Publishing Stolen Material: WikiLeaks, the DNC and Freedom of Speech
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
It may well be a finding of some implication should Julian Assange find his way into the beastly glory that is the US justice system. In its efforts to rope in President Donald Trump's election campaign, Wikileaks, Assange and …
globalresearch.ca/publishing-stolen-material-wikileaks-dnc-freedom-speech/5685156

Trump Replaces Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats with Right Wing Extremist Rep. John Ratcliffe
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
Most often when White House officials step down, they were sacked, usually allowed to submit a resignation letter — likely the fate of former senator/Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats. | His departure is effective on August 15, right-wing …
globalresearch.ca/trump-replaces-director-of-national-intelligence-dan-coats-with-right-wing-extremist-rep-john-ratcliffe/5685178

What's Wrong with Corey Stapleton?
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
Three shocking events concerning foreign interference in state and national elections were revealed last week. The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report detailing "unprecedented" Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election in all 50 states; Robert Mueller testified before two House committees that Russia and other foreign nations were…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/whats-wrong-with-corey-stapleton/

Trump's Intelligence Pick Is 'Least Qualified … Ever,' Senator Says
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-30
Sen. Ron Wyden issued a scathing statement late Monday warning that President Donald Trump's pick to serve as director of national intelligence is so unqualified that he could put lives at risk. | Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), an ardent Trump loyalist, "is the most partisan and least qualified individual ever nominated to serve as director of national intelligence," said Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon and a senior member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-intelligence-pick-is-least-qualified-individual-ever-nominated-says-senator/

Trump's Intelligence Director Nominee Is a Defense Industry Favorite
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), congressman from one of the most conservative districts in the country, will be the next director of national intelligence pending Senate confirmation, President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Sunday. | The Texas representative is seen as more ideologically aligned with Trump than his predecessor, Dan Coats, who came into conflict with the president over issues including North K…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-intelligence-director-nominee-is-a-defense-industry-favorite/

Trump's Pick for Top Intelligence Job Bragged of Experience as Terror Prosecutor — But He Doesn't Have Any
Trevor Aaronson | theintercept.com | 2019-07-30
Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe has long exaggerated his role in the Holy Land prosecution as a way of bolstering his national security bona fides.
theintercept.com/2019/07/30/john-ratcliffe-director-of-national-intelligence/

Trump Claims Iran has Never Won a War in New Twitter Rant
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday evening that Iran had never won a war, adding that they had also "never lost a negotiation. | RELATED: | US Senate Fails to Overturn Trump's Veto on Saudi Weapons Ban | "Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!" | Trump' would not elaborate after this bizarre tweet, but his remarks seem to follow U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's latest rant about Iran's unwillingness to hold talks with the Ameri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Claims-Iran-has-Never-Won-a-War-in-New-Twitter-Rant-20190730-0004.html

The Pompeo Commission Is Weaponizing Human Rights
James Carden | thenation.com | 2019-07-30
The Pompeo Commission Is Weaponizing Human Rights…
thenation.com/article/mike-pompeo-human-rights-mary-ann-glendon/

Trump names ultra-right congressman as intelligence chief
wsws.org | 2019-07-30
Trump named Representative John Ratcliffe to replace Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, who resigned effective August 15.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/30/coat-j30.html

Intercept article calls on Democrats to step up attack on Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-07-30
James Risen peddled the lies of CNN and the intelligence agencies, slanderously suggesting that Assange worked on behalf of Russia and the Trump campaign.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/30/assa-j30.html

Democrats Propose Constitutional Amendment to 'Wipe Clean the Dark Stain' of Citizens United
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-30
Supporters of congressional Democrats' proposed Democracy for All constitutional amendment, aimed at reversing the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, said Tuesday that the proposal represents a much-needed step in ending the outsize influence wealthy corporations have on U.S. elections. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11651506911.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/30/democrats-propose-constitutional-amendment-wipe-clean-dark-stain-citizens-united?cd-origin=rss

MintCast Interviews Doug Valentine, Author of The Phoenix Program and The CIA as Organized Crime
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-29
Douglas Valentine joins the MintCast to discuss his extensive work investigating CIA covert operations and current CIA efforts to undermine independent media.
mintpressnews.com/mintcast-interviews-doug-valentine-expert-on-cia-covert-operations/260810/

MintCast Interviews Doug Valentine, Author of The Phoenix Program and The CIA as Organized Crime
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-29
Douglas Valentine joins the MintCast to discuss his extensive work investigating CIA covert operations and current CIA efforts to undermine independent media.
mintpressnews.com/mintcast-interviews-doug-valentine-expert-on-cia-covert-operations/260810/

Supreme Court Order No 'Big Victory' For Trump's Border Wall. The Fight Continues
aclu.org | 2019-07-29
The Supreme Court has not yet decided the case, or given Trump's abuse of emergency powers the stamp of approval. | Late Friday evening, the Supreme Court gave the Trump administration a temporary green light to begin construction of the border wall using military funds Congress denied. The order, while temporary and limited to specific wall projects where fencing already exists, threatens to permanently damage border communities, the environment, and our Constitution's separation of powers. | But it's not the "big victory" President Trump q…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/supreme-court-order-no-big-victory-trumps-border-wall-fight-continues

Fear behind fury: As DNI, Ratcliffe could expose FISA files that Russiagaters hope stay buried
rt.com | 2019-07-29
The prospect of John Ratcliffe as the new US director of national intelligence has Democrats and the media alarmed far more so than usual, perhaps because as DNI he could expose things they would prefer to stay hidden. | …
rt.com/usa/465331-ratcliffe-odni-fisa-russagate/

Mueller Testimony Points to New Cold War as a Farce
Jeremy Kuzmarov | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-28
The Eighteenth Brumière of Louis Napoleon (1852), the great philosopher Karl Marx famously stated the history repeated itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. This prophecy is evident today with Russia Gate and the New Cold War. The first cold war was a genuine tragedy which resulted in the deaths of millions of civilians in …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/mueller-testimony-points-to-new-cold-war-as-a-farce/

The Acid-Washed Witch Hunt Hoax Apple
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-07-26
Mueller? Boring! The real story is the psycho lovers . . .
progressive.org/dispatches/the-acid-washed-witch-hunt-hoax-apple-fiore-190726/

Robert Mueller Testimony Disappoints Democrats Who Bet on Special Counsel to Help Sink Trump
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-25
Special counsel Robert Mueller gave his much-anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday, where he spoke for the first time about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections. Over the 7-hour hearing, Mueller stressed to the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees that despite Donald Trump's claims, he had not exonerated the president of obstruction of justice. Mueller's report was handed in 124 days ago, but only a redacted version was made available to the public. Ahead of Mueller's testimony, the Justice Department warned Mueller in a letter to "remain within the bound…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/25/robert_mueller_congressional_testimony_impeachment_collusion

Mueller hearing is another Russiagate dud
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-25
Aaron Maté recaps Robert Mueller's Congressional appearance, which delivered no new bombshells; more unhinged Russia-baiting; and only more doubts about…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/24/mueller-hearing-is-another-russiagate-dud/

Congress and the Press Should Pick Up Where Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Left Off
James Risen | theintercept.com | 2019-07-25
The anticlimactic end of the Trump-Russia investigation is partly due to decades of bitter political battles over what powers to grant special prosecutors.
theintercept.com/2019/07/25/robert-mueller-congress-press/

Sex workers thrown under bus in Latimer case
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-25
Western Australia Supreme Court Justice Anthony Derrick approved the release of repeat sex offender Edward William Latimer on July 9. Latimer has offences dating back to the 1970s and has spent most of his adult life in prison. | His crimes include the attempted rape of an intoxicated man sleeping in a Northbridge park, a violent sex attack on a woman at a Perth train station, numerous counts of indecent dealings for propositioning and harassing women, and wilful exposure. | He was jailed indefinitely in 2006 after becoming the first person to be prosecuted under WA's Dangerous Sex Offenders Act. | Despite having…
greenleft.org.au/content/sex-workers-thrown-under-bus-latimer-case

Mueller's Seven-Hour Testimony Changed Nothing
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-24
Former FBI Agent Coleen Rowley talks about Mueller's past incompetence and describes how the hearing is the movie following the book and amounted to "Much Ado About Nothing."
therealnews.com/stories/muellers-seven-hour-testimony-changed-nothing

Aaron Maté's questions for Mueller
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-23
On the eve of the Robert Mueller hearings, Aaron Maté shares his top questions for the now former Special Counsel…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/23/aaron-mates-questions-for-mueller/

Aaron Maté's questions for Mueller
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-23
On the eve of the Robert Mueller hearings, Aaron Maté shares his top questions for the now former Special Counsel…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/23/aaron-mates-questions-for-mueller/

Venezuela: 'Progress' Reported in Gov't-Opposition Talks as US Sanctions Counter-Intelligence Agency
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-12
The agenda of the talks has not been disclosed but the topic of elections is reportedly being left for last.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14584

Pompeo's New 'Human Rights' Commission is Up To No Good
aclu.org | 2019-07-12
The Trump administration appears to be trying to find new moral footing for the president's discriminatory policies. | This week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally announced the creation of a "Commission on Unalienable Rights." Its stated purpose, according to a notice published in the Federal Register in May, is to provide "fresh thinking about human rights discourse where such discourse has departed from our nation's founding principles of natural law and natural rights." | Th…
aclu.org/blog/human-rights/pompeos-new-human-rights-commission-no-good