(2022-01-23). Secret of 'microwave weapons' targeting US diplomats revealed. rt.com 
The rise and fall of 'Havana Syndrome' is a story of lazy assumptions and sloppy reporting | US diplomats and security officials suffering from a spate of unexplained health problems were victims of Russian microwave weapons, we were told time and time again. But now the CIA admits Moscow wasn't actually behind "Havana Syndrome." The story fits a disturbingly familiar pattern of misinformation. | With each passing week, the list of discredited allegations against Russia grows and grows. Time and time again, Western governments and the media have sprung into action to inform us of some new evil plot, only to ba…
(2022-01-23). Secret of 'microwave weapons' targeting US diplomats revealed. rt.com The rise and fall of 'Havana Syndrome' is a story of lazy assumptions and sloppy reporting | US diplomats and security officials suffering from a spate of unexplained health problems were victims of Russian microwave weapons, we were told time and time again. But now the CIA admits Moscow wasn't actually behind "Havana Syndrome." The story fits a disturbingly familiar pattern of misinformation. | With each passing week, the list of discredited allegations against Russia grows and grows. Time and time again, Western governments and the media have sprung into action to inform us of some new evil plot, only to ba…
(2022-01-23). Israel insists it only 'legally' spies on citizens. rt.com 
Israel did not deny using "advanced technology" to track the population, and rejected allegations that the practice was illegal | An Israeli minister has denied reports that police illegally used Pegasus surveillance software to spy on the country's own citizens, calling the "central claim" — that the practice was illegal — "not true." | Several government investigations were launched this past week after the Israeli newspaper Calcalist reported that law enforcement had been using NSO Group's infamous Pegasus spyware to illegally intercept the calls of citizens. | The newspaper claimed that police ha…
(2022-01-23). Israel insists it only 'legally' spies on citizens. rt.com Israel did not deny using "advanced technology" to track the population, and rejected allegations that the practice was illegal | An Israeli minister has denied reports that police illegally used Pegasus surveillance software to spy on the country's own citizens, calling the "central claim" — that the practice was illegal — "not true." | Several government investigations were launched this past week after the Israeli newspaper Calcalist reported that law enforcement had been using NSO Group's infamous Pegasus spyware to illegally intercept the calls of citizens. | The newspaper claimed that police ha…
(2022-01-22). Assange To UK Court: Certify Three Points To Appeal Supreme Court. popularresistance.org WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has requested the U.K. High Court of Justice to approve three points of law of general public importance, as at least one certified point is necessary for the Supreme Court to hear Assange's appeal against extradition to the United States, his fiancee Stella Moris said on Thursday. | For the country's Supreme Court to hear the case of an appeal, it must be first recognized that the appeal concerns legal matters that are important to the larger public. | "Julian Assange has asked the High Court to certify three points of law of general public importance. The Supreme Court cannot he…
(2022-01-22). Assange To UK Court: Certify Three Points To Appeal Supreme Court. popularresistance.org WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has requested the U.K. High Court of Justice to approve three points of law of general public importance, as at least one certified point is necessary for the Supreme Court to hear Assange's appeal against extradition to the United States, his fiancee Stella Moris said on Thursday. | For the country's Supreme Court to hear the case of an appeal, it must be first recognized that the appeal concerns legal matters that are important to the larger public. | "Julian Assange has asked the High Court to certify three points of law of general public importance. The Supreme Court cannot he…
(2022-01-22). Thousands Sign Petition Supporting Assange Release. workers.org 
The following is a press release from the United National Antiwar Coalition: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Led by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), more than 26 antiwar groups and 2,500 individual peace and justice advocates have cosponsored a statement (tinyurl.com/2p9fb4es) calling for the immediate release of publisher Julian Assange and . . . |
(2022-01-22). Speaking Truth to Empire about Ukraine Crisis. warisacrime.org "Speaking Truth to Empire" on KFCF 88.1 independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Scott Ritter, a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of "Scorpion King: America's Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from FDR to Trump" (2020). He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF …
(2022-01-22). UK to accuse Russia of working to install pro-Moscow leader in Ukraine — leak. rt.com 
Numerous former Ukrainian politicians have been cooperating with Russian intelligence services, according to London | An embargoed UK Foreign Office release to media outlets, which has been seen by RT, claims that Britain has exposed a plan by Moscow to install a pro-Russian leader in Kiev as tensions continue to mount over an alleged threat of "invasion" by Moscow. | "We have information that indicates the Russian government is looking to install a pro-Russian leader in [Kiev] as it considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine," reads the correspondence, which was sent to media representatives on the Foreig…
(2022-01-22). UK govt seeks to spike 'highly sensitive' BBC spy story — reports. rt.com 
The government is to argue for a injunction on the grounds it would compromise overseas intelligence activities | The UK government is reportedly seeking a gagging order to prevent the BBC airing a news segment that apparently identifies a spy working overseas. A secret High Court hearing is expected to be convened next week to listen to arguments on the "highly sensitive case," according to The Telegraph. | While the broadcaster insists the story is "overwhelmingly in the public interest," Attorney General Suella Braverman is expected to claim that airing it would present a "risk to people's lives" and would…
(2022-01-22). Trump draft executive order called for military to seize ballots and voting machines as part of coup plot. wsws.org The unsigned executive order was part of a trove of documents Trump sought to conceal, which were turned over to the January 6 Committee following Wednesday's Supreme Court decision.