The Trump Administration Is Using the Full Power of the U.S. Surveillance State Against Whistleblowers
Micah Lee | theintercept.com | 2019-08-04
overnment whistleblowers are increasingly being charged under laws such as the Espionage Act, but they aren't spies. They're ordinary Americans and, like most of us, they carry smartphones that automatically get backed up to the cloud. When they want to talk to someone, they send them a text or call them on the phone. They>>…
theintercept.com/2019/08/04/whistleblowers-surveillance-fbi-trump/

Media silent on dismissal of DNC suit against Julian Assange
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2019-08-04
Efforts by the mainstream news outlets to bury a court ruling dismissing a Democratic National Committee (DNC) civil suit against Julian Assange presents a clear example of the type of media manipulation that has led millions of people to seek alternative sources of news on the internet.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/02/18825144.php

Basta!!! Free Chelsea Manning & Julian Assange Oakland Weekly Friday tabling
Orion Edmonson | indybay.org | 2019-08-04
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indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/01/18825139.php

Despite briefing by Julian Assange's lawyer, Australian politicians still refuse to defend him
wsws.org | 2019-08-03
Intensive lobbying in Canberra this week failed to convince any parliamentarian to oppose the Trump administration's bid to extradite the WikiLeaks founder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/03/assa-a03.html

US Federal Court Exposes Democratic Party Conspiracy Against Assange and WikiLeaks. Judge Dismisses DNC Lawsuit
Eric London | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
In a ruling published late Tuesday, Judge John Koeltl of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York delivered a devastating blow to the US-led conspiracy against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | In his ruling, Judge Koeltl, …
globalresearch.ca/judge-dismisses-dnc-lawsuit-us-federal-court-exposes-democratic-party-conspiracy-against-assange-wikileaks/5685410

Mike Pompeo Is Donald Trump's De Facto Intelligence Czar
James Risen | theintercept.com | 2019-07-29
Haspel has little room to maneuver to maintain her independence from Trump, or even from Pompeo. The CIA's independence and integrity have been threatened as a result. | Haspel, whose ties to the CIA's torture program made her anathema to Democrats, has been in an unfavorable political position since she became CIA director. She was chief of base at a secret CIA black-site prison in Thailand in 2002, when a detainee was subjected to waterboarding and other torture tactics. In 2005, w…
theintercept.com/2019/07/29/mike-pompeo-is-donald-trumps-de-facto-intelligence-czar/