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2022-08-28: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2022-08-28). It's All Political: Julian Assange Appeals his Extradition. dissidentvoice.org Julian Assange's legal team has taken its next step along their Via Dolorosa, filing an appeal against the decision to extradite their client to the United States to face 18 charges, 17 based on the odious US Espionage Act of 1917. Since his violent eviction from the Ecuadorian embassy in April 2019, much to the …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-28). Mayo Clinic study shows AI may improve prediction of colorectal cancer recurrence. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org PHOENIX — In a multinational study led by a Mayo Clinic research team using artificial intelligence (AI), investigators developed an algorithm to improve the prediction of colorectal cancer recurrence. Study results are published in Gastroenterology. Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. Rish Pai, M.D., Ph.D., a pathologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and senior author, developed QuantCRC, a deep-learning segmentation…

Harry Hinson (2022-08-27). "The Deep State", Absence of Real Political Leadership: Inflation, Mass Unemployment, Food and Fuel Shortages, Invasive Surveillance, Civil Unrest. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-08-27). Julian Assange Files His Perfected Grounds Of Appeal. popularresistance.org Today, 26 August 2022, Julian Assange is filing his Perfected Grounds of Appeal before the High Court of Justice Administrative Court. The Respondents are the Government of the United States and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Priti Patel. | The Perfected Grounds of Appeal contain the arguments on which Julian Assange intends to challenge District Judge Vanessa Baraitser's decision of 4 January 2021, and introduces significant new evidence that has developed since that ruling. The Perfected Grounds of Appeal concerning the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) include arguments that Ho…

Kevin Gosztola (2022-08-27). CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou On What We Learned From FBI's Mar-a-Lago Search Affidavit. thedissenter.org Kevin Gosztola was joined by CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who helped him go through the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search affidavit and break down what was learned. They discussed the construct of "national defense information" and storing classified information in a private residence. | Both offered their responses to the heavy redactions in sections of the affidavit, and John pulled from his expertise to assess the likelihood that "clandestine human sources" were exposed to harm. | John pled guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIPA). He was asked if Trump may have violated this parti…

_____ (2022-08-27). Don't Charge Trump With Espionage. popularresistance.org Former President Donald Trump shouldn't be charged with espionage for taking classified documents with him —some of them apparently very highly classified — when he left the White House for semi-retirement at his Mar-a-Lago home. | Nobody should be charged with espionage unless they are working for a foreign power and mean harm to the United States. The Espionage Act, which was written 105 years ago to combat German saboteurs, is rarely used now to target spies and traitors. Instead, it's used as a cudgel to silence whistleblowers, journalists, and occasionally a stupid former president. | To understa…

WSWS (2022-08-27). Julian Assange files appeal against extradition. wsws.org The appeal, if the High Court agrees to hear it, will focus on the major political issues in Assange's persecution, including revelations that the American government and the CIA plotted his kidnap or murder.

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