2021-10-01: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2021-10-01). Murderous Fantasies: the US Intelligence Effort Against Assange. counterpunch.org If there was any reason to halt a farcical train of legal proceedings, then the case against Julian Assange would have to be the standard bearing example. Since last year, the efforts by the US government to pursue his extradition to the vicious purgatory of American justice has seen more than a fair share of

Jeffrey St. Clair (2021-10-01). Roaming Charges: The Dirtiest Word of All. counterpunch.org There are, of course, quieter ways to kill than in a gun battle on the streets of London and Biden, no less eager to claim Julian Assange's head than Trump, seems to have settled on a more insidious method: allowing Assange to waste away in the dark chambers of a prison, whether in Belmarsh, where he is now confined, or, if extradited, in some even more austere Supermax in the American outback.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-10-01). Murderous fantasies: The US intelligence effort against Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au If there was any reason to halt a farcical train of legal proceedings, the case against Julian Assange would have to be the standard bearing example, argues Binoy Kampmark.

Aaron Maté (2021-10-01). Inside the CIA plot to kidnap, kill Julian Assange. thegrayzone.com As the Biden administration continues to seek the extradition of Julian Assange, new details have emerged about the Trump administration's secret CIA-led war against Assange and his organization, Wikileaks. Michael Isikoff of Yahoo News discusses on Pushback. Michael Isikoff of Yahoo News discusses his team's reporting on the CIA plot to surveil, kidnap, and even kill Assange — all overseen by Michael Pompeo. In response, Pompeo has called for the prosecution of all the sources involved. The story builds on …

sputniknews (2021-10-01). Alleged US Plot to Kill Assange: Activists Ask PM Morrison If They Were on 'Speculative Kill Lists'. sputniknews.com On Sunday, Yahoo News claimed that Trump administration and CIA officials plotted to kidnap or assassinate Julian Assange while he was hiding in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2017.

Jonathan Cook (2021-10-01). CIA plan to poison Assange wasn't needed. The US found a 'lawful' way to disappear him. zcomm.org The US was also able to manipulate the legal processes in both Sweden and the UK to engineer Assange's effective incarceration all that time…

W. T. Whitney (2021-10-01). Former Cuban Intelligence Chief Sees Cuban Revolution in Danger, Calls for Action. counterpunch.org Fabian Escalante, a founder of Cuba's state security services, served as head of Cuba's Department of State Security in 1976 -1996 and vice-minister of the Interior Ministry. After 1993, he headed the Cuban Security Studies Center. In short, his views on threats posed by U.S. government agencies and on protecting Cuba's Revolution carry weight Writing

Anonymous669 (2021-10-01). Turkey Prepares To Withdraw 2,000 Syrian Mercenaries From Libya, Monitoring Group Warns Of Fake Pullout. southfront.org Illustrative image. | The Turkish intelligence has ordered some 2,000 Syrian militants deployed in Libya to prepare to return to their country, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on September 30. | The decision to withdraw the militants, who fought as mercenaries for Turkey's allies in Libya, came ahead of the December 24 Libyan general election which is expected to give the war-torn country its first president and parliament in years. | According to the SOHR, around 7,000 Turk…

Li Wang (2021-10-01). The White House is seeking to strengthen the intelligence capabilities assigned to China. indybay.org Recently, media has got the information that the US administration is working on the issue of creating a special center on China in the Central Intelligence Agency.

David Schultz (2021-10-01). The Supreme Court and the Coming End of Abortion Rights. counterpunch.org October 4, is the first Monday in October. It is the start of the new US Supreme Court term. It may also be the last term where Roe v. Wade is the law of the land and abortion rights are constitutionally protected. This coming term the Supreme Court will review a Mississippi law that effectively bans all abortions after

Patrick Delaney (2021-10-01). Nearly 50,000 Medicare Patients Died Soon after Getting COVID Shot: Whistleblower. globalresearch.ca

Caitlin Johnstone (2021-10-01). How is the CIA Still a Thing? orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Sep 27, 2021 | Citing "conversations with more than 30 former U.S. officials," a These pl…

_____ (2021-09-30). Report: CIA Plans To Kidnap Assange. popularresistance.org Though District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled against the United States' extradition request, she rejected the argument from the legal team for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that hostility within U.S. intelligence agencies "translated into improper pressure on federal prosecutors to bring charges." | However, a Yahoo! News report on the CIA's plans to kidnap or kill Assange contains some of the strongest evidence yet that Assange was only charged with crimes because of their thirst for vengeance. | Assange was charged by the U.S. Justice Department with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act and one count of…

WSWS repost (2021-09-30). US government, CIA plotted to kidnap or assassinate Assange in London. indybay.org The latest report confirms that the attempt to extradite and prosecute Assange is the pseudo-legal cover for an extraordinary rendition plotted by the very criminals exposed in WikiLeaks' publications.

_____ (2021-09-30). Pompeo Effectively Admits to Assange Allegations. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | In the process of issuing another not-really-a-denial about a Here are some quotes from t…

Editor2 (2021-09-30). Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo was Reportedly Obsessed with Killing Assange. orinocotribune.com By Kevin Gosztola — Sep 27, 2021 | There were no criminal prosecutions for anyone in the Central Intelligence Agency when they operated a torture program. The White House under President Barack Obama fully embraced a drone program that involved targeted assassinations. | Now, we learn that the CIA redefined WikiLeaks as a "hostile entity" and sought to label WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as an "information broker" to justify aggressive actions intended to disrupt journalism. They even had plans to kill him. | The latest revelations around Assange are exactly why so many advocates did not think it was acce…

_____ (2021-09-30). CIA Plot to Murder Assange Is Open Season on Independent Journalism. strategic-culture.org If Assange is not freed then the war on truth is going to explode. All independent journalism and basic human rights are under threat. | A report that the CIA was plotting to murder or kidnap Julian Assange is credible and it should not be in the least bit surprising that the agency sometimes known as Murder Inc would stoop to such criminality. | The CIA has for decades since its formation in 1947 involved itself in assassinating foreign political leaders and is implicated in the 1963 killing of its own President John F Kennedy in what amounted to be a coup d'état in the United States. The agency has operated as…

Alan MacLeod (2021-09-30). The Military Industrial Media Complex: How the Pentagon Leaned on Hollywood to Sell the War in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca

Edmond B. Paré (2021-09-30). Hospital Nurse Whistleblowers on Vaccine Injuries: "Deadly Strokes, Bizarre Rashes, Cardiac Arrest, Blood Clots in the Legs, Neurological Symptoms" globalresearch.ca Author Edmond B. Paré…

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