Daily Archives: August 18, 2022

2022-08-18: News Headlines

Dave LIndorff (2022-08-17). Comedian Puts Billboards Defending Assange on Panel Truck Roaming D.C. thiscantbehappening.net Randy Credico, a comic-turned activist, is standing up for Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who is facing extradition from the UK by a US security state and series of presidents obsessed with punishing him through the hoary police-state Espionage Act for the "crime" of exposing US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unable … |

Steve Brown (2022-08-17). Giant Satirical Billboards—Mounted on Trucks Driven All Over the Nation's Capital—Are Publicly Shaming Democratic Party Leaders for Their Illegal Persecution of Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-08-17). CovertAction Bulletin: Everything you need to know about the Espionage Act & Trump — with John Kiriakou. covertactionmagazine.com After news broke of the investigation into Trump under the Espionage Act, we reached out to speak with Espionage Act expert, John Kiriakou to tell us what the act is about and who is really punished under it. John is a member of the Editorial Board of CovertAction Magazine and was himself charged and sent to prison under the Espionage Act for exposing the CIA's torture program. | Also, this month is Black August. Begun in the 1970s, Black August is a month to commemorate political prisoners. For prisoners, it is a month of political education. It marks the anniversary of the killing of George Jackson and his brot…

____ (2022-08-17). VIDEO: 3 Iranian drones displayed at Russia's ARMY Expo 2022. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) — Three sophisticated Iranian drones including an attack drone were showcased at Russia's International Military-Technical Forum ARMY 2022.

John Kiriakou (2022-08-17). Former CIA Officer Joshua Schulte Faces as Many as 80 Years in Prison After Being Convicted for Providing Information to WikiLeaks. globalresearch.ca

John Kiriakou (2022-08-17). History of the FBI: J. Edgar Hoover's Evil Brainchild. John Kiriakou. globalresearch.ca

Jonathan Cook (2022-08-16). Those Angry at Rushdie's Stabbing Have Been Missing In Action Over a Far Bigger Threat to our Freedom. mintpressnews.com The novelist is championed by western liberals not because he's bravely articulated difficult truths but because of who his enemies are.

Kevin Gosztola (2022-08-16). CIA, Pompeo Sued for Allegedly Spying on US Attorneys and Journalists Who Met with Assange. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-08-16). Pompeo Sued Over Surveillance Of Assange Visitors. popularresistance.org Four U.S. citizens who were surveilled by the C.I.A. during visits to WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange in the Ecuador embassy in London have sued the C.I.A, former C.I.A. Director Mike Pompeo, the Spanish security firm UC Global and its director David Morales Guillen for allegedly violating their constitutional rights protecting them from illegal searches and seizure. | The lawsuit was filed at 8 a.m. Monday in the Southern District of New York federal court. | Assange spent seven years in the embassy as a political asylee. He is being held on remand in London's Belmarsh prison after the U.S. indicted him in 20…

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