Daily Archives: August 24, 2020

2020-08-24: News Headlines

WSWS (2020-08-24). Fund appeal for Assange's legal defence wins significant public support. wsws.org The response underscores the international support for Assange among workers and young people which finds no expression in the official political parties or the corporate press.

WSWS (2020-08-24). Online panel examines what would happen if Assange is extradited to the US. wsws.org The expert panelists made clear that Assange would be held in the most draconian conditions, treated as a terrorist and denied due process.

_____ (2020-08-24). The Banal Evil Of US Imperialism: A View From Inside The CIA. popularresistance.org As the US Empire falls, the US government continues its regime change attempts around the world in an effort to hang onto power. We see the same tactics applied over and over again. We speak with John Kiriakou, a former CIA analyst and case officer, about what regime change looks like from inside the CIA, which he describes as similar to the Bansky painting, "The Banality of the Banality of Evil." He reveals the tension between those who ignore the illegality of what the US is doing and those who believe in the rule of law, how the process of deciding to intervene in a country works, and then how it is carried ou…

sputniknews (2020-08-24). ARMY-2020: Developers Reveal Mission, Capabilities of Three Brand New Russian Drones. sputniknews.com Several new Russian drone designs were presented at the ongoing ARMY-2020 arms expo outside Moscow this week.

Fight Back (2020-08-23). Hezbollah brings down Israeli drone in south Lebanon. fightbacknews.org The news outlet Al-Manar is reporting Hezbollah announced Saturday, August 22 that it downed an Israeli drone in the southern town of Ayta Al-Shaab. | According to a statement from Hezbollah "The drone is now in the hands of Islamic Resistance fighters." | In September, 2019, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said that every Israeli drone which violates the Lebanese airspace will be a target for the resistance, after an attack by Israeli drones laden with explosive materials on the Beirut media office belonging to the Lebanese party. | Israel occupies Lebanese territory and frequently enters the…

The Canary (2020-08-22). US attorney general 'vehemently opposed' to pardoning Edward Snowden. thecanary.co US attorney general William Barr has said he would be "vehemently opposed" to any attempt to pardon former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden.The attorney general's comments in an interview with the Associated Press come days after president Donald Trump said he would "look at" whether to pardon Snowden.Snowden was charged under the Espionage Act in 2013 with disclosing details of highly classified government surveillance programmes."We can't tolerate that": Trump said of Snowden at a news conference on Saturday 15 August: There are many, many people — it seems to be a split decis…

John Hawkins (2020-08-21). Deep State Throats: Towards a Franker Lingua. dissidentvoice.org You should never judge a book by its title, but with whistleblower Edward Snowden's Permanent Record the reader gets as close s/he can possibly get to the soul of a narrative before actually reading it. He means it: The American government, with help of its data-gathering 5 Eyes partners, is gathering up information on every …