This more than solid scoop comes from the very reliable Zach Dorfman, Sean D. Naylor and Michael Isikoff at Yahoo News. While Assange had been on the radar of U.S. intelligence agencies for years, these plans for an all-out war against him were sparked by WikiLeaks’ ongoing publication of extraordinarily sensitive CIA hacking tools, known collectively as “Vault...
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CIA Contractor Who Targeted Assange Also Spied on Other U.S. Journalists
At the The Grayzone Max Blumenthal calls attention to a well-documented story, based on the investigation of a Spanish court with experience in international prosecutions. A security contractor, linked the CIA, spied on Julian Assange and reporters covering his residence in the Ecuadorian Embassy. The evidence includes videos of Glenn Greenwald, Lowell Bergman, and other...
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The Problem With the Assange’s Extradition
With all the threats to civil liberties sprouting in America, the extradition trial of Julian Assange in London may seem a lesser priority. The United States is seeking to extradite Assange to the United States to face charges under the Espionage Act. But whatever you think of Assange, his indictment is an escalation of the...
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Lawyer: Assange Endangered by Private Intelligence Operative and U.S. Intelligence
Julian Assange is fighting extradition to the United States saying his life would be in danger. As the Spanish newspaper El País reported last year a private security firm, Undercover Global spied Assange when he lived in the Ecuador embassy in the United Kingdom, spying on him 24/7 on behalf of the CIA. Undercover Global...
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Mueller Redacted: GRU Used Wikileaks But Did Not Conspire With Trump
While Russian military intelligence operatives hacked the Democratic party and Hillary Clinton, they used the radical transparency organization Wikileaks to disseminate the stolen material, according to the report of special prosecutor Robert Mueller partially released Thursday. President Trump’s campaign actively pursued the stolen material and communicated with Wikileaks about how it could be deployed against...
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