NOTE: The Globe & Mail posting of the Julian Assange video, for which this is the transcript, eliminated the first part and changed the message delivered by Assange. I marked the point where they start their “reporting” of what he said. Scroll down to ***. The words reported in the doctored video appear in red. […]
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/us-calls-assange-enemy-of-state-20120927-26m7s.html THE US military has designated Julian Assange and WikiLeaks as enemies of the United States – the same legal category as the al-Qaeda terrorist network and the Taliban insurgency. Declassified US Air Force counter-intelligence documents, released under US freedom-of-information laws, reveal that military personnel who contact WikiLeaks or WikiLeaks supporters may be at risk […]
Also the Yes Men, see: http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=6218 CONTENTS (1) THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD (2) A HUFFY CANADA SHUTS DOWN ‘YES MEN’ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = (1) THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD In my estimation Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano are low-key brilliant and this […]
Is there a bigger “David versus Goliath” story than Julian Assange (Wikileaks) versus the American Military Empire? What a cliff-hanger! Will he be extradited to Sweden, or will Ecuador come through? For Assange, it is the difference between death and life (the Swedes will turn him over to the Americans. Ecuador, into whose custody he […]
Julian Assange’s Wikileaks published leaked diplomatic cables Related Stories: Q&A: Julian Assange and asylum Assange’s ties with Ecuador Is it legal to hide in an embassy? Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been served with an extradition notice by the Metropolitan Police. Officers from the extradition unit delivered a note to Mr Assange at Ecuador’s London embassy. […]
(I would like to publish the URL but doing so changes the formatting.) Julian Assange’s appeal for asylum in Ecuador may spare him a prison stay in Sweden or the United States. Barring a CIA drone strike on the Ecuadorian embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s sudden appeal for asylum there may spare him […]
I offer PROBLEM and REMEDY in this posting. When NATO does this in Tampa / WE do this in our community. I am sorry you may find it lengthy. I feel I have to make a water-tight case. ON “THE REMEDY” SIDE: Do not fall for the propaganda that what is happening in Quebec is […]
(For other postings related to “Hedges”, please “search” this blog – the button is in the upper right corner. After you hit the “enter”, scroll down past the headings. There will be a computer-generated list of summaries of articles re “Hedges”. I am extremely thankful for his work. ) Hedges thinks Quebec protest is big enough to infect Canada […]
(For a listing of the Assange postings, click on Julian Assange, Wikileaks, and scroll down.) Is there a bigger “David versus Goliath” story than Julian Assange (Wikileaks) versus the American military-industrial-congressional complex?! What a cliff-hanger, and for democracy! May 30, 2012: The UK Supreme Court says . . oops! see Assange gets surprise chance […]
Assange is a citizen of Australia. He has been fighting extradiction to Sweden from the U.K. The last paragraphs of the article below provide reason why Assange believes if he ends up in Sweden, the Swedes will simply hand him over to the Americans to face charges of espionage. The article is from the Christian Science Monitor, a reasonably good account, […]