Daily Archives: February 4, 2024

2024-02-04: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2024-02-04). Julian Assange faces final British appeal. greenleft.org.au

Guillermo Garcia (2024-02-04). Julian Assange and his possible extradition to the US: on the legal and procedural situation. cadtm.org

greenleft.org.au (2024-02-03). Julian Assange faces final British appeal. greenleft.org.au

Guillermo Garcia (2024-02-03). Julian Assange and his possible extradition to the US: on the legal and procedural situation. cadtm.org

WSWS (2024-02-03). Alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower hit with 40-year sentence: A warning of what's in store for Assange if extradition is not defeated. wsws.org For allegedly exposing illegal CIA hacking and spying operations, Joshua Schulte has been treated like a terrorist and held in conditions akin to a medieval dungeon.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2024-02-03). Flashpoint for War: The Drone Killings at Tower 22. What are US forces doing in Jordan? globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2024-02-04). China launches world's first in-orbit AI commercial hypersatellite. ecns.cn China's Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center launched the world's first in-orbit artificial intelligence (AI) commercial hypersatellite on Saturday from waters off the coast of Yangjiang City in south China's Guangdong Province.

Editor (2024-02-04). Patty Hearst Was Treated Gently At a Time When "Tough On Crime" Was Taking Hold. scheerpost.com Listen to Roger D. Rapoport discuss his latest book on Patty Hearst on Scheer Intelligence By Roger D. Rapoport / CounterPunch On February 4, 1974, a group of ragtag revolutionaries who called themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army abducted Patty Hearst, an heiress to the Hearst media empire, from her Berkeley apartment. The bold act stunned …

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-02-04). Iraq Denies Washington Notified Government Prior To Deadly Attack. popularresistance.org The US air force carried out strikes on 85 sites in the border regions connecting Iraq and Syria early on 3 February. | US Central Command stated its forces struck targets "belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its allies, in Iraq and Syria" using "long-range bombers launched from the United States." | The statement added that US forces "used more than 125 precision-guided munitions in the air strikes. The facilities that were struck included command and control operations, intelligence centers, missiles and missiles, drone warehouses, logistical facilities, and the ammunition supply chain."

albawaba (2024-02-03). Turkish intelligence uncovers extensive MOSSAD network in Turkey. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – In a developing narrative, intriguing details emerge as the interrogation of the seven suspects apprehended in a joint Mƒ∞T and General Directorate of Security operation unfolds in Istanbul and Izmir.As per insider information, it's revealed that MOSSAD initiated contact with the suspects, posing as a research company. Initial tasks involved basic research assignments to identify individuals, later escalating to more ominous roles such as extortion or potential assassinations.The suspects, while aware of their association with a foreign intelligence agency, continued their involvement with M…

albawaba (2024-02-03). Ukraine unleashes drones in daring naval operation, sinks Russian warship. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – In a dramatic revelation, Ukraine has disclosed a military operation near Crimea, the region annexed by Russia in 2014, asserting that they successfully attacked and sank a Russian warship.The Ukrainian military intelligence shared a video on social media, showcasing a fleet of drones encircling a ship and initiating gunfire. The video concludes with the ship submerging into the water. Ukraine identifies the sunken vessel as the Ivanovets, a Russian Navy ship, a confirmation echoed by Russian war bloggers.Valued between 60-70 million dollars, the Ivanovets, a small missile ship, is believed to have had…

Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. (2024-02-03). US Government Treats Use Of Privacy Tools As Criminal Activity. popularresistance.org In Espionage Act prosecutions involving leaks, attorneys at the United States (DOJ) consistently treat the use of privacy tools as evidence of criminality. This tendency should alarm journalists and news media organizations that rely on such tools for newsgathering. | A jury convicted former CIA programmer Joshua Schulte of disclosing CIA cyber warfare materials to WikiLeaks in July 2022. Schulte is scheduled to be sentenced in the U.S. Southern District Court of New York on February 1. | The U.S. government's sentencing memo [PDF] asserted that "between April 18 and May 5, 2016, Schulte took a number of steps to…

Larry Johnson (2024-02-03). Round Table with the Judge as U.S. Fulfills Ground Hog Day Prediction. sonar21.com Was a very busy day on the podcast front. In addition to my solo outing, I talked with RT about the sentencing of the CIA contractor who leaked the Vault 7 documents to Wikileaks, chatted with the Judge and Ray McGovern on the weekly roundtable and did an hour with Nima (that should post on Sunday). | News was breaking as Ray and I came on live with the Judge. We originally planned to discuss the soap opera drama in Ukraine but all networks were lighting up to report the U.S. airstrikes in Syria and Iraq were underway. This is a colossal waste of expensive U.S. weaponry that is going to achieve nothing sign…

Jasmine Brown (2024-02-03). Perspectives] The battle to become a Black physician in the USA: past and present. thelancet.com Throughout history, Black people in the USA have faced an uphill battle to enter the medical profession. There have been countless challenges from overt discrimination to subconscious biases that have impacted the journey of Black physicians. I explored this history in my book, Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Reflecting on this history can provide perspective and insight on the continued importance of striving towards equity within the medical profession, especially after the 2023 decision of the US Supreme Court to overturn affirma…

WSWS (2024-02-03). US historians file brief with Supreme Court calling for Trump's exclusion from the ballot under the Fourteenth Amendment. wsws.org The very fact that the third clause of the Fourteenth Amendment—banning those who have committed insurrection from holding public office—is now relevant testifies to the depth of the present crisis.

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