2023-11-29: News Headlines

Craig Murray, Consortium News. (2023-11-28). United Kingdom's Rwanda Deportation Ruling Offers Assange Hope. popularresistance.org The judgment of the Supreme Court on the illegality of deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda was given massive publicity in connection with the sacking of Home Secretary Suella Braverman, but in fact it is a decision of much wider significance. | It also has great relevance to the coming High Court hearing on Julian Assange, both in terms of the arguments, some of which are common to both cases, and the stance of the judges, some of whom are also common to both cases. | Let me start with the point on which the Supreme Court decision turned — whether or not the court should independently determine whether…

Editor (2023-11-28). A look at Assange from inside the CIA, State Department & U.S. Military. mronline.org You may have heard of Julian Assange, but chances are that you haven't heard about him from inside the CIA, State Department and U.S. military.

Editor (2023-11-29). John Kiriakou: Reflections on the Deep State's Media Watchdog Tool. scheerpost.com By John Kiriakou / Original to ScheerPost In early November, the leadership and board of Consortium News, the independent news site, filed a major lawsuit against the federal government and NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. NewsGuard at first glance looks like a media watchdog organization, a group that seeks to keep misinformation and disinformation out of the …

Observer R (2023-11-28). ADRIFT ON A SEA OF DELUSIONS. sonar21.com NOTE: This paper is divided into two sections. The first section is a digest of an article in Foreign Affairs by Robert Gates which is intended to present his views in a condensed, but accurate version. The second section is an analysis of Gates' views and comments on their applicability to current world affairs. | SECTION ONE | The second lead article in the November/December 2023 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine is entitled "The Dysfunctional Superpower: Can a Divided America Deter China and Russia?" The author is Robert M. Gates, Director of the United States (US) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from…

Larry Johnson (2023-11-28). Politics and Arrogance — Understanding Israel's October 7 Intelligence Failure. sonar21.com

ecns.cn (2023-11-29). Chinese IT engineer caught in foreign espionage plot. ecns.cn China's Ministry of State Security has warned the public about foreign espionage activities under the guise of safety protocol testing, following the case of an IT engineer who was hired by a foreign intelligence agency to deploy malware onto China's military and high-tech companies.

Editor (2023-11-29). Ralph Nader: An Open Letter to Members of the United States Congress. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader / Nader.org RE: Hamas-Israel-Gaza-Genocide We are writing to exercise our First Amendment to petition Congress for redress of grievances. We are urging Congress to end the United States' unconditional, close, and continual military and intelligence support of Israel in its ongoing physical destruction of 2.3 million Palestinians residing in Gaza. The United …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-11-29). "Wiping Gaza Off the Map": Implementing Israel's "Secret Intelligence Memorandum". More than 20,000 Civilians Killed. globalresearch.ca

jamanetwork (2023-11-28). WHO: What Regulators Should Consider for AI in Health Care. jamanetwork.com A new publication by the World Health Organization (WHO) identifies key areas for governments and regulatory bodies to consider when integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into health care. The areas of regulation include transparency about AI technology development, external validation of data, and collaboration among stakeholders to maintain the regulatory compliance of AI products throughout their life cycles.

Yuval Abraham (2023-11-28). Official "Secret" Israeli Document Revealed: Expel All Palestinians from Gaza, Israeli Intelligence Ministry. globalresearch.ca

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-11-29). Panama Court Declares Mining Contract Illegal. orinocotribune.com Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Panama declared the mining contract which renewed the exploitation concession of the largest open pit copper mine in Central America to be unconstitutional. | The renewal of this contract triggered a protest movement that has spread for more than a month throughout the country. | The president of the Supreme Court of Panama, María Eugenia López, indicated that the ruling was approved unanimously. The case was opened in response to two appeals presented against Law 406, approved on October 20 by the unicameral Parliament and President Laurentino Cortizo and that contains the contract.

Chris Walker (2023-11-28). Trump's Latest Legal Defense: He Didn't Take Oath to "Support" the Constitution. truthout.org Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed a brief with the Colorado state Supreme Court this week arguing that a constitutional provision that would disallow him from being able to run for the presidency again in 2024 should be ignored because, as they put it, he never made an oath, as president, to "support" the Constitution. The argument is one of semantics, as the president of the United… |

Kavitha Surana (2023-11-28). Anti-Abortion Groups Made Sure Abortion Ban Exceptions Didn't Happen. truthout.org After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of federal protection for abortion, some states began enforcing strict abortion bans while others became new havens for the procedure. ProPublica is investigating how sweeping changes to reproductive health care access in America are affecting people, institutions and governments. State Rep. Taylor Rehfeldt was speaking on the… |

Zane McNeill (2023-11-28). Idaho Asks Supreme Court to Let State Prosecute Doctors, Ban Abortions. truthout.org The state of Idaho, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom — designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center — asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to allow its abortion ban to take full effect. Idaho's Defense of Life Act is one of the strictest abortion bans in the country and imposes criminal penalties on doctors who perform abortions in the state. In 2022… |

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-11-28). "Lucifer's Banker: The Untold Story of How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy" globalresearch.ca

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