2023-01-15: News Headlines

Kevin Gosztola (2023-01-14). CIA Pushes For Dismissal Of Lawsuit Against Alleged Spying On Assange Visitors. shadowproof.com The Central Intelligence Agency and former CIA director Mike Pompeo notified a federal court in New York that they intend to push for the dismissal of a lawsuit that alleges that they were involved in spying against attorneys and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Ecuador's London embassy.

_____ (2023-01-14). CIA Pushes To Dismiss Lawsuit Against Alleged Spying On Assange Visitors. popularresistance.org The Central Intelligence Agency and former CIA director Mike Pompeo notified a federal court in New York that they intend to push for the dismissal of a lawsuit that alleges that they were involved in spying against attorneys and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Ecuador's London embassy. | Both the CIA and Pompeo maintain that the "allegations in the complaint do not establish a violation of the Fourth Amendment [right to privacy]." | In August 2022, four Americans who visited Assange in the embassy sued the CIA and Pompeo in his individual capacity: Margaret Ratner Kunstler, a civil ri…

Berenice Galli (2023-01-14). ASSANGE: Il momento decisivo. globalresearch.ca Il padre di Julian Assange, John Shipton, annuncia dall'Australia, in questa intervista a Berenice Galli, una novità che potrebbe essere decisiva per la sorte del figlio: "Sento che prevarremo e che Julian sarà libero. Lo sento, lo vedo, lo percepisco …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-14). Clash of the Two Americas vol. 4: The Anglo-Venetian Roots of the Deep State &#1 ; By Matt Ehret. southfront.org In the first three volumes of the Clash of the Two Americas, we were introduced to two opposing currents which have…

| Reuters | (2023-01-14). Iran executes British-Iranian national despite UK, U.S. pleas-report. tribune.com.pk Iran has executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Saturday, after sentencing the former Iranian deputy defence minister to death on charges of spying for Britain. | British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said late on Friday Iran must not follow through with the execution – a call echoed by the U.S. State Department. Britain had described the death sentence as politically motivated and called for his release. | Mizan said in a Tweet early on Saturday the sentence had been carried out, without saying when. | "Alireza Akbari, who was sentenced to death on c…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-14). Iran Executes Ex-Deputy Defence Minister Accused Of Spying For Britain. southfront.org Alireza Akbari, Iran's former deputy defence minister, speaks during an interview with Khabaronline in Tehran, Iran, in this undated picture obtained on January 12, 2023. Khabaronline/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/Files | British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari was hanged by Iran on charges of espionage and corruption, the Iranian judiciary-affiliated Mizan news outlet announced on January 14. | The outlet said that the former Iranian official was exe…

WorkWeek (2023-01-14). Brazil Coup & Labor, US CIA AFL-CIO Attack On Mexico Ford Workers, TWU Pres & MLK & ILWU10. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Brazil Coup & Labor, The US CIA AFL-CIO Attack On Mexico Ford Workers, TWU President John Samuelson On SWA meltdown, MLK, Labor & The ILWU With Retired ILWU 10 Secretary Treasurer Clarence Thomas…

_____ (2023-01-14). The Supreme Court Could Gut The Right To Strike. popularresistance.org The Supreme Court heard oral arguments January 10 in Glacier Northwest Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174, a court case that labor advocates say threatens the right to strike. | "The ability to withhold your labor is the one powerful tool throughout the history of unionization that has ensured workers can improve their working conditions," Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien offered in a statement issued the same day. "This right is now on trial at the Supreme Court," O'Brien said, calling on the court to affirm the rulings of lower courts. Noel J. Francisco, the Jones Day…

Jessica Corbett (2023-01-14). New Biden Policy Could Protect Migrant Worker Whistleblowers From Deportation. truthout.org Migrant workers and advocates on Friday applauded a Biden administration policy to help protect noncitizen employees who are victims or witnesses of labor rights violations "from threats of immigration-related retaliation from the exploitive employers." The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that noncitizens will be able to submit requests for temporary relief from deportation or… |

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