Assange Extradition ‘Drama in the Court’ with Defense Witness Trevor Timm (and Kim Dotcom)
September 13, 2020
At the essential Consortium News Timm was interviewed by journalists Stefania Maurizi, Keven Gosztola and legal analyst Alexander Mercouris. Kim Dotcom made a surprise appearance on the program. CN Live! recapped and analyzed the first week of the resumption of the extradition hearing of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange with the defense’s most potent witness, […]
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A Veteran on Endless War, Trump, and 2020 with Danny Sjursen
September 10, 2020
Empire Has No Clothes podcast at The American Conservative On this episode, Danny Sjursen, an Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran-turned antiwar activist, talks about the most recent rift between Trump and the military and what veterans really think about the president and his policies. You may be surprised. Also, Kelley, Matt, and Dan talk about […]
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Daily Video Report on Adjournment of Assange Hearing Until Monday Over Coronavirus Scare
September 10, 2020
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria reports on the dramatic developments in court on Thursday morning.
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Witnesses in Assange’s Extradition Hearing Explain the Case Against Him Is Political
September 10, 2020
The great question after yesterday’s hearing was whether prosecution counsel James Lewis QC would continue to charge at defense witnesses like a deranged berserker (spoiler – he would), and more importantly, why? QC’s representing governments usually seek to radiate calm control, and treat defense arguments as almost beneath their notice, certainly as no conceivable threat […]
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Debating the Senate Intel Russia Report
September 10, 2020
Pushback with Aaron Maté The Senate Intelligence Committee’s final report on alleged Russian interference focuses on “a wide range of Russian efforts to influence the Trump Campaign and the 2016 election.” Does the report advance our understanding of the Trump-Russia story? Mattathias Schwartz, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, joins Pushback. Guest: Mattathias […]
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How To Pressure Donald Trump Into Staying At War
September 9, 2020
It’s easy: While Trump has repeatedly voiced his desire to bring troops home before Election Day, various defense officials and confidants on the Hill and in GOP circles have repeatedly insisted to Trump that such large-scale withdrawals would risk creating an election-year mess that would dwarf the fallout that came after President Barack Obama’s troop […]
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The Failures of Potemkin Diplomacy
September 9, 2020
From The American Conservative: The Trump administration recently touted an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo that has proven to be much less than it appeared. Majda Ruge explains: Despite the unpredictability that surrounded the negotiations, one thing was clear from the start about the much-hyped U.S. effort to normalize relations between Serbia and Kosovo: It […]
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Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing: Day 3
September 9, 2020
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the extradition hearing, Here is his recap of the third day’s dramatic events.
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Judge Cuts Witness Testimony Short at Assange’s Extradition Hearing
September 9, 2020
CLIVE STAFFORD SMITH This morning we went straight in to the evidence of Clive Stafford Smith, a dual national British/American lawyer licensed to practice in the UK. He had founded Reprieve in 1999 originally to oppose the death penalty, but after 2001 it had branched out into torture, illicit detention and extraordinary rendition cases in […]
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Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing: Day 2
September 9, 2020
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the extradition hearing, Here is his recap of the second day’s dramatic events.
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