Julian Assange
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Wikileaks Newslinks 27 October 2012: WikiLeaks reveals US detainee policies: Camp Delta
27 October 2012 Ecuador’s President suggests Assange be questioned at EmbassyVoice of Russia, News Today at 00:44 Sweden may send a representative of its prosecutor’s office to Ecuador’s Embassy in the UK to question Wikileaks founder Julian Assange . This was stated by the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, who cited instances when representatives of Continue reading
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Video: Omar Khadr Returned to Canada After US and Canada Ignored International Law for Years
Michael Ratner: The Khadr case and others show how human rights have deteriorated in the US; Assange right to fear extradition Continue reading
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WikiLeaks intervenes in the U.S. federal election – Vote WikiLeaks!
Last Friday, the Pentagon publicly reissued its threats against WikiLeaks, demanding that we destroy our previous publications and cease “soliciting” U.S. military whistleblowers — and that our failure to do so was an ongoing “crime” and “law enforcement matter”. The FBI file for the pending prosecution of WikiLeaks, according to court records from earlier this… Continue reading
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Video: Pressure Put on Manning to Implicate Assange
Michael Ratner: As Wikileaks Founder Nears 100 Days in Ecuadorian Embassy Sweden’s refusal to interview Assange in London suggests they are working with US towards extradition Continue reading
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Julian Assange arrest plan revealed accidentally
Plans to seize Julian Assange “under all circumstances” the moment he leaves the Ecuadorean embassy in London have accidentally been revealed by a police officer displaying restricted documents outside the embassy. Continue reading
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ICH 23 August 2012: U.S. Has Plans to Invade Syria
23 August 2012 — Information Clearing House WMD ‘Excuse for US to Intervene in Syria’ U.S. Has Contingency Plans to Invade Syria. By David S. Cloud and Shashank Bengali The contingency plans call for sending U.S. special forces into Syria to protect or destroy any unguarded stockpiles to keep them from militants, officials say. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32263.htm Continue reading
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‘Do some research!’ Christine Assange steamrolls Western journalism
Julian Assange’s mother slammed Western media’s lack of research and grasp of basic facts in an interview with Australian television, as the host tried to get her to “address the allegations” of free speech suppression in Ecuador. Continue reading
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‘Operation Free Assange’: Anonymous take down UK’s Justice Ministry’s website
The website for the UK Ministry of Justice is under attack after hacktivists engaged a mission to try and take down justice.gov.uk in retaliation for Britain’s handling of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Continue reading
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Assange/Wikileaks Newslinks 20 August 2012
20 August 2012 — williambowles.info Julian Assange demands end to US witch-huntWorld Socialist Web Site Today at 16:54 About 200 police lined the streets around the Ecuadorean embassy in London as the WikiLeaks editor addressed hundreds of supporters and media representatives. Continue reading
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ICH 18 August 2012: Pussy Riot vs Julian Assange
18 August 2012 — Information Clearing House Why the World Can’t Tolerate a Preemptive Israeli Attack on Iran By L. Michael Hager It is time for President Obama to say “No” to the Israelis – no more military aid (now amounting to more than $3 billion a year) if they launch a military strike on Iran. Continue reading
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Julian Assange urges US to end Wikileaks ‘witch-hunt’
Julian Assange has urged the US to end its “witch-hunt” against Wikileaks, in his first public statement since entering Ecuador’s London embassy. Continue reading
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US in pursuit of Assange, cables reveal
AUSTRALIAN diplomats have no doubt the United States is still gunning for Julian Assange, according to Foreign Affairs Department documents obtained by The Saturday Age. Continue reading
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Video: Daniel Ellsberg: I Congratulate Ecuador for Standing Up to British Empire to Protect Julian Assange
Daniel Ellsberg, the most famous whistleblower in the United States, praises Ecuador for granting political asylum to Julian Assange to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over sex crime accusations. ‘I congratulate Ecuador, of course, for standing up to the British Empire here, for insisting that they are not a British colony, and acting as… Continue reading
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ICH 16 August 2012: US Punched Bibi, Barak in the Face
16 August 2012 — Information Clearing House Bibi’s Secret War Plan By Richard Silverstein In the past few days, I received an Israeli briefing document outlining Israel‘s war plans against Iran. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32201.htm Continue reading
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Video: 'Not even in Cold War’s darkest days': International law scrapped in anti-Assange crusade
Ecuador’s move to grant Julian Assange political asylum has shown the true face of the current world order, highlighting more clearly than ever the line between the American Empire and the rest of the world, former CIA officer Ray McGovern told RT. Continue reading
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Video: ‘Not even in Cold War’s darkest days’: International law scrapped in anti-Assange crusade
Ecuador’s move to grant Julian Assange political asylum has shown the true face of the current world order, highlighting more clearly than ever the line between the American Empire and the rest of the world, former CIA officer Ray McGovern told RT. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 14-15 March 2012
15 March 2012 — williambowles.info US soldier accused in Wikileaks case due in court The Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A US Army private accused of leaking classified material to the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks could soon learn when his trial will start. Pfc. Bradley Manning was scheduled to appear in a military Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 7 March 2012
7 March 2012 — williambowles.info ‘US world’s worst human rights violator’ Press TV The UN special rapporteur on torture has found that the US authorities subjected WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Juan Ernesto Mendez says he is not convinced with the US authorities’ explanation regarding … http://www.presstv.ir/detail/230322.html Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report 5 March 2012 By William Blum: Bradley Manning as patsy
It’s unfortunate and disturbing that Bradley Manning’s attorneys have chosen to consistently base his legal defense upon the premise that personal problems and shortcomings are what motivated the young man to turn over hundreds of thousands of classified government files to Wikileaks. They should not be presenting him that way any more than Bradley should… Continue reading
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Video: United States vs. Manning & Assange
Michael Ratner: Army is trying to pressure Manning into implicating Julian Assange so that he too can be charged and extradited to US Continue reading