Trump Provides Written Responses to Mueller Questions
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-11-21
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has provided the special counsel with written answers to questions about his knowledge of Russian interference in the 2016 election, his lawyers said Tuesday, avoiding at least for now a potentially risky sit-down with prosecutors. It's the first time he has directly cooperated with the long investigation. | The step is a milestone in the negotiations between Trump's attorneys and special counsel Robert Mueller's team over whether and when the president might sit for an interview. | The compromise outcome, nearly a year in the making, offers some benefit to both sides. Tr…
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Trump hands over written responses to Mueller's Russia probe questions
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-21
A lawyer for Donald Trump has confirmed that the US President has submitted answers to the questions penned by FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team. The questions refer to the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with Moscow. | …
rt.com/usa/444497-trump-mueller-questions-sumbits/

Ecuador won't last forever: Assange will likely stand trial in US, ex-CIA director says
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-20
Julian Assange can't stay in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London forever — and when he finally does leave, he'll likely be extradited to the US, former CIA director John Brennan mused in a recent interview. | …
rt.com/usa/444449-brennan-assange-us-trial-cia/

The Indictment of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Press Freedom
Bruce Shapiro | thenation.com | 2018-11-20
The Indictment of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Press Freedom…
thenation.com/article/julian-assange-wikileaks-indictment-press-freedom/

Why Can't KPFA Local Station Board Officers & The Board Majority Support & Defend Assange
Steve Zeltzer | indybay.org | 2018-11-20
Despite the growing danger of the arrest and imprisonment of journalist and whistleblower Julian Assange the KPFA Local Station Board and the majority of it's members have refused to call for his defense and freedom. The question is why?>…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/17/18819229.php

Australian establishment collaborates in US vendetta against Julian Assange
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-20
The sealed US charges underscore the danger facing Assange and the perfidy of those who support his persecution.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/20/assa-n20.html

Charges Under Seal: US Prosecutors Get Busy With Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-20
Those with a stake in the hustling racket of empire have little time for the contrariness that comes with exposing classified information. Those who do are submitted to a strict liability regime of assessment and punishment: you had the information (lawfully obtained or otherwise) but you released it for public deliberation. Ignorance remains a desensitising…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/20/charges-under-seal-us-prosecutors-get-busy-with-julian-assange/

Why Did CIA Turn Against Saudi Crown Prince MBS? It's More than Khashoggi
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-11-20
CIA officials are signaling Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman must be replaced. Is this all about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi? Professor Asad AbuKhalil says there are other political reasons | The post Why Did CIA Turn Against Saudi Crown Prince MBS? It's More than Khashoggi appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/why-did-cia-turn-against-saudi-crown-prince-mbs-its-more-than-khashoggi

Amazon Collects and Stores Everything You Say to Alexa — Here's How to Delete
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-20
(ZHE) — If you're one of the millions of people who own a device with Amazon Alexa, the company's mobile spying device helpful personal assistant, whatever you say may be recorded — especially if someone in the house is named Alexis, Alex, or Lexi. According to Amazon's Alexa terms of use, the company collects and stores most of what you say to Alexa — …

Amazon Collects and Stores Everything You Say to Alexa — Here's How to Delete

Pompeo Handed Riyadh A Plan To Shield MBS From Khashoggi Fallout
Middle East Eye | iranian.com | 2018-11-20
US secretary of state gave Mohammed bin Salman a roadmap to insulate himself from the scandal, a senior Saudi source tells MEE Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince are shielding themselves from the Jamal Khashoggi murder scandal by using a roadmap drawn up by the US secretary of state, a senior Saudi source has told […] | The post Pompeo Handed Riyadh A Plan To Shield MBS From Khashoggi Fallout appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/20/pompeo-handed-riyadh-a-plan-to-shield-mbs-from-khashoggi-fallout/

Israeli Supreme Court Upholds Apartheid Rule
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-20
Repressive Israeli rule way exceeds the worst of South African apartheid. The Occupied Territories are virtual battlegrounds, Gaza most of all. | Palestinians are terrorized daily by Israeli soldiers and police, along with PA security forces, acting as the Jewish state's … | The post Israeli Supreme Court Upholds Apartheid Rule appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/israeli-supreme-court-upholds-apartheid-rule/5660316

The 'Resistance' Struggles to Justify Support for Trump's Prosecution of Assange
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-19
(CJ Opinion) — Ever since suspicions were confirmed that the Trump administration is indeed working to prosecute and imprison WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing authentic documents, the so-called "Resistance" has been struggling to explain exactly why it is so enthusiastically supportive of that agenda. And when I say struggling, I am being very, very generous. When news broke …

The 'Resistance' Struggles to Justify Support for Trump’s Prosecution of Assange

Trump Calls CIA Conclusion on Khashoggi Murder "Premature," Promises Full Report
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-19
(ANTIWAR.COM) — President Trump says he will be releasing a "very full report" on the Saudi murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Istanbul consulate within the next two days. Trump promised the report will include "who did it." The odds are this official report won't implicate the Saudi crown prince, as the CIA already did that in …

Trump Calls CIA Conclusion on Khashoggi Murder "Premature," Promises Full Report

As the Obama DOJ Concluded, Prosecution of Julian Assange for Publishing Documents Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom
Glenn Greenwald | theintercept.com | 2018-11-16
The Trump DOJ's prosecution of Assange will be cheered by Democrats, as they unite to criminalize the core of investigative journalism. | The post As the Obama DOJ Concluded, Prosecution of Julian Assange for Publishing Documents Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/11/16/as-the-obama-doj-concluded-prosecution-of-julian-assange-for-publishing-documents-poses-grave-threats-to-press-freedom/

Exclusive: WikiLeaks Lawyer Warns U.S. Charges Against Assange Endanger Press Freedom Worldwide
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-16
The Justice Department has inadvertently revealed that it has prepared an indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. In an unusual development, language about the charges against Assange was copied and pasted into an unrelated court filing that was recently unsealed. In the document, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kellen S. Dwyer wrote, "Due to the sophistication of the defendant and the publicity surrounding the case, no other procedure is likely to keep confidential the fact that Assange has been charged." The news broke on Thursday night just hours after The Wall Street Journal reported the Justice Departme…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/16/exclusive_wikileaks_lawyer_warns_us_charges

COMMENTARY: US Intel Will Bring Assange to US in Chains
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-14
It appears increasingly likely Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange will wind up in the clutches of the U.S. government, says Ann Garrison. United States Will Bring Assange to US in Chains By Ann Garrison It appears increasingly likely Wikileaks… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/14/us-intel-will-bring-assange-to-us-in-chains/

Acting AG Matt Whitaker Scrutinized over His Radical Judicial Beliefs & Past Dirty Work for GOP
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-13
Controversy is growing over President Trump's selection of Matt Whitaker to serve as acting attorney general following the ousting of Jeff Sessions. The state of Maryland is heading to court today to challenge the legality of Whitaker's appointment. The state contends that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should have been named acting attorney general instead of Whitaker, who was not confirmed by the Senate for his previous post–chief of staff to Sessions. Meanwhile, pressure is growing on Whitaker to recuse himself from overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling i…
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