The Real Bob Mueller
consortiumnews.com | 2019-05-30
Special Counsel Robert Mueller Wednesday said he would have indicted Donald Trump if he could have, resurrecting his saint-like status among Democrats who will now likely go for impeachment. But who is the real Bob Mueller?, asked ex-FBI official Coleen… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/05/29/russia-gates-mythical-heroes/

Sri Lankan refugee family that hid Snowden in Hong Kong now trapped in limbo
Dave Lindorff | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-29
Hong Kong — The bipartisan | vengeance of the US government and its pervasive intelligence apparatus, | on display currently in its rabid hounding of Wikileaks founder Julian | Assange, appears to know no bounds. | But as ugly as the full-court effort to | bag Assange, already trapped by US the combined efforts of complicit | governments in Britain and Sweden and by US economic pressure on the | government of Ecuador are, what it, with the connivance of Canada, is | doing here to a lowly and powerless young Sri Lankan refugee family is | sicker still. | For six years, all the way back to 2013, | members…
nationofchange.org/2019/05/29/sri-lankan-refugee-family-that-hid-snowden-in-hong-kong-now-trapped-in-limbo/

Unraveling The Justice Department's Conspiracy Theory Against Julian Assange
shadowproof.com | 2019-05-29
Espionage Act charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange revealed the Justice Department is relying on a theory of the case, which was concocted and partly tested during Chelsea Manning's military trial. The theory adopts the CIA's viewpoint, which is that WikiLeaks is a "non-state hostile intelligence service," and suggests Assange…
shadowproof.com/2019/05/29/unravel-justice-department-conspiracy-theory-julian-assange/

Egypt receives most wanted terrorist from Libya
Yvonne Rarieya | cgtn.com | 2019-05-29
Egypt has secured the transfer of Hisham al-Ashmawi, one of Egypt's most wanted terrorists, from Libya where he was detained by the Libyan National Army (LNA), to Egyptian intelligence agency, local media reported Wednesday. | The Egyptian state TV showed footage of masked Egyptian army personnel leading al-Ashmawi, who was captured in eastern Libyan city of Derna last year, to an Egyptian plane. | Another wanted terrorist was also handed over by the LNA to the Egyptian authorities, the TV reported. | Al-Ashmawi, who is also known as Abu Omar El-Mohager, is considered among the most dangerous terrorists linked…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/05/29/egypt-receives-most-wanted-terrorist-from-libya/

Mission Creep: How the NSA's Game-Changing Targeting System Built for Iraq and Afghanistan Ended Up on the Mexican Border
Henrik Moltke | theintercept.com | 2019-05-29
Designed to rapidly map enemy fighters based on electronic surveillance, the revolutionary NSA system merged intelligence from different sources, including its closest allies. The ramifications are still being felt.
theintercept.com/2019/05/29/nsa-data-afghanistan-iraq-mexico-border/

Meltdown Showed Extent of NSA Surveillance — and Other Tales From Hundreds of Intelligence Documents
Margot Williams | theintercept.com | 2019-05-29
Internal NSA reports reveal the exploits of a secret commando unit, new details of a joint venture with the CIA, and spying against Middle Eastern satellite internet.
theintercept.com/2019/05/29/nsa-sidtoday-surveillance-intelligence/

'Case closed!' Trump tweets nothing's changed as resigned Mueller says charging him wasn't an option
rt.com | 2019-05-29
President Donald Trump has said that "nothing changes," following Special Counsel Robert Mueller's public statement on the 'Russiagate' investigation. The president declared that "the case is closed." | …
rt.com/usa/460560-trump-mueller-case-closed/

'Putin has a Mueller pee tape!' Waiting for the most insane takes from Special Counsel's statement
rt.com | 2019-05-29
After Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered a public statement standing by the findings of his final report, liberal commentators began reading between the lines. How long before Putin is accused of getting to Mueller? | …
rt.com/usa/460582-maddow-mueller-pee-tape/

"No Excuse Left": Critics Say Mueller Can't Wriggle Out of Testimony to House
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-29
"The report isn't enough. Robert Mueller should testify before Congress." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bobby_0.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/05/29/no-excuse-left-critics-say-mueller-cant-wriggle-out-testimony-house?cd-origin=rss

2nd LD: Mueller says charging Trump with crime "not an option," closing Russia probe
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-05-29
Photo montage of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller and US President Donald Trump. COURTESY: Xinhua | WASHINGTON, May 29 (Xinhua) — U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday made his first-ever public statement about the investigation into the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, saying that charging President Donald Trump with a crime was "not an option we could consider" due to Justice Department guidelines. | "The report is my testimony," Mueller said in his on-camera appearance, referring to his investigators' 448-page report. He didn't take questions. He said he…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/05/29/2nd-ld-mueller-says-charging-trump-with-crime-not-an-option-closing-russia-probe/

Charging Trump with obstruction of justice 'was not an option,' says Mueller in 1st public statement
rt.com | 2019-05-29
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has made his first public statement since delivering his report. He announced he is formally closing the counsel's office and resigning from Justice Department. | …
rt.com/usa/460556-live-robert-mueller-speaks-report/

Mueller: Special Counsel Probe Did Not Exonerate Trump
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-05-29
He says charging the president with a crime was not an option in his first public comments on the two-year Russian interference inquiry.
truthdig.com/articles/mueller-special-counsel-probe-did-not-exonerate-trump/

As Mueller Delivers 'Impeachment Referral' to Congress, Calls for House Democrats to Act Grow Louder
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-29
"It's far past time for Congress to step up to its role as a co-equal branch of government and hold Trump accountable for his crimes." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bob_2.png…
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Common Cause Urges Special Counsel Robert Mueller to Testify Publicly Before Congress
commondreams.org | 2019-05-29
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Robert Mueller Should Testify Before Congress
commondreams.org | 2019-05-29
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Impeachment Would Affirm the Will of the People
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-05-29
Impeachment Would Affirm the Will of the People…
thenation.com/article/mueller-report-impeachment-would-affirm-the-will-of-the-people/

Mueller's Statement: Why is it Unconstitutional to Indict a Sitting President?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-29
Mueller says a legal analysis of a DOJ Policy prevented him from charging the president. Professor Doug Colbert says one objective for Mueller was to put some distance between himself and Attorney General Barr's representation of his report…
therealnews.com/stories/muellers-statement-why-is-it-unconstitutional-to-indict-a-sitting-president

Robert Mueller Just Told Congress to Do Its Damn Job
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2019-05-29
Robert Mueller Just Told Congress to Do Its Damn Job…
thenation.com/article/robert-mueller-congress-impeachment/

Mueller Just Invited Congress To Do Its Job: Impeach Trump
Jeffrey C. Isaac | commondreams.org | 2019-05-29
Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement about the Russia investigation on May 29, 2019 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mueller_statement_impeach_trump.png…
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With Democrats Clamoring for Trump Impeachment After Mueller Statement, Pelosi's Response Denounced as 'Embarrassingly Weak'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-29
"The ball is in Speaker Pelosi's court now, and continuing to delay and make excuses isn't an option." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/nancy_pelosi_0.jpg…
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Enough is enough: It's time to impeach Donald Trump
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-29
At last, he speaks! After more than two years of silently working away on his investigation into Russian campaign interference, and six weeks after his final report showcased the detailed effort to tilt the 2016 election in Donald Trump's favor, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has once more stated what we've already heard: There was a …
peoplesworld.org/article/enough-is-enough-its-time-to-impeach-donald-trump/

Chelsea Manning and Rohingya Muslims featured in new documentaries
Bill Meyer | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-29
TORONTO–Filmmaking has not only become more accessible to the masses but with newer technology, many documentaries are covering the news almost instantly. The Toronto Hot Docs Film Festival this year featured many timely stories that address current world issues. One prominent film highlighted the courageous life of whistleblower Chelsea Manning who risked her life the …
peoplesworld.org/article/chelsea-manning-and-rohingya-muslims-featured-in-new-documentaries/

ACLU Lawyer: "Abortion Today Is Still Legal in All 50 States" Despite Draconian Anti-Choice Bills
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-05-29
As states around the country ramp up their attacks on reproductive rights, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to rule on an Indiana law that would bar abortions based on the sex, race or disability of the fetus. The decision will keep in place a lower court's injunction on the measure. However, the Supreme Court decided to allow Indiana's so-called fetal burial law to go into effect, which stipulates that abortion clinics must dispose of fetal remains either through burial or cremation. The measure was signed into law by then-Governor Mike Pence in 2016. We speak with Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, senior staff attorney…
www.democracynow.org/2019/5/29/aclu_lawyer_abortion_today_is_still

Supreme Court of Colombia Orders Release of Jesus Santrich
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-29
The Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia ordered Wednesday the release of Seuxis Paucias Hernandez Solarte, known as "Jesus Santrich." | RELATED: | Colombia: Guerrillas Innocent of Hundreds of Violent Killings | The former leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was arrested for a second time on May 17 for alleged drug trafficking crimes committed after the peace agreement. | The court blamed the Colombian prosecutor's office's incompetence for the error and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Supreme-Court-of-Colombia-Orders-Release-of-Jesus-Santrich-20190529-0017.html

Prominent Dems introduce anti-forced arbitration bill
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-29
WASHINGTON–Prominent congressional Democrats, including the chair of the relevant House committee and eight presidential hopefuls, want to negate the Supreme Court's ruling that mandates company-friendly forced arbitration that overrides workers' rights. The Restoring Justice for Workers Act, unveiled by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott, D-Va., …
peoplesworld.org/article/prominent-dems-introduce-anti-forced-arbitration-bill/

'Modern-day eugenics'? US Supreme Court ruling upholds Indiana abortion restriction
rt.com | 2019-05-29
The Supreme Court has allowed part of an Indiana law restricting abortions to go into effect, reversing lower court rulings and sending a signal to pro-life activists that their constant hammering at Roe v. Wade may bear fruit. | …
rt.com/usa/460508-supreme-court-abortion-ruling-eugenics/

National Civil Rights Group Condemns Senator McConnell's Statement Regarding the Filling of a Supreme Court Vacancy in the 2020 Election Cycle
commondreams.org | 2019-05-29
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Despite Assange's ill-health, Swedish court rejects delay to hearing
wsws.org | 2019-05-29
The ruling is the latest example of the international legal vendetta being perpetrated against the WikiLeaks founder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/29/assa-m29.html

Assange Is Reportedly Gravely Ill, and Hardly Anyone's Talking About It
Corinna Barnard | consortiumnews.com | 2019-05-29
Caitlin Johnstone finds this jarring revelation reported by only a few outlets, often in an offhand manner. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Julian Assange's Swedish lawyer Per Samuelson has told the press that…
consortiumnews.com/2019/05/29/assange-is-reportedly-gravely-ill-and-hardly-anyones-talking-about-it/

Wikileaks Confirms Assange Moved to Prison Medical Area
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-29
Wikileaks issued a statement about the "grave health concerns" they have over Julian Assange who is currently being held in Belmarsh prison in the United Kingdom and confirmed that he has been moved to the health ward. | RELATED | US Announces 17 New Charges Against Julian Assange | According to the statement, Assange's health "had already significantly deteriorated after seven years in the Ecuadorean embassy" in London "under conditions that were incompatible with human rights." | The st…
telesurenglish.net/news/Wikileaks-Confirms-Assange-Moved-to-Prison-Medical-Area-20190529-0015.html

Why is the Democratic Socialists of America silent on the persecution of Julian Assange?
wsws.org | 2019-05-29
The DSA and its affiliated publication Jacobin have maintained a complicit silence on Assange's indictment under the Espionage Act.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/29/pers-m29.html

Endless Procedural Abuses Show Julian Assange Case Was Never About Law
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
It is astonishing how often one still hears well-informed, otherwise reasonable people say about Julian Assange: "But he ran away from Swedish rape charges by hiding in Ecuador's embassy in London." | That short sentence includes at least three factual …
globalresearch.ca/endless-procedural-abuses-show-julian-assange-case-was-never-about-law/5678884

Why is the Democratic Socialists of America silent on the persecution of Julian Assange?
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2019-05-29
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

Emergency Action- Protest Sweden's Attack on Julian Assange!
BAACFJA | indybay.org | 2019-05-29
In front of: Swedish Consulate, 505 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/28/18823650.php

Learn Costs of War & Celebrate Peace Heroes Assange & Manning
Abolish the Military | indybay.org | 2019-05-29
To counteract the jingoism of all capitalist media in this country in its promotion of the war machine which only exists to maximize the profits of the oil companies and the munitions makers, a few websites are in order to remind us all of the Costs of War and the Peace Heroes Assange & Manning currently jailed by the US war machine.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/27/18823637.php

Unequal Justice: Julian Assange Is an Enemy in Trump's War on the First Amendment
Bill Blum | commondreams.org | 2019-05-29
Driven as always by self-interest and opportunism, Trump has now flipped from professing his "love" for WikiLeaks during the campaign to targeting Assange as part of the enemy. (Photo: Reuters) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/assange_8_0.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/05/29/unequal-justice-julian-assange-enemy-trumps-war-first-amendment?cd-origin=rss

What does the future hold for Julian Assange?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-05-29
What does the future hold for the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, who became famous around the world for publishing top-secret materials regarding spy scandals, corruption at the highest echelons, war crimes and the diplomatic secrets of world powers? UWI spoke with lawyer and expert on media-related criminal cases Ahmet àáà∂rtoƒülu. HERO OR THIEF? Some …
uwidata.com/3634-what-does-the-future-hold-for-julian-assange/

Sinking of Russian Nuclear Submarine Known to West Much Earlier Than Stated, NSA Document Indicates
Miriam Pensack | theintercept.com | 2019-05-29
The report about Kursk also stated that the Russian navy did not try to contact the submarine for five hours after explosions that sank it.
theintercept.com/2019/05/29/russia-submarine-kursk-norway-nsa/

Artificial intelligence summit focuses on fighting hunger, climate crisis and transition to 'smart sustainable cities'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-28
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is at the forefront of fighting hunger, mitigating the climate crisis and facilitating "the transition to smart sustainable cities", said the chief of the UN agency which specializes in information and communication technologies, Houlin Zhao, kicking off the third AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1039311

Eight years in, Syria still embroiled in conflict 'that no longer sparks outrage', Security Council hears
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-28
After eight years of deadly air strikes and terrorist attacks that have left hundreds of thousands of Syrians dead and millions of others injured, United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ursula Mueller asked the Security Council on Tuesday, the hard-hitting question: "Can't this Council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage"?
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1039281

The Worst 2020 Election Interference Will Be Perfectly Legal
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-28
(CJ Opinion) — "After the Mueller report was released, our president called Vladimir Putin, spent an hour on the phone with him," Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke said on CBS's Face The Nation yesterday. "Described the report as a hoax, giving Putin a green light to further interfere in our democracy." "Russia interfered in the 2016 election," tweeted presidential candidate Kamala Harris the …

The Worst 2020 Election Interference Will Be Perfectly Legal

Free Assange and Manning!
Editor | workers.org | 2019-05-28
By releasing the information provided by whistleblower Chelsea Manning, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange exposed the war crimes of the imperialist U.S. government. The most dramatic exposé was a July 2007 video of U.S. helicopter pilots shooting at Iraqi civilians, including Iraqi journalists working for Reuters. Those of us who opposed . . . | Continue reading Free Assange and Manning! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/05/28/free-assange-and-manning/

US High Court Takes Up Case of Mexican Shot by Border Patrol
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-28
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to review for the second time a lawsuit over the case of a Mexican teen shot dead inside Mexico by a Border Patrol Agent firing from the U.S. side of the frontier. | RELATED: | 5th Guatemalan Migrant Minor Dies in US Immigration Custody | The family of Sergio Hernandez, who was 15 when he was killed by U.S. agent Jesus Mesa on June 7, 2010, has been seeking compensation over the death in a lawsuit. | Hernandez and three friends had been playi…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-High-Court-Takes-Up-Case-of-Mexican-Shot-by-Border-Patrol-20190528-0023.html

Pack the court for NYC subway elevators, June 5!
Tony Murphy | workers.org | 2019-05-28
The fight for accessibility in New York's public transportation system is approaching a critical milestone on June 5. That's when New York State Supreme Court Judge Hagler will make a fateful decision on the lawsuit to mandate elevators in the subway. Christine Serdjenian-Yearwood addresses the courthouse rally before the hearing . . . | Continue reading Pack the court for NYC subway elevators, June 5! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/05/28/pack-the-court-for-nyc-subway-elevators-june-5/

It's not spying! MSNBC refuses to use the 'S' word amid FBI-Trump surveillance scandal (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-05-28
MSNBC analyst and ex-CIA chief John Brennan is furious that Donald Trump thinks that FBI surveillance targeting his inner circle constitutes "spying." Does Brennan know that MSNBC once accused him of "spying" on the Senate? | …
rt.com/usa/460425-brennan-cia-spying-trump-scandal/

We Must Defend Assange to Save Democracy from American Despotism
Nozomi Hayase | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-28
On Thursday, the Department of Justice made an unprecedented move to file 17 Espionage Act charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. This indictment was what Assange and his legal team have been warning about since 2010 and the risk of extradition was the sole reason why Assange sought and was granted political asylum by Ecuador…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/28/we-must-defend-assange-to-save-democracy-from-american-despotism/

US crusade against Assange a 'blueprint' for criminalizing journalism — Greenwald
rt.com | 2019-05-28
The latest indictments of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange are a blueprint for making journalists into felons, a test case for dismantling the First Amendment that will destroy journalism as we know it, Glenn Greenwald warned. | …
rt.com/usa/460502-greenwald-assange-criminalize-journalism/

Abuses show Assange Case was Never About Law
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-28
It is astonishing how often one still hears well-informed, otherwise reasonable people say about Julian Assange: "But he ran away from Swedish rape charges by hiding in Ecuador's embassy in London." That short sentence includes at least three factual errors. In fact, to repeat it, as so many people do, you would need to have …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/abuses-show-assange-case-was-never-about-law/

Assange's Assault on Toxic Masculinist Militarism
Michelle Renee Matisons | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-28
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces U.S. extradition on computer hacking conspiracy and seventeen other Espionage Act charges, and no one knows what's next except a series of state maneuvers and mind-numbing debates that say more about U.S. anti- imperialism's stagnation than it does about him. A press freedom hero, a new technologies champion, a bizarre cult leader… you've heard it all. Across the political spectrum he's called a misogynist driven by toxic masculinity. In Donald Trump's Fortress America, Assange is the toxic one! The U.S. can't tolerate WikiLeaks' delivery of the documented cold hard truth:…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/28/assanges-assault-on-toxic-masculinist-militarism/

Unequal Justice: Julian Assange is an Enemy in Trump's War on the First Amendment
Bill Blum | progressive.org | 2019-05-28
Unless and until Assange's prosecution is dismissed, no publication will be safe from the Administration's vengeance and overreach.
progressive.org/dispatches/unequal-justice-assange-enemy-trump-first-amendment-blum-190528/