(2020-04-23). US media schtum on Assange's plight despite 3 years of 'flamboyant devotion' to protecting press freedom — Greenwald. rt.com 
Award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald has criticized the US media for its deafening silence on the ongoing persecution of Julian Assange, despite the years it has spent railing against the Trump administration. | Founder of The Intercept and a long-time Assange supporter, Greenwald despaired at the apparent double standards and performative hyperbole of the US media establishment, which has long played up perceived persecution at the hands of US President Donald Trump. | And yet, journalists across the news media spectrum have been largely unwilling to openly defend the WikiLeaks founder, who faces extradit…
(2020-04-23). The unbearable lightness of China. thealtworld.com Kishore Mahbubani's new book argues that China's rejuvenation is not driven by missionary impulse, a fact a flagging US refuses to see | As a living embodiment of how East and West shall meet, Mahbubani is immeasurably more capable to talk about Chinese-linked intricacies than shallow, self-described Western "experts" on Asia and China. | Especially now when demonization-heavy hybrid war 2.0 against China is practiced by most factions of the US government, the Deep State and the East Coast establishment. | Distinguished fellow at the National University of Singapore's Asia Research Institute, former president of…
(2020-04-22). Annexation of the West Bank Is up to Israel: US State Secretary. telesurenglish.net United States (U.S.) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that it was up to Israel whether to annex parts of the West Bank adding that Washington would offer its views privately to Israel's new government. | RELATED: | "As for the annexation of the West Bank, the Israelis will ultimately make those decisions," Pompeo told reporters. "That's an Israeli decision. And we will work closely with them to share wi…
(2020-04-21). How the National Security State Is Using Coronavirus to Push AI-Driven Mass Surveillance. mintpressnews.com 
Last year a government commission called for the US to adopt an AI-driven mass surveillance system far beyond that used in any other country. Now, many of the "obstacles" cited as preventing its implementation are being removed under the guise of combating coronavirus.
(2020-02-17). DOJ Investigating Former CIA Director's Role in Russiagate. theantimedia.com The Justice Department is investigating the role of John Brennan in the assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
(2020-04-24). Assange's Lawyers to Ask Court to Postpone Extradition Hearing. sputniknews.com LONDON (Sputnik) – The lawyers of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will ask the court next week to postpone the activist's extradition hearing, a statement by the campaign against Assange's extradition to the United States said Friday.
(2020-04-24). US Intelligence, Pentagon Explore Possibility of Coronavirus Being Used as Bioweapon – Report. sputniknews.com US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo previously supported the idea of probing China over allegations that the novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory studying viruses, despite Beijing and many in the scientific community debunking a theory.
(2020-04-24). UK: Iran's Ballistic Missile Programme is Destabilising for Middle East, Threatens Regional Security. sputniknews.com On 22 April, the Iranian military said that its first military satellite Noor (Light) had been successfully placed into an orbit located 425 kilometres (624 miles) above the Earth's surface, using a Qassed (Envoy) carrier. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doubted the launch's compliance with UN resolutions.