After Assange's Espionage Act Indictment, Police Move Against More Journalists for Publishing Classified Material
consortiumnews.com | 2019-06-05
Less than two months after the arrest of journalist Julian Assange, and two weeks after his indictment under the Espionage Act, emboldened governments have sent the police after journalists who've challenged the state. Joe Lauria reports. By Joe Lauria in… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/06/05/after-assanges-espionage-act-indictment-police-move-against-more-journalists-for-publishing-classified-material/

Journalists now fair game as police raid public broadcaster following US hounding of Assange
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2019-06-05
In April, US authorities issued an extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, with warnings from The Canary and other m…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/06/05/journalists-now-fair-game-as-police-raid-state-broadcaster-following-us-hounding-of-assange/

Corporate Media Have Second Thoughts About Exiling Julian Assange From Journalism
John O'Day | fair.org | 2019-06-05
"Democracy dies in darkness," reads the Washington Post slogan–though apparently sometimes it's good to put people in prison for exposing government wrongdoing ( 4/11/19). | After British police arrested Julian Assange on April 11, the first instinct of corporate journalists was to perform a line-drawing exercise. In so doing, corporate media dutifully laid the groundw…
fair.org/home/corporate-media-have-second-thoughts-about-exiling-julian-assange-from-journalism/

Police Raid Home of Prominent Journalist Who Reported on Secret Spying Program
Eoin Higgins | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-05
(CD) — Australian police raided the home of one of the country's prominent journalists Tuesday, raising questions about press freedom in that country and across the western world. Journalist Annika Smethurst, the national politics editor at Sydney's Sunday Telegraph, was the target of the early morning raid. Police served a warrant at her home related to materials she …

Police Raid Home of Prominent Journalist Who Reported on Secret Spying Program

Australian Federal Police raid journalists over exposures of government spying, war crimes
wsws.org | 2019-06-05
The raids, targeting a News Corp journalist and the Sydney offices of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, are part of an expanding assault on democratic rights and press freedom.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/05/raid-j05.html

Police Raid Home of Prominent Journalist Who Reported on Secret Spying Program
Eoin Higgins | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-05
(CD) — Australian police raided the home of one of the country's prominent journalists Tuesday, raising questions about press freedom in that country and across the western world. Journalist Annika Smethurst, the national politics editor at Sydney's Sunday Telegraph, was the target of the early morning raid. Police served a warrant at her home related to materials she …

Police Raid Home of Prominent Journalist Who Reported on Secret Spying Program

AFP raids: a grave threat to media freedom
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-05
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) raids on senior mainstream media journalists over June 5–6 have reignited calls to allow journalists to do their job, for an end of their intimidation and for an investigation into media freedoms. | On June 4, police raided the Canberra home of News.com journalist Annika Smethurst, who has written on cyber security threats and the federal government's plan to allow spying on Australian citizens to "proactively disrupt and covertly remove" onshore cyber threats. That piece was published in April last year. | On June 5, the AFP marched into the ABC offices in Sydney with wa…
greenleft.org.au/content/afp-raids-grave-threat-media-freedom

It's Time to Move on From Mueller
Aaron Maté | thenation.com | 2019-06-05
It's Time to Move on From Mueller…
thenation.com/article/mueller-impeachment-russiagate-trump/

The EU Votes and the CIA Wins Again
Aidan O'Brien | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The European Union voted last month but not one of its 21st century war crimes and war criminals were a topic of conversation. The real possibility of a nuclear war between the EU and Russia wasn't an issue either. The | …
globalresearch.ca/eu-votes-cia-wins-again/5679587

Republicans Clash with Trump over Proposed Tariffs of Up to 25% on All Mexican Imports
MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-05
Mexican officials are meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today in Washington, D.C., to discuss President Trump's plan to impose a 5% tariff on all imported Mexican goods. Over time, tariffs could increase to as much as 25%. Trump announced tariffs over what he claims is Mexico's failure to stem the flow of Central American asylum seekers and migrants into the United States. Citing potentially devastating consequences to the U.S. economy, Senate Republicans defied the president Tuesday, announcing their opposition to the tariffs. We speak with Laura Carlsen, director of the M…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/5/republicans_clash_with_trump_over_proposed

Republicans Clash With Trump Over Tariffs on Mexican Imports
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-05
Mexican officials are meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today in Washington, D.C., to discuss President Trump's plan to impose a 5% tariff on all imported Mexican goods. Over time, tariffs could increase to as much as 25%. Trump announced tariffs over what he claims is Mexico's failure to stem the flow of Central American asylum seekers and migrants into the United States. Citing potentially devastating consequences to the U.S. economy, Senate Republicans defied the president Tuesday, announcing their opposition to the tariffs. We speak with Laura Carlsen, director of th…
truthout.org/video/republicans-clash-with-trump-over-tariffs-on-mexican-imports/

Pompeo and Trump say the US is ready for talks with Iran
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-06-05
but will Iran risk trusting them yet again? While less than a month ago everyone was concerned about the possibility of war breaking out in the Persian Gulf, American policy toward Iran now seems to have shifted once again. While in Japan, Trump stated that the US has no plans to bring down the …
uwidata.com/3769-pompeo-and-trump-say-the-us-is-ready-for-talks-with-iran/

Supreme Court of Colombia to Subpoena Santrich
plenglish.com | 2019-06-05
Bogota, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) The Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia on Wednesday announced the decision to subpoena the leader of the Alternative Revolutionary Force of the Common (FARC) and congressman, Jesus Santrich.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42834&SEO=supreme-court-of-colombia-to-subpoena-santrich

Abortion Bans; S.F. Anti-Abortion Marches; Free Abortion on Demand
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2019-06-05
As the United States gets ready to join the backward countries of the world with a ban on abortion, we must ask, how did we get to this point? Why have the Democrats been promoting anti-abortion candidates? How did at least 5 anti-abortion Supreme Court justices get confirmed? Why didn't Democrat Obama who had a Democratic majority Congress in both houses in his first two years sign a law legalizing abortion so we would not have to depend on a pro-abortion majority in the Supreme Court? What kind of society is this that allows constant wars on women and the right to abortion? Why don't we have free abortion on de…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/02/18823702.php

Argentina's Top Court Upholds Glacier Law, Rules Against Mining
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-05
Argentina's supreme court unanimously rejected Tuesday a challenge to the law brought by the Canadian miner Barrick Gold, Minera Argentina Gold, and San Juan's province, who attempted to topple the national Law prohibiting mining, oil and gas projects in glacier and in permafrost areas passed by the country's Congress in 2011. | RELATED: | Argentina Protests Gender Violence, Demand Right to Abort | "Miners have long marked this region for its rich gold, silver and copper deposits, a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentinas-Top-Court-Upholds-Glacier-Protection-Law-Rules-Against-Mining-Corporations-20190605-0015.html

Selected Articles: The Murdering of Julian Assange
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
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The Murdering of Julian Assange
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
If a lie is repeated often enough it becomes the truth in the minds of the braindead listeners. Its indoctrination of the public to demonize somebody or a group of people, or a country, who could become dangerous for the empire's vicious and criminal endeavors. That's what they are doing with Julian Assange.
globalresearch.ca/murdering-julian-assange/5679492

Why the US is Persecuting Assange
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-04
I was in Kabul a decade ago when WikiLeaks released a massive tranche of US government documents about the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen. On the day of the release, I was arranging by phone to meet an American official for an unattributable briefing. I told him in the course of our conversation what I had just learned from the news wires.He was intensely interested and asked me what was known about the degree of classification of the files. When I told him, he said in a relieved tone: "No real secrets, then."
counterpunch.org/2019/06/04/why-the-us-is-persecuting-assange/

SEP Australia meetings on Labor's election debacle and the defence of Assange
wsws.org | 2019-06-04
The leftward movement of workers and youth can find no means of expression within the present political framework. It must be developed into a conscious political movement, based on a socialist perspective.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/04/meet-j04.html

In legal victory for Assange, Swedish court rules against extradition
wsws.org | 2019-06-04
Despite Swedish prosecutors having investigated Julian Assange on bogus allegations of sexual misconduct for eight years, they have never charged him.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/04/swed-j04.html

Findings of Torture: The UN Rapporteur and Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-04
Another crude and sad chapter, yet more evidence of a system's vengeance against its challengers. Julian Assange, like they dying Roman emperor Vespasian, may be transforming into a god of sorts, but the suffering of his mortal physical is finding its mark. While some in the cynical, narcissistic press corps still find little to commend…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/04/findings-of-torture-the-un-rapporteur-and-julian-assange/

Hey Trump: Remember Wikileaks?
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
Last week in an episode of my daily Ron Paul Liberty Report we discussed whether the US and British government were actually trying to kill jailed Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. More than seven years ago Assange was granted asylum …
globalresearch.ca/hey-trump-remember-wikileaks/5679515

Selected Articles: The Murdering of Julian Assange
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
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Strange Defenders: Assange and the Press
George Szamuely | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
In recent days, in response to the Trump administration's issuance on May 23 of a 17-charge indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a number of prominent liberal columnists and Democratic politicians have come out with highly critical comments. Understandably, …
globalresearch.ca/strange-defenders-assange-press/5679486

The Murdering of Julian Assange
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
Julian Assange is being slowly murdered by "Her Majesty's Prison Service" at Belmarsh prison in the south-east of London. The prison is notorious for holding people who have never been charged with a crime indefinitely. It is also called the …
globalresearch.ca/murdering-julian-assange/5679492

The Hypocrisy of William Barr's Spying Claims
Ashley Gorski | commondreams.org | 2019-06-04
On Thursday, lawyers from Barr's Justice Department tried to block a federal court from taking a look at the government's surveillance of Americans. (Photo: Bill Cark/AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/barr_3.jpeg…
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'Outrageous': Police Raid Home of Aussie Journalist Who Reported on Secret Domestic Spying Program
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-04
"If you are not concerned over a journalist being raided on the basis of 'national security concerns' for reporting on the potential over reach of Australia's security agencies into your lives, there is something seriously wrong." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/annika_smethurst_1.png…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/04/outrageous-police-raid-home-aussie-journalist-who-reported-secret-domestic-spying?cd-origin=rss

NAACP President: "Congress must make election security a top priority"
Vanessa Mbonu | naacp.org | 2019-06-04
NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, issued the following statement after a report detailed Russian intent to sow discord in U.S. elections: "Nothing in these documents comes as a surprise. We have known for some time the disturbing level of tampering by Russian nationals in the 2016 presidential election. The Mueller report confirmed that Russia had interfered "in sweeping and …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-president-congress-must-make-election-security-top-priority/

Robert Mueller, American Sphinx
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2019-06-04
Robert Mueller, American Sphinx…
thenation.com/article/robert-mueller-american-sphinx/

Mueller Must Be Called to Testify
Bill Press | commondreams.org | 2019-06-04
Even if Mueller does nothing more than read the most damaging parts of his report out loud, on national television, he would still have made the strongest case yet against Trump. (Photo: Bill Press) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/robert.jpeg…
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Pompeo says US intel only OCCASIONALLY 'gets things wrong', after bragging about 'lying' CIA
rt.com | 2019-06-04
US intelligence agencies occasionally make mistakes but should still be trusted and taken at their word, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who once famously boasted that the CIA "lies, cheats and steals." | …
rt.com/usa/461017-mike-pompeo-wrong-cia/

Pompeo says US intel only OCCASIONALLY 'gets things wrong', after bragging about 'lying' CIA
rt.com | 2019-06-04
US intelligence agencies occasionally make mistakes but should still be trusted and taken at their word, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who once famously boasted that the CIA "lies, cheats and steals." | …
rt.com/usa/461017-mike-pompeo-wrong-cia/

Former UK spy and author of dossier that sparked Russiagate to give US testimony — report
rt.com | 2019-06-04
The former British intelligence agent who authored the infamous dossier on President Trumpler's alleged Russia ties has agreed to speak to American authorities, according to a UK media report. | …
rt.com/usa/461055-spy-dossier-russiagate-testimony/

Video: Israeli Military Intensifies Attacks on Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
Overnight on June 2, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a missile strike on Syrian Arab Army (SAA) targets in the southern part of the country. According to the IDF, the missiles hit 2 artillery batteries, observation and intelligence …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-military-intensifies-attacks-syria/5679483

U.S. artificial intelligence strategy: Tech monopoly with a dash of job creation rhetoric
Julianne Tveten | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-04
On May 21, Senators Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., introduced the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA). The "bipartisan" bill, according to a press release, would organize a national strategy for developing artificial intelligence (AI)–computer systems that can perform functions associated with humans, such as learning, decision-making, and problem solving. The bill would also …
peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-artificial-intelligence-strategy-tech-monopoly-with-a-dash-of-job-creation-rhetoric/

Huawei, AU deepen relationship with new 3-year deal
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-04
Chinese technology giant, Huawei, and the African Union (AU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to consolidate ICT cooperation. The MoU aims at strengthening the partnership between the two sides on broadband, internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, 5G and artificial intelligence, according to a statement issued by Huawei. | The initiative will also train young people in tech skills, and offer AU departments support in dealing with cybersecurity, as well as digital health and education. | The deal follows a 2015 MOU which focused on improving the union's technological capabilities, including by or…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/04/huawei-au-deepen-relationship-with-new-3-year-deal/

XY Chelsea: A deeply flawed portrait of US Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning
wsws.org | 2019-06-04
The film charts Manning's life following Barack Obama's unexpected commutation in January 2017 of her vindictive 35-year-term jail sentence.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/04/chel-j04.html

French Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Increased 50% in 2018: Report
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-04
Despite a national call to end Yemen's "Dirty War," in 2018 French weapons sales to Saudi Arabia skyrocketed by 50 percent, a federal report revealed Tuesday. | RELATED: | US to Sell Arab Allies $8B in Arms to 'Deter Iran': Pompeo | According to the annual report, France's arms sales rose to 91 billion euros (US$102 billion) or 30 pe…
telesurenglish.net/news/French-Arms-Sales-to-Saudi-Arabia-Increased-50-in-2018-Report-20190604-0018.html

Abortion Bans; S.F. Anti-Abortion Marches; Free Abortion on Demand
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2019-06-04
As the United States gets ready to join the backward countries of the world with a ban on abortion, we must ask, how did we get to this point? Why have the Democrats been promoting anti-abortion candidates? How did at least 5 anti-abortion Supreme Court justices get confirmed? Why didn't Democrat Obama who had a Democratic majority Congress in both houses in his first two years sign a law legalizing abortion so we would not have to depend on a pro-abortion majority in the Supreme Court? What kind of society is this that allows constant wars on women and the right to abortion? Why don't we have free abortion on de…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/02/18823702.php

Ginni Thomas Plans New Conservative Supergroup to "Protect President Trump"
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2019-06-04
With the help of a who's who of conservative activists, the Supreme Court justice's wife aims to open up a new front in America's political wars.
theintercept.com/2019/06/04/ginni-thomas-trump-conservative-group/

Britain and Australia dismiss UN report that Assange has been tortured
wsws.org | 2019-06-03
The brazen responses demonstrate the criminality of the US-led vendetta against Assange, which is proceeding in violation of due process and the fundamental tenets of international law.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/03/tort-j03.html

Valentina Flex, organiser of Edinburgh Assange and Manning protest, speaks to the WSWS
wsws.org | 2019-06-03
Flex organised a protest in defence of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning outside the US Consulate last Saturday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/03/assa-j03.html

Don't Be Fooled: Media Still Selling Out Assange
consortiumnews.com | 2019-06-03
The media outlets that have suddenly rushed to Assange's cause are doing so out of self-protection, writes Jonathan Cook, not legal or journalistic principle. By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net A few corporate media publications have finally come out in very half-hearted support… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/06/03/dont-be-fooled-media-still-selling-out-assange/

Protests in London and Edinburgh demand freedom for Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2019-06-03
A protest in Trafalgar Square on Saturday was organised via social media and endorsed by the Julian Assange Defence Committee.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/03/prot-j03.html

Swedish Court Rejects Request to Detain Assange over 2010 Case
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-03
A Swedish court on Monday said it considers Julian Assange a suspect in a 2010 rape case but rejected a request to detain him, dashing the prosecutor's hopes of having him swiftly extradited from Britain. | RELATED: | UN Rights Expert Defends Assange, Says Institutions Abusing Power for 'Ulterior Motives' | The Uppsala district court…
telesurenglish.net/news/Swedish-Court-Rejects-Request-to-Detain-Assange-over-2010-Case-20190603-0013.html

The Final Punishment of Julian Assange
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-03
From the start, I've been worried about the effect of Wikileaks, not on the brutal western governments whose activities it has disclosed in shocking detail (especially in the Middle East) but on the practice of journalism. When we scribes were served up this Wikileaks pottage, we jumped in, paddled around and splashed the walls of reporting with our cries of horror. And we forgot that real investigative journalism was about the dogged pursuit of truth through one's own sources rather than upsetting a bowl of secrets in front of readers, secrets which Assange and co — rather than us — had chosen to mak…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/03/the-final-punishment-of-julian-assange/

Why is the Democratic Socialists of America silent on the persecution of Julian Assange?
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2019-06-03
Having been silent about defending Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning, the Democratic Socialists of America is exposed as imperialist and undemocratic. It is not a true socialist party.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/29/18823659.php

Swedish Court Rules Out Arrest Warrant For Assange
plenglish.com | 2019-06-03
Stockholm, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) A court in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Monday ruled out issuing an arrest warrant in absentia against the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, who is in serious health conditions in the British prison of Belmarsh.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42753&SEO=swedish-court-rules-out-arrest-warrant-for-assange

Sydney Peace Prize recipients demand Australian government defend Assange
wsws.org | 2019-06-03
The statement was a powerful indictment of the Australian political and media establishment, which has abandoned the WikiLeaks founder or openly participated in his persecution.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/03/sydd-j03.html

Emergency Action- Protest Sweden's Attack on Julian Assange!
BAACFJA | indybay.org | 2019-06-03
In front of: Swedish Consulate, 505 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/28/18823650.php