The international witch-hunt of Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-01-14
The prosecution of Assange is a travesty of justice that will forever stain the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden and Ecuador.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/14/pers-j14.html

Carlos Ghosn, Julian Assange and the class justice of the New York Times
wsws.org | 2020-01-14
The Times, which welcomed the arrest of journalist Julian Assange last year, has effectively endorsed the decision by Carlos Ghosn to flee charges of tax evasion and money laundering.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/14/ghos-j14.html

Julian Assange attends procedural hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court
wsws.org | 2020-01-14
Since his last hearing on December 19, the WikiLeaks founder has had just two hours total to review evidence relating to the US extradition request with his legal team.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/14/assa-j14.html

Trump Has No Idea What 'Deep State' Really Means
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-14
This seems like a strange moment to be writing about "the deep state" with the country entering a new phase of open and obvious aboveground chaos and instability. Just as we had gotten used to the fact that the president is, in effect, under congressional indictment, just as we had settled into a more or less stable stalemate over when (and if) the…
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The 'Deep State' Does Not Mean What Trump Thinks It Means
Rebecca Gordon | commondreams.org | 2020-01-14
Trump, in other words, sees the U.S. government as infected by "Unelected, deep state operatives who defy the voters, to push their own secret agendas." (Photo: AFP/Timothy A. Clary) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/dj_24.jpeg …
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How an Israeli Spy-Linked Tech Firm Gained Access to the US Gov't's Most Classified Networks
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-14
Through its main investors, SoftBank and Lockheed Martin, Cybereason not only has ties to the Trump administration but has its software running on some of the U.S. government's most classified and secretive networks.
mintpressnews.com/cybereason-investors-offer-israeli-spy-classified-intelligence/264095/

Refuting Pompeo claim, Iraq sticks to demand that U.S. troops get out
Matt Trinder | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-14
The Iraqi government announced yesterday that it will not sign an agreement to keep U.S. forces in the country. On Jan. 5, the Iraqi parliament voted unanimously to demand an end to the presence of foreign forces in the country. The vote came two days after Iranian Major General Qasam Soleimani was killed by a …
peoplesworld.org/article/refuting-pompeo-claim-iraq-sticks-to-demand-that-u-s-troops-get-out/

Iowa CCI, FWW Submit Brief to Supreme Court in Clean Water Lawsuit
commondreams.org | 2020-01-14
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/14/iowa-cci-fww-submit-brief-supreme-court-clean-water-lawsuit?cd-origin=rss

UK's Huawei 5G deal sparks dramatic US intervention
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-14
A senior U.S. delegation has visited the U.K. to lobby the country against using Huawei in the country's 5G rollout. | The U.S. officials told the British government on Monday that allowing Huawei a role in building super-fast 5G networks across the country could jeopardize intelligence sharing between the two countries. | They also said using Chinese technology would be "nothing short of madness," showing U.K. officials a secret document they claimed contained fresh evidence of potential security threats arising from the use of Huawei technology. | "We have strict controls over how Huawei equipment is currently…
yenisafak.com/en/world/uks-huawei-5g-deal-sparks-dramatic-us-intervention-3509646

Pompeo: Killing Soleimani Part of 'Broader Strategy' Applying to China, Russia
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-14
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Rapper MIA supports Julian Assange at court
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-01-13
Rapper and singer MIA has supported Julian Assange as the WikiLeaks founder appeared in court on Monday. She joined dozens of Assange supporters as he attended a hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court.Fellow rapper Lowkey has also supported Assange, and recently spoke to The Canary about the importance of whistleblowers and media freedom.Assange, 48, is currently being held in HMP Belmarsh, awaiting the outcome of an extradition request by the US, where he faces 18 charges, including c…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/01/13/rapper-mia-supports-julian-assange-at-court/

Ex-US intel officer: Pompeo 'lying through his teeth' on Iran
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-12
The Trump administration is imposing new sanctions on Iran and defying Iraq's call for a US troop withdrawal. This comes…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/12/ex-us-intel-officer-pompeo-lying-through-his-teeth-on-iran/

Pompeo's Gulf Of Tonkin Incident
Gareth Porter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-11
Like the crucial steps toward public acceptance preceding the U.S. invasions of Vietnam and Iraq, the assassination of Qassem Soleimani was aimed at building popular support for war on Iran. Not only the justification, but the assassination itself were part of a broader strategy to grease the skids into war. The Soleimani ploy has apparently …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/pompeos-gulf-of-tonkin-incident/

GM in India: Faking it on the Astroturf
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-11
According to a recent report in The Hindu Business Line, India's intelligence agencies are investigating the role of a global investment company and international seed companies in supporting farmers organisation Shetkari Sanghatana (SS) in the distribution of illegally procured genetically modified (GM) herbicide tolerant (HT) cotton seeds. The planting of such seeds is an offence under the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/gm-in-india-faking-it-on-the-astroturf/

Pompeo Admits No "Imminent Threat," Boeing Emails Reveal 737 Issues & 60 Afghans Killed By US Drone
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-11
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/10/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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ROCKETS Fired At US In Iraq, US Contractor Was 'Counterintelligence' & US/Iran Gov Coordination?
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-09
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/8/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/rockets-fired-at-us-in-iraq-us-contractor-was-counterintelligence-us-iran-gov-coordination/

Meet Brittany Kaiser, Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Releasing Troves of New Files from Data Firm
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-07
New details are emerging about how the shadowy data firm Cambridge Analytica worked to manipulate voters across the globe, from the 2016 election in the United States to the Brexit campaign in Britain and elections in over 60 other countries, including Malaysia, Kenya and Brazil. A new trove of internal Cambridge Analytica documents and emails are being posted on Twitter detailing the company's operations, including its work with President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton. The documents come from Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Brittany Kaiser, who worked at the firm for three-and-a-half yea…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/7/the_great_hack_cambridge_analytica

Four Lawyers. Four Projects. One Non-Stop Year
Leila Rafei | aclu.org | 2019-12-20
It isn't news that the Trump administration has kept ACLU attorneys working at breakneck speed for the past three years. In 2019 alone, we saw historic moments and victories–from defeating the citizenship question on the 2020 census and bringing the first trans civil rights case to the Supreme Court, to blocking a wave of abortion bans and many of the administration's attempts to dismantle the asylum system. To name a few. | Here are some of our attorneys' takes on 2019 and the year ahead–what's changed for the better and for the worse, and how the outcome of the 2020 presidential election will a…
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