Russia-gate Grand Wizard Deceives Audience About Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-07
Obsessed Russia-gaters just can't accept that the Assange indictment has nothing to do with the 2016 election, writes Caitlin Johnstone. By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlinjohnstone.com When it was first revealed in November that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is under secret charges by the Trump administration,… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/06/russiagate-grand-wizard-deceives-audience-about-assange/
Trump Cancels Report on Civilians Killed by US Drone Strikes
Jake Johnson | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-07
(CD) — In his latest attack on transparency, President Donald Trump on Wednesday rescinded a rule requiring U.S. intelligence officials to publicly disclose the number of civilians killed by drone strikes. "Shameful, indefensible, dangerous," tweeted Elizabeth Beavers, associate policy director with progressive advocacy group Indivisible. "Time for Congress to step in." Trump used an executive order to scrap the three-year-old rule, …
Trump Cancels Report on Civilians Killed by US Drone Strikes
Should We Trust Artificial Intelligence Regulation by Congress If Facebook Supports It?
Sam Biddle | theintercept.com | 2019-03-07
Last week, several members of Congress began pushing the resolution with the aim of "supporting the development of guidelines for ethical development of artificial intelligence." It was introduced by Reps. Brenda Lawrence and Ro Khanna — the latter of whom, crucially, represents Silicon Valley, which is to the ethical development of software what West Virginia is to the rollout of clean energy. This has helped make Khanna a national figure, in part because, far from being a tech industry cheerleader, he's publicly supported cracking down on the data Wild West his home district helped create. For exa…
theintercept.com/2019/03/07/artificial-intelligence-facebook-ibm-ro-khanna/
With Ecuador's Cooperation Bought by IMF Loans, Washington Waxes Optimistic on Assange Extradition
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-06
Moreno's willingness to quickly enact the various other requirements of the IMF loan begs the question of how quickly he will seek to enact the alleged U.S. government demands that have also been linked to the loan, namely Assange's asylum and Ecuadorian citizenship.
mintpressnews.com/ecuadors-cooperation-bought-imf-loans-washington-waxes-optimistic-assange-extradition/255942/
Assange May Be Elephant in Room as Chelsea Manning a Fights Federal Grand Jury Subpoena
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-06
"If you end up going to trial rather than taking a plea, they actually use it against you in sentencing. They do something called 'sentencing enhancement' and they call it 'failure to take responsibility.'" — CIA-Torture Whistleblower John Kiriakou…
mintpressnews.com/assange-may-be-elephant-in-room-as-chelsea-manning-a-fights-federal-grand-jury-subpoena/255951/
US Court Upholds Subpoena of Whistleblower Chelsea Manning
James Cogan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-06
Chelsea Manning yesterday lost the challenge she launched against a subpoena that requires her to be cross-examined by the Grand Jury in the Eastern District of Virginia which was convened in 2010 to decide whether to file charges against WikiLeaks …
globalresearch.ca/us-court-subpoena-whistleblower-chelsea-manning/5670561
Russiagate Grand Wizard Rachel Maddow Deceives Audience About Julian Assange
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-06
(CJ Opinion) — When it was first revealed in November that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is under secret charges by the Trump administration, I spent the next few days being told by Russiagaters that this was proof that I have been wrong about their demented cold war cult all along, because #MuellerTime is fast approaching. At long last, they vehemently assured …
Russiagate Grand Wizard Rachel Maddow Deceives Audience About Julian Assange
NSA kills phone spying program exposed by Snowden… to replace it with something better?
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-06
The National Security Agency has reportedly ended the intrusive spying program that combs through Americans' calls and texts and won't be seeking to renew it, begging the question — what are they doing now that's more effective? | …
rt.com/usa/453115-nsa-ends-stellarwind-metadata-collection/
Clapper claims he 'didn't lie' about NSA spying on Americans, but 'didn't understand' the question
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-06
NSA director-turned-cable-news-pundit James Clapper is still insisting he wasn't lying when he told a congressional panel the NSA wasn't spying on American citizens — three months before Edward Snowden told everyone it was. | …
rt.com/usa/453118-clapper-denies-perjury-nsa-spying/
US court upholds subpoena of whistleblower Chelsea Manning
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-06
The subpoena is an escalation of the US government's efforts to extradite Julian Assange, and a new and vindictive persecution of Manning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/06/mann-m06.html
Ending the NSA's Massive Phone Spying Program Would Be a Good Start — But There's a Lot More to Do
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-03-05
The successor to the NSA's bulk surveillance program revealed by Snowden is reportedly being abandoned. Congress needs to make sure it stays dead. | We may be one step closer to putting the final nail in the coffin of the National Security Agency's massive phone records surveillance program, if a New York Times report bears out. Ending this program is a good first step, but as Congress debates expiring Patriot Act provisions this year, it needs to do much more to protect individual rights, including eliminating t…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/ending-nsas-massive-phone-spying-program-would-be
Universities on the Foreign Payroll
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2019-03-05
After the Central Intelligence Agency found that the crown prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia likely ordered the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced it would be reviewing its "Institute-level engagements" with the Kingdom. The fallout from the murder of Khashoggi has put a spotlight on Saudi Arabia's extensive financial connections to universities acro…
truthout.org/articles/universities-on-the-foreign-payroll/
Lawmakers move to end anti-worker, anti-consumer forced arbitration
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-05
WASHINGTON — Five congressional Democrats, including the influential chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, have introduced legislation to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court's 2-year-old ruling that forced workers into mandatory arbitration over disputes with bosses, including when forced arbitration overrides U.S. labor law. The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) act would also end forced arbitration …
peoplesworld.org/article/lawmakers-move-to-end-anti-worker-anti-consumer-forced-arbitration/
The Prisoner Says 'No' to Big Brother
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-04
The refusal by Australia's foreign ministry to honor the UN's declaration that Julian Assange is the victim of "arbitrary detention" is a shameful breach of the letter and spirit of international law, says John Pilger. By John Pilger in Sydney,… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/04/the-prisoner-says-no-to-big-brother/
John Bolton Defends Monroe Doctrine as Juan Guaido Lobs New Threats at Venezuela Gov't
SouthFront | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-04
Self-proclaimed Venezuelan president Juan Guaido is to return to the country on March, 4 to lead new protests against President Nicolas Maduro's government. In returning he is risking arrest, as he was prohibited from leaving the country by the Venezuelan Supreme Court.
mintpressnews.com/john-bolton-defends-monroe-doctrine-as-juan-guaido-lobs-new-threats-at-venezuela-govt/255853/
Watch the 18th Vigil for Julian Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-01
The 18th Unity4J vigil for Julian Assange was held Friday evening. In this edition we broke down Trump lawyer Michael Cohn's testimony regarding WikiLeaks, Australia's repressive press law, as well as other news. You can watch it here: Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/01/the-18th-vigil-for-assange-live-here-at-4-pm/
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Neither Rain, Sleet, nor Snow Will Stop the Post Office From Spying on You
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-01
It's called the "Mail Cover Program" and it's run by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Yes, even…
consortiumnews.com/2019/02/28/john-kiriakou-neither-rain-sleet-nor-snow-will-stop-the-post-office-from-spying-on-you/
SPLC Action Fund: Grand jury investigation of school officials into alleged 'school safety' crimes erodes democracy, politicizes tragedy
Bacardi Jackson, Senior Supervising Attorney for SPLC Action Fund | splcenter.org | 2019-03-01
The Florida Supreme Court recently ordered a statewide grand jury to investigate school officials in light of last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people. The high court's order was in response to a request from Gov. Ron DeSantis.
splcenter.org/news/2019/03/01/splc-action-fund-grand-jury-investigation-school-officials-alleged-%25E2%2580%2598school-safety%25E2%2580%2599-crimes