2023-11-21: News Headlines

Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. (2023-11-21). Update On Lawsuit Against Alleged CIA Spying On Assange Visitors. popularresistance.org A United States court held an extraordinary hearing on November 16, where a judge carefully considered a lawsuit against the CIA and former CIA director Mike Pompeo for their alleged role in spying on American attorneys and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | Judge John Koeltl of the Southern District of New York pushed back when Assistant U.S. Attorney Jean-David Barnea refused to confirm or deny that the CIA had targeted Americans without obtaining a warrant. He also invited attorneys for the Americans to update the lawsuit so that claims of privacy violations explicitly dealt with the g…

Michael Leonardi (2023-11-20). Naples, Italy becomes the First Major City in the World to Grant Honorary Citizenship to Julian Assange. counterpunch.org On Friday November 10th after a determined, extremely well organized and hard-fought citizens-led campaign that began on November 27th, 2022, the seaside city of Naples, Italy became the first major city in the world to formally confer honorary citizenship to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who awaits extradition to the United States from the confines Belmarsh

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-21). Israel's Intelligence Minister Proposes the 'Resettlement' of Palestinians Outside Gaza. news.antiwar.com Israeli Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel proposed the "voluntary resettlement" of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to other countries around the world in an op-ed for The Jerusalem Post published Sunday. Gamliel said one option for Gaza's future is to "promote the voluntary resettlement of Palestinians in Gaza, for humanitarian reasons, outside of the Strip." She …

ecns.cn (2023-11-21). Microsoft hires the founders of OpenAI. ecns.cn Tech giant Microsoft has hired the founders of cutting-edge artificial intelligence company OpenAI Sam Altman and Greg Brockman as the heads of a new advanced AI research team, just days after the duo left the company that they set up in 2015.

Editor (2023-11-21). Lies surrounding Al-Shifa hospital recall those preceding the Iraq invasion. mronline.org The evidence-free claims that have flooded media regarding Hamas using Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital as a military headquarters recall similarly devastating intelligence lies preceding the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Larry Johnson (2023-11-21). The Tunnels of the Al Qassam Brigade. sonar21.com A fascinating and informative documentary. If Israeli intelligence analysts had any doubt about the scope and scale of this tunnels, this video will erase those. It looks like Israel got played on the Al Shifa as the Command Center of Hamas meme. Israel clearly believed the intelligence it had gathered on the place, most of it likely provided by human sources who were fed misinformation. | The information presented in this documentary appears legit. Decide for yourself. | When this war started on October 7 I assumed, incorrectly, that this would be a larger version of Israel's 2914 venture into Gaza. It…

ecns.cn (2023-11-20). U.S. businesses forge link with China on climate. ecns.cn The emerging consensus in the fields of artificial intelligence and climate change between China and the United States is expected to create more opportunities in sustainable and green development for Chinese American-owned businesses in California.

Marissa Gerchick (2023-11-20). Why Meaningful Algorithm Auditing is Key to Protecting Civil Rights in the Digital Age. aclu.org Employers today rely on various kinds of artificial intelligence (AI) or other

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-11-20). Video: Expanding Middle East War. Who is Behind Netanyahu? Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca We stand in Solidarity with Palestine. But we must recognize that the United States Military and Intelligence apparatus is firmly behind Netanyahu. | There are strategic, geopolitical and economic objectives behind Israel's genocide directed against the People of Palestine. | Who : …

WSWS (2023-11-20). Widespread resistance from actors to SAG-AFTRA betrayal on Artificial Intelligence, streaming residuals. wsws.org The deal is a thorough-going fraud, which the union is now attempting to perpetrate on the 65,000 striking actors.

WSWS (2023-11-20). Right-wing CIA Democrat, Abigail Spanberger, announces run for governor of Virginia. wsws.org Spanberger's rising political career is bound up with her unwavering loyalty to the military intelligence apparatus. She is the first wave of what the WSWS has correctly characterized as the CIA Democrats.

WSWS (2023-11-20). UK Tories promise deportations and other anti-migrant attacks will proceed following Supreme Court ruling against Rwanda policy. wsws.org Sunak's response to the Supreme Court ruling against deportations to Rwanda demonstrates that any differences he has with Suella Braverman are purely tactical.

WSWS (2023-11-20). Australian government gives David McBride no choice but to plead guilty after exposing war crimes. wsws.org Three chilling steps by the Albanese Labor government, clearly acting in concert with the US and other allies, demonstrate its determination to make McBride's fate a warning to all whistleblowers.

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