From: Dianne I am needing extra information on Ecuador and more info on Correa and of course the Assange case and I know that you were working in that direction a while back. I see the attached article is blaming Correa for taking big loans from China. Indigenous peoples denounce ongoing land rights violations in Ecuador mongabay.com […]
RELATED: 2018-12-06 NYT: Paul Manafort Discussed Deal to Seize Julian Assange Julian Assange’s lawyer has rejected an agreement announced by Ecuador’s president to see him leave the Ecuadorean embassy in London, after six years inside. Lenin Moreno, the president of Ecuador, has made no secret of his wish to be rid of the WikiLeaks […]
ImageA rally in Quito, Ecuador, in support of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the country’s embassy in London since 2012.CreditCreditJose Jacome/EPA, via Shutterstock RELATED: 2018-12-06 Julian Assange rejects UK-Ecuador deal for him to leave the embassy, The Telegraph The New York Times is reporting that President Trump’s former campaign […]
By Andrew Blake Attorneys seeking details about the U.S. government’s investigation into WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange argued Monday that the Department of Justice lacks justification for continuing to keep its case completely sealed. Lawyers for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a nonprofit organization representing journalists’ interests, raised the claim throughout a 12-page […]
Rusbridger is a special person. “Search” his name, using the upper right-hand corner search button on this blog, for postings related to him. = = = = = = = = Vrinda Sood Alan Rusbridger, former Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian, stressed the fundamental role of reporters in today’s world to a crowded Yale Law School […]
My view of Hillary Clinton says nothing about my view of Trump, or of the Russians – – just want to make that clear. Those are totally separate conversations. – – – – – – RE: why it is necessary to convince people that Hillary is the enemy in order to (protect whistleblowers)? – – […]
The Guardian did not make a mistake in vilifying Assange without a shred of evidence. It did what it is designed to do. by Jonathan Cook With this story, it has done what it regularly does when supposedly vital western foreign policy interests are at stake – it simply regurgitates an elite-serving, western narrative. (Photo: […]
UPDATES: “WikiLeaks is going make [sic] suing fake news producers like the Guardian a central part of its business model. Since libels are the most predictable response to the power and accuracy of a WikiLeaks‘ publication, our analysis is that this is a stable, scalable income stream,” WikiLeaks said through its Twitter account. 2018-11-29 Guardian Escalates […]
The Guardian is caught out, I would say. Set in CONTEXT: (CBC story below.) The Guardian published that Manafort (one-time campaign director for Trump) and Assange met 3 times. Manafort denies having ever met Assange. On this occasion, it’s likely Manafort is telling the truth: there have been no meetings between him and Assange. Assange […]
by Matt Naham WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has or hasn’t been charged, the government said in a cagey Monday court filing. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) responded to the news that federal prosecutors had erroneously exposed Assange as a target of criminal charges by requesting that the government unseal Assange’s […]