Patrick Anderson (2020-05-11). The Execution of Julian Assange. mintpressnews.com I do not respect anyone who has not been to prison." Julian Assange once said to Renata Avila, a Guatemalan human rights activist who serves as legal counsel for WikiLeaks. "What he meant," Avila After a decade of being shuttled from house arrest to confinement in an embassy to Belmarsh Prison to, if the United States government ge…

RT (2020-05-11). 'Fugitive on the run': Interpol issues WANTED notice for wife of US diplomat over crash that killed UK teen. rt.com Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US intelligence official who is wanted in Britain over a car crash which killed teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn last year. | An email sent to 19-year-old Dunn's parents from the Northamptonshire Police, which was seen by the PA news agency, said that 42-year-old Sacoolas is now "wanted internationally" and "should she leave the USA the wanted circulations should be enacted." In other words, Sacoolas could be immediately arrested were she now to leave the US. | Dunn was killed in a head-on collision in August 2019 near RAF Croughton in Northampto…

Raul Diego (2020-05-11). The US Keeps Trying, and Failing, to Deport a Former CIA Operative Back to Haiti. mintpressnews.com Emmanuel "Toto" Constant was supposed to board an ICE deportation flight along with 100 other Haitian nationals in what is the third such flight the Trump administration has carried out to Haiti in the last several weeks.

WSWS (2020-05-11). Verdict published in NSU trial: German court protects neo-Nazi André Eminger. wsws.org From the outset the intention of the NSU trial in Munich was to cover up the involvement of Germany's domestic intelligence service and other security agencies.

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-11). New House Documents Sow Further Doubt That Russia Hacked the DNC. strategic-culture.org For two and a half years the House Intelligence Committee knew CrowdStrike didn't have the goods on Russia. Now the public knows too. | Ray McGOVERN | House Intelligence Committee documents released Thursday reveal that the committee was told two and half years ago that the FBI had no concrete evidence that Russia hacked Democratic National Committee computers to filch the DNC emails published by WikiLeaks in July 2016. | The until-now-buried, closed-door testimony came on Dec. 5, 2017 from Shawn Henry, a protege of former FBI Director Robert Mueller (from 2001 to 2012), for whom Henry served as head of the Burea…

WSWS (2020-05-11). Australian intelligence sources alarmed by US "Wuhan lab" claim. wsws.org The primary fear in these ruling circles is that the assertions are so unreliable that they discredit the US confrontation with China, in which Australia is on the frontline.

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-11). Colombia's military to surrender illegal spying evidence to prosecution. colombiareports.com Colombia's defense minister said Sunday that the military will provide the prosecution with evidence against 13 of its members who allegedly took part in the illegal spying on journalists, NGO's,…

Gordon Duff (2020-05-10). Closing In: The Covidians. thealtworld.com It is reasonable to cite a rogue command within the US Army, headquartered out of Fort Huachuca, Arizona, as the center of the worldwide pandemic. | This organization using 'troll rooms' manages internet assets, shuts down unfriendly websites like VT and South Front, and, all the while, runs drone wars around the world and, less well known, here at home as well. | The 'parents' of the Huachuca operational center, and there are several around the world, began with the marriage between US Army intelligence and psychological warfare capabilities in the 1980s at the Presidio. | There, a very real Satanic/Pedophile ri…

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-10). Colombia's military attache to Washington removed over spying scandal. colombiareports.com One of Colombia's military attaches to Washington DC is among the 12 army officials who have been sacked over a major spying scandal, newspaper El Tiempo reported Saturday. According to…

graham (2020-05-10). Something about Julian Assange you should know. truepublica.org.uk Anyone watching the current events surrounding Julian Assange will know that justice in Britain is not the driving motivation behind his incarceration. His treatment by the state is truly shameful, immoral and reprehensible. What you are witnessing in real-time is the abuse and oppression of a journalist all funded by the taxpayer to further the …

Staff (2020-05-10). Trump Officials Ignored Company's Offer in January to Make Millions of N95 Masks. truthout.org Progressives on Saturday denounced an The Washington Post reported that federal scientist Rick Bright, who filed a whistleblower complaint last week over his demotion following his criticism of…

Whitney Webb (2020-05-09). Whitney Webb: Bioterror War Games, DARPA, Technocracy & COVID-1984. thealtworld.com Hard-hitting investigative journalist Whitney Webb discusses the numerous bioterror war game simulations that took place prior to Covid-19 being declared a pandemic. | She describes the work of DARPA and how numerous science fiction-like technologies are being deployed such as DNA-altering vaccines and brain-machine interfaces for soldiers. She discusses the artificial intelligence and technocracy being promoted as a solution to Covid-19 and gives her thoughts on the US-China "New Cold War" narrative and how it may not be what it seems.

Gordon Duff (2020-05-09). Dr. Death: Who's Murdering Our Doctors, Nurses and First Responders? — Whistleblower. thealtworld.com The Intercept: A WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT filed earlier this week partially solves the mystery of how the country with the most expensive health care system on earth wound up unable to provide enough face masks to protect its workers. The

Mary Fitzgerald, Cori Crider (2020-05-09). We Need Urgent Answers About the Massive NHS Covid Data Deal. commondreams.org AI firm Palantir is apparently assisting the NHS in tracking hospital resources and in providing a "single source of truth" about the epidemic, in order to stem its spread. Founded by Silicon Valley billionaire and close Trump ally Peter Thiel, the data-mining firm is best known for supporting the CIA's counterinsurgency and intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo: The DEMO Conference/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/15645410927_3c5f8609bf_o_1.jpg …

T.J. Coles (2020-05-08). The Plot to Blame China for COVID-19. counterpunch.org The Trump lot—Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro, Mike Pompeo—and their media cheerleaders are as fanatically anti-China as the Biden crew is anti-Russia. Just like George W. Bush's WMD lies in the early-2000s, there is a developing timeline of Trumpian efforts to bend intelligence on COVID to the administration's anti-China policy. TARGET: CHINA In the 1980s, the

Staff (2020-05-08). Stir Crazy! Episode #31: Cancel Corporate Media. therealnews.com On today's show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, The Progressive Army founder Ben Dixon, and TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown.

RT (2020-05-07). 'Never saw any direct evidence': Clapper admission torpedoes Democrat push to revive Trump-Russia conspiracy with transcript dump. rt.com House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff has published all the transcripts of 'Russiagate' interviews he had kept secret, blaming President Donald Trump for the delay, but their content belied his conspiracy narrative. | Schiff (D-California) published on Thursday afternoon While it will take time to sift through the thousands of pages, some of the jui…

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-10). The Great Russiagate Hoax Exposed. Geopolitical Transition to Chinagate… globalresearch.ca Hoaxes are easy to detect. When accusations lack credible supportive evidence, they baseless. | Not a shred of evidence about alleged Russian US election meddling was ever presented by Washington's intelligence community, the House, Senate, or farcical Robert Mueller probe. | Russiagate …

Zero Hedge (2020-05-11). Pompeo Likens Iran To Nazis On 2nd Anniversary Of US Nuclear Deal Exit. iranian.com Perhaps attempting to ensure the anti-Iran 'maximum pressure' campaign remains front and center, even in the midst of a pandemic and historic unemployment, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has resorted to the one of the most common — and we might note laziest — labels for America's 'enemies'. In official statements Saturday, and on the same day Russia and …

The Iranian (2020-05-09). Operation Ajax: CIA Oil Coup in Iran. iranian.com Via The Cold War Our series on the history of the Cold War period continues with a documentary on the Iranian Coup of 1953 against the prime minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh and the so-called operation Ajax conducted by the American and British in support of the oil interests and the shah regime. This coup …

sputniknews (2020-05-11). MH17 Trial: Russian Phantom Buk in Ukraine. sputniknews.com MH17 flew out of reach of all anti-aircraft known to Dutch military intelligence, leaked documents show. This may have consequences for those who are being tried in The Netherlands for having downed the passenger plane with a Russian Buk-TELAR.

sputniknews (2020-05-11). 'Obamagate': Trump Calls Out 'Biggest Political Crime' in US History Over Michael Flynn Case. sputniknews.com Michael Flynn is one of the few Trump associates who have been convicted as part of the Mueller investigation into an alleged conspiracy between the US president and Russia. That probe, which dominated the headlines for more than two years, failed to establish a link between Trump and Moscow.

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-05-09). Progressive Group Denounces Roberts' Refusal to Investigate Federal Judge's Retirement. commondreams.org In what the advocacy group Demand Justice called a "Friday news dump," U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said he would not direct a federal court to conduct an inquiry into the retirement of Judge Thomas Griffith from second-highest court in the country. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1198873388_1.jpg …

Jon Queally, staff writer (2020-05-08). Probe by Federal Agency Finds 'Reasonable Grounds to Believe' HHS Whistleblower's Ouster Was Retaliation by Trump Officials. commondreams.org "This country is in an unprecedented health crisis and needs the expertise of Dr. Bright to lead the nation's efforts to combat Covid-19," said whistleblower's lawyers. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/richard_bright_special_counsel.jpg …

yenisafak (2020-05-11). Afghanistan claims to arrest Daesh/ISIS regional chief. yenisafak.com Afghan security forces on Monday claimed arresting Ziaul Haq, the head of Daesh/ISIS for South Asia and Far East along with other key terrorists of the group.The Afghan intelligence agency National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Interior Ministry said in a joint statement that Haq

yenisafak (2020-05-11). Conversion to Islam not forced, says rescued Italian. yenisafak.com Rescued Italian aid worker Silvia Constanza Romano, who has embraced Islam, says she converted on her own will and not by force.Romano, 25, was abducted from Kenya's southeastern coastal town of Chakama in November 2018. | She was rescued on Sunday through joint efforts by Turkish, Somali and Italian intelligence services."They assured me that I would not be killed, and so it was," Romano told Italian news agency ANSA.On her conversion to Islam, Silvia said it happened mid-captivity."It was spontaneous and not forced. In these months I was given a Koran and thanks to my captors I also learned some Arabic," she s…

RT (2020-05-08). 'Craven and repugnant': Dem Feinstein roasted for attack on Biden accuser Reade after backing Blasey Ford during Kavanaugh fiasco. rt.com Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein is being lambasted for apparent double standards after attacking Tara Reade, the former Joe Biden staffer who alleges the Democrat presidential candidate sexually assaulted her. | The Californian politician unequivocally supported Christine Blasey Ford when she accused then Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in 2018. However, now that it's a Democrat facing the charges, Feinstein's singing an entirely different tune. | Discussing Reade's claims, which date back to 1993, Feinstein questioned why she waited 27 years to make them public. | Also on rt.com…

Albert Bender (2020-05-08). Will the Supreme Court return eastern Oklahoma to the Five Tribes? peoplesworld.org The case of McGirt v. Oklahoma sits at the top of the Supreme Court docket as the Indian law case that will decide the issue of whether eastern Oklahoma will be returned to reservation status. Oral arguments in this matter had been scheduled for April 21, but the Supreme Court delayed the hearing to June due to COVID-19, but has now …

Staff (2020-05-07). UK Supreme Court Reverses BDS Ban. therealnews.com The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the largest British Palestinian solidarity group, successfully petitioned to reverse a 2016 ban preventing local governments divesting from companies involved in the Israeli occupation.

David Cole (2020-05-07). No One, Not Even Trump, is Above the Law. aclu.org Next week, on May 12, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in three cases about whether President Trump can block subpoenas issued to his banks and accountant to hand over his personal financial documents in connection with investigations of potential crimes. We argue that Trump, no less than anyone else, has no right to block such subpoenas. No one, not even the president, is above the law. , , Our

Staff (2020-05-07). FBI Finds Evidence Of Israeli Intervention In Trump's 2016 Campaign. therealnews.com An Israeli minister met with Roger Stone to provide information that may have benefited the Trump campaign. The discovery implicates Netanyahu in an attempt to distort the 2016 US election result.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-07). AI being developed to help cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. imperial.ac.uk A new study led by The Royal Marsden involving Imperial will use artificial intelligence (AI) to help cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Staff (2020-05-06). Headlines for May 6, 2020. democracynow.org White House to Wind Down Coronavirus Task Force Even as U.S. Cases Surge, Trump Meets Tribal Leaders, Promising to Distribute Long-Delayed Coronavirus Relief Funds, Ousted Scientist's Whistleblower Complaint Cites "Political Connections and Cronyism", Trump Lashes Out Against "Mourning in America" Advertisement, Researchers Say Coronavirus May Have Mutated in Europe to Become More Contagious, Amazon Worker Dies of COVID-19; Wisconsin Supreme Court May Revoke Remain-at-Home Order, Michigan Security Guard Shot After Enforcing Mask Policy, As Meatpackers Fall Ill from COVID-19, Wendy's Faces Hamburger Shortage, Sena…

Ruth Conniff (2020-05-06). Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice Asks if Safer at Home Order Is 'Tyranny'. progressive.org The state's conservative justices raise issue of Japanese internment camps while discussing Governor Tony Evers's order.

Aaron Maté (2020-05-06). Exclusive: OPCW chief made false claims to denigrate Douma whistleblower, documents reveal. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone has obtained documents exposing numerous falsehoods and misleading claims by OPCW Director General Fernando Arias to degrade the…

Staff (2020-05-06). Amazon VP Quits In Support Of Fired Whistleblowers. therealnews.com Senior Amazon engineer Tim Bray said the firings were evidence of "a vein of toxicity running through the company culture." We get a response from Chris Smalls, one of those fired workers.

Binoy Kampmark (2020-05-06). Muting Justice: Rescheduling Julian Assange's Hearing. dissidentvoice.org When we think of the repression of journalists, we automatically evoke foreign lands. We rarely, however, evoke or remember our own dissidents. — Peter Oborne, Middle East Eye, May 5, 2020 It all spoke well of British justice, which meant poorly. As one correspondent from the Australian Associated Press put it in describing the latest …

Aaron Maté (2020-05-05). US refuses to extradite CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn. thegrayzone.com As the US government hunts Julian Assange, it refuses to extradite a CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn…

Ruth Conniff (2020-05-04). Wisconsin Protesters Target 'Tony the Tyrant'. progressive.org GOP temper tantrum escalates as state Supreme Court prepares to weigh in on restrictions.

Whitney Webb (2020-04-28). Douglas Valentine Interview — How The COVID-19 Police State Was Born In Vietnam. thelastamericanvagabond.com Interview Transcript: Whitney: Today I am joined by the legendary author and researcher Doug Valentine, whose books, including "The CIA as Organized Crime," among several others, are essential reading for understanding how covert and illegal intelligence operations have shaped, and continue to shape, conflict and policy in the U.S. and beyond. In this interview, we …

Ryan Cristián (2020-04-22). "Artificial Intelligence Plan" That Became "Coronavirus Plan" & "China Did It" Narrative Is WMDs 2.0. thelastamericanvagabond.com 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 (4/21/19). 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 …

Whitney Webb (2020-04-20). Techno-Tyranny: How The US National Security State Is Using Coronavirus To Fulfill An Orwellian Vision. thelastamericanvagabond.com Last year, a government commission called for the US to adopt an AI-driven mass surveillance system far beyond that used in any other country in order to ensure American hegemony in artificial intelligence. Now, many of the "obstacles" they had cited as preventing its implementation are rapidly being removed under the guise of combating the …