Daily Archives: November 28, 2018

2018-11-28: News Headlines

Stephen Lendman (2018-11-28). Trump Blocks CIA Chief Haspel From Testifying About Khashoggi's Murder. globalresearch.ca Since Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) (allegedly) ordered the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi on October 2, White House strategy about the incident has been coverup, denial, and changing the subject. | Trump and regime hardliners want nothing interfering …

Middle East Eye (2018-11-28). Pompeo Defends US Involvement In Yemen Ahead Of Critical Senate Vote. iranian.com Mike Pompeo has defended the United States' involvement in the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen, ahead of an expected vote in the US Senate later Wednesday that will demonstrate whether Washington's politicians have broken from President Donald Trump's unwavering support for Riyadh. In prepared comments on Wednesday, the US secretary of state said the war […]

DJ Mouse (2018-11-28). Sedition Free SS…11-27-18 Mouse Report. indybay.org As the world's foremost journalist Julian Assange remains trapped and gagged in the Ecuadoran embassy in London and the Mueller probe goes on…pushing the Administration into more and more hawkish behavior to prove he's not a Russian bot…pseudo lefties cheer on the getaway driver in the FBI's Whitey Bulger murders, Pan Am 103 frame-up, 9-11-01 WTC Pentabomb operation and many other major federal crimes since the horrible '80s…we sample the sedition free Sunday Show then go back to Sunday Sedition host Andrea Lewis for a reality check '80s…1 hr.)…

wsws (2018-11-28). Guardian newspaper spearheads new accusations against Assange and WikiLeaks. wsws.org The newspaper has the nerve to declare that it serves to "give a voice to those less heard, challenge the powerful, and hold them to account."

Glenn Greenwald (2018-11-28). It Is Possible Paul Manafort Visited Julian Assange. zcomm.org If True, There Should Be Ample Video and Other Evidence Showing This…

wsws (2018-11-28). SEP meeting and livestream on December 16: What next in the fight to free Julian Assange? wsws.org The meeting will discuss the Socialist Equality Party's political perspective to mobilise and lead the defence of Julian Assange.

Joe Lauria (2018-11-28). Judge Delays Decision Whether to Unseal Assange Criminal Complaint. globalresearch.ca A decision whether to unseal U.S. government charges against Julian Assange was delayed for a week by Judge Leonie Brinkema in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday. | In her comments to the court, …

Joe Lauria (2018-11-28). Judge Delays Decision Whether to Unseal Assange Criminal Complaint. mintpressnews.com The assistant US attorney argued that it is merely speculation that there are already charges against Assange based on anonymous press sources, even though a mistakenly published paragraph clearly speaks of the "fact that Assange has been charged."

Shared by Cherise (2018-11-28). Lying to Robert Mueller Is Just a Terrible Idea. truthout.org Donald Trump announced last week that he has completed his written answers for special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing Russian collusion investigation. "I write the answers. My lawyers don't write answers," he said during an Oval Office bill signing when asked if he had completed the questions himself. "I was asked a series of questions. I answered them very easily." Then he finished his choco-milk like a big boy, you betcha. | One question remains open and unresolved: Will Trump agree to a sit-d…

Shared by Merula Furtado (2018-11-28). Senate Poised to Challenge Trump on US Role in Yemen War. truthout.org The Senate is expected to vote as early as today on a bipartisan resolution to end United States participation in the Saudi-led war against Houthi rebels in Yemen, where thousands of civilians have been killed and millions more face starvation and the outbreak of disease in what the UN has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. | The US and other western countries supply a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with military equipment, fuel and intelligence that are being use…

Tyler Durden (2018-11-27). WikiLeaks Bets the Guardian $1,000,000 That Assange Never Met Paul Manafort. theantimedia.com (ZHE) — Update 2: Following WikiLeaks' categorical denial that founder Julian Assange ever met with Paul Manafort, The Guardian has stealth-edited their article to include a massive hedge: The Guardian has weakened some of the language in their Manafort/Assange story: t.co/QbgnvpHNiX pic.twitter.com/bgm8fvQGxF — Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) November 27, 2018 Update: WikiLeaks has fired back at the Guardian, tweeting: "Remember this day when …

ZeroHedge (2018-11-27). WikiLeaks: Guardian Report Claiming Assange Met with Manafort Untrue. mintpressnews.com Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, held secret talks with Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, right around the time he joined Trump's campaign, according to The Guardian, which as is now the norm in reports of this kind refers to unnamed "sources."Sources have said Manafort went to see Assange in 2013, 2015 and in spring 2016 — during the period when he was made a key figure in Trump's push for the White House. | It is unclear why Manafort wante…

Consortiumnews (2018-11-27). Judge Delays Decision Whether to Unseal Assange Criminal Complaint. consortiumnews.com

RT (2018-11-27). Schrodinger's indictment? US prosecutors oppose unsealing presumably nonexistent Assange charges. rt.com Federal prosecutors are trying to contain the damage after a filing error disclosed the existence of a sealed indictment against Julian Assange, but their refusal to admit the charges exist lends the proceedings a Kafkaesque air.

Glenn Greenwald (2018-11-27). It Is Possible Paul Manafort Visited Julian Assange. If True, There Should Be Ample Video and Other Evidence Showing This. theintercept.com The reasons to treat The Guardian's blockbuster, viral story with great skepticism are as numerous as they are obvious.

Democracy Now! (2018-11-27). Headlines for November 27, 2018. democracynow.org Trump Defends Tear Gassing of Migrants, Blames Parents and "Grabbers", GM To Cut 15,000 Jobs Across North America, Trump Denies Findings of National Climate Report, Turkey Searches Saudi-Owned Villas for Jamal Khashoggi's Body, Saudi Crown Prince May Meet with Erdogan as G20 Host Argentina Mulls Criminal Charges, Report: Kushner Urged Administration to Inflate Saudi Arms Deals, CNN: U.S. "Slams Brakes" on U.N. Yemen Ceasefire Resolution, Afghanistan: IED Kills 3 U.S. Soldiers, Ukraine Declares Martial Law over Russian Naval Attack, Mueller Says Paul Manafort Lied in Russia Inquiry After Plea Deal, Rep. Mia Love B…

RT (2018-11-27). Mueller claims Manafort violated plea agreement by lying to FBI. rt.com Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been accused of lying to the FBI in violation of his plea agreement, Manafort refutes the allegation, and elusive "Russian collusion" still nowhere in sight.

L. Michael Hager (2018-11-27). Trump's "America Incorporated" counterpunch.org Photo Source Michael Esposito | CC BY 2.0 | In the runup to the 2016 election, candidate Donald J. Trump proposed, if elected, to run government "like a business." As President, he has largely done just that. | The Republican Party has become in effect his board of directors; a fawning "base," his shareholders. As President, Trump hires and fires appointees like a CEO, demanding unfailing personal loyalty. When Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation in accordance with established conflict of interest rules…

Rick Sterling (2018-11-27). Canadian Woman Continues to Fight to Obtain a Passport. globalresearch.ca In the fall of 2012, 20-year-old Damian Clairmont of Calgary received a new Canadian passport. He received it despite the fact the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had been monitoring him and knew he intended to fly to Turkey and …

Chris Hedges (2018-11-26). Crucifying Julian Assange. zcomm.org Chris Hedges and Joe Lauria, journalist and editor-in-chief, Consortium, discuss efforts to force #WikiLeaks publisher, #JulianAssange, out of the Ecuador Embassy in London and extradite him to the USA to stand trial.

Democracy Now! (2018-11-26). Headlines for November 26, 2018. democracynow.org U.S. Border Patrol Fires Tear Gas at Families Seeking Asylum, Border Patrol Officer Who Shot Teen Acquitted of Manslaughter Charge, North Carolina: ICE Arrests Immigrant Who Left Church Sanctuary, White House Tries to Bury Climate Report With Devastating Conclusions, California: Camp Fire 100% Contained as Death Toll Climbs to 85, Russia Seizes Three Ukrainian Ships Near Crimean Peninsula, President Trump Contradicts CIA Findings on Jamal Khashoggi Murder, Yemen: U.N. Urges Warring Parties to Enter Peace Talks, UAE Pardons UK Academic of Spying After Months of Imprisonment, EU Approves Brexit Deal, France: Police…

Jessica Feierman (2018-11-26). The Supreme Court Can Put a Stop to Excessive Fines on Children. progressive.org A 13-year-old boy spent three months in a juvenile facility — including time in solitary confinement — because he could not pay a $500 fine for skipping school.

Caitlin Johnstone (2018-11-26). Newsweek-Employed Spy Explains Why Julian Assange Should Be Prosecuted. theantimedia.com (CJ Opinion) — So it turns out it's really really important for powerful people to be able to lie to us with impunity, you guys. I know this because an actual, literal spy told me that that's what I'm meant to believe in an article published by Newsweek yesterday. If you were wondering how long it would take the imperial …

Consortiumnews (2018-11-25). The Fate of Julian Assange: Chris Hedges Interviews Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria. consortiumnews.com On his program "On Contact," journalist and author Chris Hedges interviews Joe Lauria, CN editor, on the moves to prosecute Julian Assange using the Espionage Act; the media's cravenness and the latest on Assange's condition in London. Read more →

Taylor Barnes (2018-11-24). Reality Winner Battles an Eating Disorder Behind Bars. theintercept.com In August, Reality Winner stood before a federal judge, ready to accept a plea bargain of more than five years in prison for sharing classified information with journalists. Surrounded by dozens of reporters, attorneys, and activists who have followed her case, the whistleblower told the court something deeply personal that she had not even shared with her closest family members before her arrest. | Winner struggles with depression and bulimia."I try to be optimistic, and then they just surprise me and I'm just like, I signed a plea deal to get help." | Weeks later, Winner made a distressed phone call from a crow…

Democracy Now! (2018-11-21). Did Israel Kill Yasser Arafat? Stunning Investigation Exposes Israel's Secretive Assassination Program. democracynow.org Israeli intelligence officials desperately tried to prevent Ronen Bergman from writing "Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations," a stunning book exposing the details of Israel's extrajudicial killing program. Israel even changed and extended secrecy laws to prevent Bergman from gaining access to historical documents. Despite this, Bergman gained unprecedented access while writing the book, scouring thousands of documents and meeting with some 1,000 sources. The result is a stunning investigation that dives deep into the targeted killing programs of Israel, which has assassinat…

2018-11-28: Social Media Postees

Trump Blocks CIA Chief Haspel From Testifying About Khashoggi's Murder
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-28
Since Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) (allegedly) ordered the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi on October 2, White House strategy about the incident has been coverup, denial, and changing the subject. | Trump and regime hardliners want nothing interfering … | The post Trump Blocks CIA Chief Haspel From Testifying About Khashoggi's Murder appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trump-blocks-cia-chief-haspel-from-testifying-about-khashoggis-murder/5661288

Pompeo Defends US Involvement In Yemen Ahead Of Critical Senate Vote
Middle East Eye | iranian.com | 2018-11-28
Mike Pompeo has defended the United States' involvement in the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen, ahead of an expected vote in the US Senate later Wednesday that will demonstrate whether Washington's politicians have broken from President Donald Trump's unwavering support for Riyadh. In prepared comments on Wednesday, the US secretary of state said the war […] | The post Pompeo Defends US Involvement In Yemen Ahead Of Critical Senate Vote appeared first on The Irani…
iranian.com/2018/11/28/pompeo-defends-us-involvement-in-yemen-ahead-of-critical-senate-vote/

Judge Delays Decision Whether to Unseal Assange Criminal Complaint
Joe Lauria | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-28
The assistant US attorney argued that it is merely speculation that there are already charges against Assange based on anonymous press sources, even though a mistakenly published paragraph clearly speaks of the "fact that Assange has been charged." | The post Judge Delays Decision Whether to Unseal Assange Criminal Complaint appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/judge-delays-decision-whether-to-unseal-assange-criminal-complaint/252296/

SEP meeting and livestream on December 16: What next in the fight to free Julian Assange?
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-28
The meeting will discuss the Socialist Equality Party's political perspective to mobilise and lead the defence of Julian Assange.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/28/assa-n28.html

It Is Possible Paul Manafort Visited Julian Assange
Glenn Greenwald | zcomm.org | 2018-11-28
If True, There Should Be Ample Video and Other Evidence Showing This…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/it-is-possible-paul-manafort-visited-julian-assange/

Sedition Free SS…11-27-18 Mouse Report
DJ Mouse | indybay.org | 2018-11-28
As the world's foremost journalist Julian Assange remains trapped and gagged in the Ecuadoran embassy in London and the Mueller probe goes on…pushing the Administration into more and more hawkish behavior to prove he's not a Russian bot…pseudo lefties cheer on the getaway driver in the FBI's Whitey Bulger murders, Pan Am 103 frame-up, 9-11-01 WTC Pentabomb operation and many other major federal crimes since the horrible '80s…we sample the sedition free Sunday Show then go back to Sunday Sedition host Andrea Lewis for a reality check '80s…1 hr.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/27/18819425.php

Guardian newspaper spearheads new accusations against Assange and WikiLeaks
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-28
The newspaper has the nerve to declare that it serves to "give a voice to those less heard, challenge the powerful, and hold them to account."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/28/mana-n28.html

Judge Delays Decision Whether to Unseal Assange Criminal Complaint
Joe Lauria | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-28
A decision whether to unseal U.S. government charges against Julian Assange was delayed for a week by Judge Leonie Brinkema in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday. | In her comments to the court, … | The post Judge Delays Decision Whether to Unseal Assange Criminal Complaint appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/judge-delays-decision-whether-to-unseal-assange-criminal-complaint/5661296

Lying to Robert Mueller Is Just a Terrible Idea
Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2018-11-28
Donald Trump announced last week that he has completed his written answers for special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing Russian collusion investigation. "I write the answers. My lawyers don't write answers," he said during an Oval Office bill signing when asked if he had completed the questions himself. "I was asked a series of questions. I answered them very easily." Then he finished his choco-milk like a big boy, you betcha. | One question remains open and unresolved: Will Trump agree to a sit-d…
truthout.org/articles/lying-to-robert-mueller-is-just-a-terrible-idea/

Senate Poised to Challenge Trump on US Role in Yemen War
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-11-28
The Senate is expected to vote as early as today on a bipartisan resolution to end United States participation in the Saudi-led war against Houthi rebels in Yemen, where thousands of civilians have been killed and millions more face starvation and the outbreak of disease in what the UN has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. | The US and other western countries supply a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with military equipment, fuel and intelligence that are being use…
truthout.org/articles/senate-poised-to-challenge-trump-on-us-role-in-yemen-war/

It Is Possible Paul Manafort Visited Julian Assange. If True, There Should Be Ample Video and Other Evidence Showing This
Glenn Greenwald | theintercept.com | 2018-11-27
The reasons to treat The Guardian's blockbuster, viral story with great skepticism are as numerous as they are obvious. | The post It Is Possible Paul Manafort Visited Julian Assange. If True, There Should Be Ample Video and Other Evidence Showing This. appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/11/27/it-is-possible-paul-manafort-visited-julian-assange-if-true-there-should-be-ample-video-and-other-evidence-showing-this/

Schrodinger's indictment? US prosecutors oppose unsealing presumably nonexistent Assange charges
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-27
Federal prosecutors are trying to contain the damage after a filing error disclosed the existence of a sealed indictment against Julian Assange, but their refusal to admit the charges exist lends the proceedings a Kafkaesque air. | …
rt.com/usa/444935-prosecutors-oppose-unsealing-assange/

WikiLeaks: Guardian Report Claiming Assange Met with Manafort Untrue
ZeroHedge | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-27
Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, held secret talks with Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, right around the time he joined Trump's campaign, according to The Guardian, which as is now the norm in reports of this kind refers to unnamed "sources."Sources have said Manafort went to see Assange in 2013, 2015 and in spring 2016 — during the period when he was made a key figure in Trump's push for the White House. | It is unclear why Manafort wante…
mintpressnews.com/wikileaks-guardian-report-claiming-assange-met-with-manafort-untrue/252273/

Judge Delays Decision Whether to Unseal Assange Criminal Complaint
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-27
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consortiumnews.com/2018/11/27/judge-delays-decision-whether-to-unseal-assange-criminal-complaint/

WikiLeaks Bets the Guardian $1,000,000 That Assange Never Met Paul Manafort
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-27
(ZHE) — Update 2: Following WikiLeaks' categorical denial that founder Julian Assange ever met with Paul Manafort, The Guardian has stealth-edited their article to include a massive hedge: The Guardian has weakened some of the language in their Manafort/Assange story: t.co/QbgnvpHNiX pic.twitter.com/bgm8fvQGxF — Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) November 27, 2018 Update: WikiLeaks has fired back at the Guardian, tweeting: "Remember this day when …

WikiLeaks Bets the Guardian $1,000,000 That Assange Never Met Paul Manafort

Trump's "America Incorporated"
L. Michael Hager | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-27
Photo Source Michael Esposito | CC BY 2.0 | In the runup to the 2016 election, candidate Donald J. Trump proposed, if elected, to run government "like a business." As President, he has largely done just that. | The Republican Party has become in effect his board of directors; a fawning "base," his shareholders. As President, Trump hires and fires appointees like a CEO, demanding unfailing personal loyalty. When Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation in accordance with established conflict of interest rules…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/27/trumps-america-incorporated/

Mueller claims Manafort violated plea agreement by lying to FBI
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-27
Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been accused of lying to the FBI in violation of his plea agreement, Manafort refutes the allegation, and elusive "Russian collusion" still nowhere in sight. | …
rt.com/usa/444939-mueller-manafort-lied-fbi/

Canadian Woman Continues to Fight to Obtain a Passport
Rick Sterling | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-27
In the fall of 2012, 20-year-old Damian Clairmont of Calgary received a new Canadian passport. He received it despite the fact the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had been monitoring him and knew he intended to fly to Turkey and … | The post Canadian Woman Continues to Fight to Obtain a Passport appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/canadian-woman-continues-to-fight-to-obtain-a-passport/5661131

Crucifying Julian Assange
Chris Hedges | zcomm.org | 2018-11-26
Chris Hedges and Joe Lauria, journalist and editor-in-chief, Consortium, discuss efforts to force #WikiLeaks publisher, #JulianAssange, out of the Ecuador Embassy in London and extradite him to the USA to stand trial.
zcomm.org/zvideo/1015019/

The Supreme Court Can Put a Stop to Excessive Fines on Children
Jessica Feierman | progressive.org | 2018-11-26
A 13-year-old boy spent three months in a juvenile facility — including time in solitary confinement — because he could not pay a $500 fine for skipping school.
progressive.org/dispatches/court-should-end-excessive-fines-on-children-181126/

Newsweek-Employed Spy Explains Why Julian Assange Should Be Prosecuted
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-26
(CJ Opinion) — So it turns out it's really really important for powerful people to be able to lie to us with impunity, you guys. I know this because an actual, literal spy told me that that's what I'm meant to believe in an article published by Newsweek yesterday. If you were wondering how long it would take the imperial …

Newsweek-Employed Spy Explains Why Julian Assange Should Be Prosecuted

The Fate of Julian Assange: Chris Hedges Interviews Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-25
On his program "On Contact," journalist and author Chris Hedges interviews Joe Lauria, CN editor, on the moves to prosecute Julian Assange using the Espionage Act; the media's cravenness and the latest on Assange's condition in London. Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/24/the-fate-of-julian-assange-chris-hedges-interviews-consortium-news-editor-in-chief-joe-lauria/

Reality Winner Battles an Eating Disorder Behind Bars
Taylor Barnes | theintercept.com | 2018-11-24
In August, Reality Winner stood before a federal judge, ready to accept a plea bargain of more than five years in prison for sharing classified information with journalists. Surrounded by dozens of reporters, attorneys, and activists who have followed her case, the whistleblower told the court something deeply personal that she had not even shared with her closest family members before her arrest. | Winner struggles with depression and bulimia."I try to be optimistic, and then they just surprise me and I'm just like, I signed a plea deal to get help." | Weeks later, Winner made a distressed phone call from a crow…
theintercept.com/2018/11/24/reality-winner-prison-eating-disorder/

Did Israel Kill Yasser Arafat? Stunning Investigation Exposes Israel's Secretive Assassination Program
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-21
Israeli intelligence officials desperately tried to prevent Ronen Bergman from writing "Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations," a stunning book exposing the details of Israel's extrajudicial killing program. Israel even changed and extended secrecy laws to prevent Bergman from gaining access to historical documents. Despite this, Bergman gained unprecedented access while writing the book, scouring thousands of documents and meeting with some 1,000 sources. The result is a stunning investigation that dives deep into the targeted killing programs of Israel, which has assassinat…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/21/did_israel_kill_yasser_arafat_stunning