then Tweets Video With Seth Rich Hint
Three hooded figures dressed in black broke into the Madrid office of WikiLeaks lawyer Baltasar Garzon at dawn on Monday morning, in what police are describing as a “very professional” operation they are treating as an attempted robbery, according to Spain’s largest newspaper, El País. Garzon heads Assange’s legal defense, in particular working to avoid extradition to Sweden Read More…
New Senate Bill Targets WikiLeaks, Russia, Independent Press And The First Amendment
With the Russian meddling narrative serving as pretext, the U.S. Senate, embracing the “Pompeo Doctrine,” is moving to stifle and criminalize WikiLeaks and, by extension, any such “dangerous,” transparency-providing entities that threaten to cast doubt upon Washington’s “official stories.” The Senate Intelligence Committee is pushing Congress to label WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service,” having Read More…
US, Israel, And Saudi Arabia Planned Overthrow Of Syrian Government In 2006
Cables reveal that before the beginning of the Syrian revolt and civil war, the United States hoped to overthrow Assad and create strife between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. Speaking from Ecuador’s embassy in London, Julian Assange revealed that the United States planned to overthrow the Syrian government as far back as 2006, several years before Read More…






