(2024-06-25). Israeli Military on the Brink: Intelligence Failures and Political Chaos. mintpressnews.com The State of Israel finds itself in an impossible military and political predicament. For decades, a cornerstone of Israeli defense has been the universal belief in its deterrence capacity—rooted in the strength and potency of its unconquerable military and the omniscience of its intelligence agencies. | The escalation of hostilities on October 7, marked by the largest intelligence failure in recent history, combined with a politically damaging campaign of violence in Gaza, has shattered this myth. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have failed to achieve any of their stated operational goals, leaving Israel v…
(2024-06-25). Media Claims of Hezbollah Weapons at Beirut Airport Echo Gaza Reports. mintpressnews.com On Sunday, The Telegraph published an article alleging that whistleblowers had informed them that Hezbollah was storing a range of missiles and explosives at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon. The report attempted to link this claim to the catastrophic Beirut Port explosion in 2020. | However, the British media outlet has since retracted the original article and replaced it with another piece that covers Lebanese refutations of the allegations. | An article published by The Telegraph, claiming it had acquired knowledge from unnamed sources about the presence of Iranian-made weapons being s…
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange Is Free, But Government Still Abused The Espionage Act. popularresistance.org Defending Rights & Dissent welcomes the news that Julian Assange will go free for the first time in over a decade. For over five years, Assange has been confined to Belmarsh Prison in London, as he contested his extradition to the US. Prior to that, Assange spent seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy under what a United Nations Work Group deemed to be arbitrary detention. | On Monday, it was announced that Assange had filed a guilty plea in the US District of Northern Mariana Islands. Assange, who faced 17 counts under the Espionage Act and one count of conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud And Abuse Act,…
(2024-06-25). Assange Is Free, But Justice Has Not Been Done. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Julian Assange is free. As of this writing he is en route to the Northern Mariana Islands, a remote US territory in the western Pacific, to finalize a plea deal with the US government which will see him sentenced to time served in Belmarsh …
(2024-06-25). DINA: Pinochet's Directorate for Murder and Torture. dissidentvoice.org There are three sources of power in Chile: Pinochet, God and DINA. — Chilean intelligence officer, remarks to a US military attaché, 1974 Decree 521 of the Chilean government of June 18, 1974, was a chilling moment in the country's convulsed history. With the state now in the pathologically disturbed hands of a military dictatorship …
(2024-06-25). Russia's enemies keep trying to spread terror among civilians. infobrics.org Terrorist groups and foreign intelligence agencies want to resume the terror attacks that affected Russia during the 1990s and 2000s.
(2024-06-25). Israeli high court rules ultra-Orthodox men must serve in the military. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli high court rules ultra-Orthodox men must serve in the military | Ruling is a major blow to Netanyahu's coalition, which includes two Haredi parties that oppose conscription | | An Israeli mounted policeman scatters ultra-Orthodox Jewish men at a protest after Israel's Supreme Court convened…
(2024-06-25). Israeli top court justices resume prison visits, but won't see those holding Palestinians. haaretz.com Supreme Court justices are authorized to conduct both random and prearranged visits of all prisons in order to assess inmates holding conditions. No such tours of facilities where Palestinian inmates are kept were made since Gaza war started…
(2024-06-25). Democracy Now! 2024-06-25 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for June 25, 2024; Julian Assange Is Free: WikiLeaks Founder's Brother Gabriel Shipton on End of Decadelong Legal Saga; Press Freedom Advocates Celebrate Julian Assange's Release, But Warn of Impact of Plea Deal; Journalist Antony Loewenstein on Assange's Release, WikiLeaks & Israeli Drones Killing Gaza Reporters; NYC Congestion Pricing: Advocates Slam NY Gov for Halting Plan to Reduce Emissions, Fund Mass Transit | Headlines for June 25, 2024; Julian Assange Is Free: WikiLeaks Founder's Brother Gabriel Shipton on End of Decadelong Legal Saga; Press Freedom Advocates Celebrate Juli…
(2024-06-25). Journalist Antony Loewenstein on Assange's Release, WikiLeaks & Israeli Drones Killing Gaza Reporters. democracynow.org 
We discuss the plea deal and release of Julian Assange with Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein, and the reaction in Assange's home country of Australia to his release and WikiLeaks's legacy, which he says helped open the door to whistleblowers and leakers in the era of digital journalism. Loewenstein, the author of The Palestine Laboratory, also discusses the state of press freedom in Israel's war on Gaza. The Israeli military doesn't view Palestinian journalists as journalists, he argues. Instead, it views them as "akin to terrorists" to justify its targeting of them, an…
(2024-06-25). Israel's Supreme Court orders conscription for ultra-Orthodox men. aljazeera.com The ruling risks the further destabilisation of Israel's government, with key religiously conservative parties opposed.
(2024-06-25). Headlines for June 25, 2024. democracynow.org Julian Assange Secures Freedom After Reaching Plea Deal with U.S., Leaving U.K. Prison, "A Nightmare from Which They Cannot Wake": UNRWA Head on Gaza's Catastrophic Reality, Gaza Health Workers Call on International Community to Protect Palestinian Medical Sector, Israel's Supreme Court Rules Ultra-Orthodox Jews Must Serve in Military, Russian Strike Kills 5 in Eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk, as Moscow Vows Retaliation for Crimea Attack, Kenyan Police Crack Down as Protesters Call for National Strike Against Tax Plan, Kenya Prepares to Deploy 400 Troops to Haiti, Protests Revived in New…
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange Released From UK Prison, Returning Home — WikiLeaks. orinocotribune.com
(2024-06-25). 'Julian Assange Is Free': WikiLeaks Founder Strikes Plea Deal With US. scheerpost.com 
(2024-06-25). Assange Released from Prison After Agreeing To Plead Guilty to Espionage Act Violation. scheerpost.com 
(2024-06-25). Jun 25, 2024. sitrepworld.info 
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(2024-06-25). Press Freedom Advocates Celebrate Julian Assange's Release, But Warn of Impact of Plea Deal. democracynow.org 
We discuss the plea deal and release of Julian Assange with press freedom advocate Trevor Timm. "Thankfully, Julian Assange is finally going free today, but the press freedom implications remain to be seen," says Timm, who explains the U.S. espionage case against Assange, which was opened under the Trump administration and continued under Biden. Timm expresses disappointment that Biden chose to continue prosecuting Assange rather than demonstrating his stated support of press freedom. If convicted, Assange could have been sentenced to 175 years in U.S. prison, which Timm calls a "ticking time bo…
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange Is Free: WikiLeaks Founder's Brother Gabriel Shipton on End of Decadelong Legal Saga. democracynow.org 
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed from Belmarsh Prison in London, where he has been incarcerated for the past five years, after accepting a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors. After a decade-plus of legal challenges, Assange will plead guilty to a single felony count of illegally obtaining and disclosing national security material for publishing classified documents detailing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan on WikiLeaks. The Australian publisher is expected to be sentenced to time served and allowed to return home, where he reportedly will seek a pardon. Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton…
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange leaves Britain after being released from jail: WikiLeaks. geo.tv 
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at court in London on May 1, 2019 to be sentenced for bail violation. — AFP FileLONDON: Julian Assange's organisation announced on Tuesday that he "is free" after being released from a high-security London prison where he spent five…
(2024-06-25). Russian army chief, ex-defence minister face ICC arrest warrants. geo.tv 
Former Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia February 27, 2022. — Reuters
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange Is Free. Washington Crafted "A Face Saving Deal". Massive Violation of Habeas Corpus as a Favour to Washington. Paul C. Roberts. globalresearch.ca
(2024-06-25). Julian's Freedom is Our Freedom. globalresearch.ca
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange Is Finally Free! globalresearch.ca
(2024-06-25). "Wiki-Gate": Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him. globalresearch.ca Assange has been the object of an all out smear campaign by those who supported him. The Economist which granted Assange the New Media Award in 2008 intimates that he is an "enemy agent" responsible for "information anarchy … culminating in the destabilization of American democracy"
(2024-06-25). 'Julian Assange Is Free': WikiLeaks Founder Strikes Plea Deal with US. globalresearch.ca
(2024-06-25). Selected Articles: "Wiki-Gate": Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him. globalresearch.ca 
By The five major news media which were instrumental in the release and "redacting" of the WikiLeaks documents issued in 2019 a …
(2024-06-25). The End Of The Biggest Press Freedom Case Of The Century. thedissenter.org 
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(2024-06-25). WikiLeaks Says Julian Assange Is 'Free,' Has Left UK. latintimes.com Julian Assange was released from prison Monday and has left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a landmark plea deal with US authorities that brought an end to his years-long legal drama.
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange freed from UK prison after striking US deal. middleeasteye.net 
Julian Assange freed from UK prison after striking US deal | WikiLeaks founder will return to Australia after pleading guilty on single criminal count | | WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looks out of a plane's window on 25 June 2024 (Reuters) | Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been rel…
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange secures release after plea deal with US government. nationofchange.org WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange agrees to a plea deal, leading to his release from Belmarsh Prison and highlighting the ongoing debates about press freedom and whistleblower prosecution.
(2024-06-25). Assange Released from Prison After Agreeing To Plead Guilty to Espionage Act Violation. news.antiwar.com WikiLeaks reports that its founder, Julian Assange, was released from UK prison on bail and is in the process of returning to Australia. Court documents filed by the US Justice Department indicate that he has accepted an agreement with Washington that will see the journalist enter a guilty plea to crimes under the Espionage Act. …
(2024-06-25). Report: US Government Spies on Thousands of Americans' Mail Every Year. news.antiwar.com The US Postal Service (USPS) has been spying on thousands of Americans' mail every year for a decade, including letters and parcels, and provided citizens' information to police and elements of the national security apparatus, a Washington Post investigation found. Tens of thousands of requests have been submitted to the USPS since 2015. Following such …
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange is free. peoplesdispatch.org
(2024-06-25). Triumph of freedom, release of Julian Assange, affirmed Maduro. plenglish.com Caracas, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro considered today as a triumph of freedom and the struggle of humanity for the respect of Human Rights, the release of Julian Assange, after more than five years in prison.
(2024-06-25). Libertad de Assange genera diversas reacciones en Ecuador. radiohc.cu Quito, 25 jun (RHC) La liberación del fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, detenido en 2019 en la embajada de Ecuador en Reino Unido, ha generado diversas reacciones en este país sudamericano.
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange to be Freed in U.S. Plea Deal. thealtworld.com After more than five years of incarceration, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange left H.M.P. Belmarsh on Monday after reportedly agreeing a plea deal with the United States that will see him go free. | According to There, ahead of Judge Ramona Manglona, Assange is set to plead guilt…
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange freed after plea deal with the US. wsws.org The arrangement represents a massive victory for Assange, whose liberation will be welcomed by defenders of democratic rights and opponents of imperialist war around the world.
(2024-06-25). 'Julian Assange is free', video shows WikiLeaks founder leaving UK. aljazeera.com WikiLeaks shared a video showing its founder Julian Assange boarding a plane to fly out of the UK.
(2024-06-25). After 8 months in detention, Syrian journalist Sleman Ahmed faces spying charges in Iraq. cpj.org Sulaymaniyah, June 24, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Iraqi Kurdish authorities to immediately and unconditionally free Syrian journalist Sleman Ahmed, who has been detained for eight months, and drop all charges against him. Ahmed — an Arabic editor for the local news website RojNews — is due to stand trial before Duhok Criminal…
(2024-06-25). CPJ welcomes reports that Assange will be released in plea deal. cpj.org New York, June 24, 2024— The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes reports that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be freed from prison in a plea deal with the United States Justice Department. "Julian Assange faced a prosecution that had grave implications for journalists and press freedom worldwide," said CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg. "While we welcome the…
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange: Free at last. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-06-25). Plane thought to be carrying WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, on his way to enter a plea deal in US court, lands in Bangkok, reports AP. devdiscourse.com
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange is free. fidh.org
(2024-06-25). After 8 months in detention, Syrian journalist Sleman Ahmed faces spying charges in Iraq. cpj.org
(2024-06-25). CPJ welcomes reports that Assange will be released in plea deal. Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director
(2024-06-25). CPJ welcomes reports that Assange will be released in plea deal. Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director
(2024-06-25). 'Generational hero': Julian Assange's supporters hail his expected release. aljazeera.com Activists and politicians celebrate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's freedom following a plea deal with the US.
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange Strikes Plea Deal, Will Return to Australia. theintercept.com 
After years of fighting extradition from the United Kingdom to the U.S. on charges related to his publication of secret cables about the Iraq War, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors, according to court documents filed on Monday. The Justice Department expects Assange to return home to Australia after a plea hearing Tuesday morning. | The agreement would bring to an end Assange's lengthy standoff with the White House, which has sparked diplomatic tensions and global concern about U.S. hypocrisy when it comes to advancing freedom of the press. | In 2018, the Justice…
(2024-06-25). Delaware lawmakers approve fiscal year 2025 budget, tee up last week in session. whyy.org
(2024-06-25). Why is Julian Assange flying to the remote Pacific island of Saipan? scmp.com Better known for its sandy beaches and Second World War wrecks, the tropical Pacific island of Saipan will soon host the final act of Julian Assange's 14-year legal odyssey.
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange freed after deal with US Justice Department. independent.co.ug 
LONDON | Xinhua | Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has reached a tentative deal with U.S. Justice Department to plead guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act, with no additional prison time, according to court filings released Monday evening. Assange left a British prison on bail on Monday and flew …
(2024-06-25). Video: Starmer met US agencies about Assange extradition — CPS destroyed all records. skwawkbox.org 
As Director of Public Prosecutions, Starmer travelled with security officials to meet US counterparts — the second time he appears to have colluded with US in 'national security' extradition Yesterday, Julian Assange was freed, after years of wrongful imprisonment and captivity, and flew to Australia after agreeing a 'plea deal' with the US government over …
(2024-06-25). Whistleblower Richard Boyle loses his appeal to be protected. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-06-25). 'Julian Assange is free': WikiLeaks founder leaves UK, will plead guilty in deal with US. scmp.com The WikiLeaks founder is due to plead guilty this week to violating US espionage law, in a deal that will end his imprisonment in Britain and allow him to return home to Australia.
(2024-06-25). U.S. lens on investments to hinder AI, chip sectors. ecns.cn Washington's latest proposal to restrict and monitor U.S. companies' and individuals' investments in key technologies in China will jeopardize the global artificial intelligence and semiconductor supply chains.
(2024-06-25). Wikileaks' Julian Assange freed after long legal battle. aljazeera.com Here's a look at Assange was freed and why he was in prison in the first place.
(2024-06-25). WikiLeaks espionage case : Julian Assange flies out of UK after plea deal with US. ptcnews.tv
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange timeline: A criminal or a hero? aljazeera.com The WikiLeaks founder is free after years-long legal battle that has stirred debate around the world on press freedom.
(2024-06-25). Timeline of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's legal battles. scmp.com WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has reached a deal to plead guilty to one count of violating the US espionage law. Here is a timeline of his legal troubles.
(2024-06-25). After 8 months in detention, Syrian journalist Sleman Ahmed faces spying charges in Iraq. cpj.org
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange's Wife Urges Supporters to Keep 'Eyes' on Case as He is Freed from UK Prison and Set to Appear Before US Judge. bylinetimes.com 
The 52-year-old, until Monday, had been held, without trial, at London's Belmarsh prison while he awaited his next court date having, He had been at the prison for more than five years following his arrest at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in 2019 for skipping bail. The
(2024-06-25). On the anniversary of Roe's demise, abortion rights are a major election issue. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The second anniversary of the Supreme Court's guillotining of the national constitutional right to an abortion is—or should—remind voters their decisions in this November's election, up and down the ballot, will determine not only whether that right may be restored, but so much more. Abortion rights, worker rights, living wages, Social Security's and Medicare's future, …
(2024-06-25). Assange 'reaches plea deal'. skwawkbox.org 
Jailed journalist is free and has left the UK Persecuted journalist Julian Assange is said to have reached a deal with the US to enter a guilty plea of violating espionage law, in return for the end of the Americans' disgraced attempt to extradite him. The news comes after UK judges allowed Assange to appeal …
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange freed: What plea deal did WikiLeaks founder strike with US? aljazeera.com Assange will plead guilty to one espionage charge in a US court in Saipan, before returning home to Australia.
(2024-06-25). °Assange libre!: Fundador de WikiLeaks sale de prisión en Reino Unido y vuela a Australia. cubadebate.cu Se informa que Assange abandonó la cárcel de máxima seguridad de Belmarsh este lunes por la mañana tras pasar allí un total de 1.901 días. El Tribunal Superior de Londres puso al periodista en libertad bajo fianza, tras lo cual abandonó el Reino Unido.
(2024-06-25). WikiLeaks says Julian Assange is 'free' after US plea deal. newarab.com 
"Julian Assange is free," WikiLeaks wrote on X of its founder, who had been detained in Britain for five years as he fought extraditi…
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange: The leaks that shook the Middle East. newarab.com 
Reports of a deal set to free Assange, 52, agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defence documents, according to filings in the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Is…
(2024-06-25). End of an era: Iran says West's unilateralism crumbling, offers new world order model. presstv.ir Iran's interim president Mohammad Mokhber says the era of unilateralism is coming to an end and a new multilateral order is emerging in the world.
(2024-06-25). Pro- and anti-abortion activists protest at US Supreme Court. presstv.ir Roe v. Wade was enacted by the US Supreme Court in 1973, establishing abortion as a constitutional right of women.
(2024-06-25). Whistleblower walks free: Wikileaks founder Assange freed after US plea deal. presstv.ir WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from a British prison after he reached a plea deal with the US that ends his 12-year legal battle and allows him to return home to Australia.
(2024-06-25). Julian Assange Is free and My Recent Podcasts with Judge Napolitano and Nima. sonar21.com 
The news reports are true and we have reason to celebrate. Julian Assange signed off on a plea deal with the United States — he pleads guilty to one charge and then walks free. It looks like the Biden Administration is trying to clean up extraneous issues before the November election and did not want to have Assange as a distraction. They ain't doing this because it is the right thing to do. Don't kid yourself. | After years of suffering, Assange is likely to cash in. I see a book and movie in his future, not to mention speaking fees. He is returning to Australia and is likely to become a political fo…