Yet another shocking example of abuse of court procedure unfolded on Wednesday. James Lewis QC for the prosecution had been permitted gratuitously to read to two previous witnesses with zero connection to this claim, an extract from a book by Luke Harding and David...
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the extradition hearing. Watch his recap of the seventh day’s events. The testimony of Dan Ellsberg and John Goetz.
The breathless headlines about an alleged Iranian plot to kill the US Ambassador to South Africa in retaliation for the US assassination of Iranian General Soleimani captured everyone's attention over the past few days. President Trump threatened Iran with destruction...
From The Hill TV: Executive VP at The Quincy Institute, Trita Parsi, breaks down the latest reports from the intelligence community concerning a potential attack on America orchestrated by Iran's leadership. Some say these retaliation efforts are a direct result of...
The gloves were off on Tuesday as the US Government explicitly argued that all journalists are liable to prosecution under the Espionage Act (1917) for publishing classified information, citing the Rosen case. Counsel for the US government also argued that the famous...
Tucker Carlson interviews Glenn Greenwald on the Assange extradition attempt:
Things became not merely dramatic in the Assange courtroom today, but spiteful and nasty. There were two real issues, the evidence and the procedure. On the evidence, there were stark details of the dreadful regime Assange will face in US jails if extradited. On the...
My late father was a US army officer in London during World War II and I remember best his stories of the stern old air raid wardens of the day. According to dad’s stories their power was absolute. If an air raid warden told you to stub out that cigarette, you did it,...
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the extradition hearing, Watch his recap of the fifth day’s bizarre events.
Today Dave DeCamp joins the staff of Antiwar.com on a full-time basis as an editor and writer. Dave has been writing part-time for Antiwar.com for the past year and a half. We have been very impressed with his writing, knowledge, and abilities. We are delighted to...
