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THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 9—Opening the CIA’s Vault

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 9—Opening the CIA’s Vault

October 26, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

As its publisher remains in prison awaiting judgment on his extradition case, we continue our series of looking at WikiLeaks’ significant revelations contributing to the public’s right to know. On Feb. 6, 2017, WikiLeaks released documents detailing the Central Intelligence Agency’s espionage program in…

Why have we turned our backs on Julian Assange?

Why have we turned our backs on Julian Assange?

October 5, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Independent

Nothing about his case is fair: his crime was simply to expose corruption and wrongdoing. We need to understand his banishment before it is too late, urges Patrick Lawrence Of all the images of Julian Assange made public over the years,…

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 8—Busting the Myth WikiLeaks Published Nothing on Israel & Syria

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 8—Busting the Myth WikiLeaks Published Nothing on Israel & Syria

July 9, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

One myth about WikiLeaks is that it favors U.S. enemies and declines to publish documents against them, while another legend is that WikiLeaks, for obscure reasons, is soft on Israel, reports Patrick Lawrence. As WikiLeaks continued its document releases, and as major news organizations continued…

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 7— Crimes Revealed at Guantánamo Bay

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 7— Crimes Revealed at Guantánamo Bay

June 24, 2020 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Consortium News

“Gitmo Files” lifted the Pentagon’s lid on the prison, describing a corrupt system of military detention resting on torture, coerced testimony and “intelligence” manipulated to justify abuses at the base, writes Patrick Lawrence. Today we continue our series The Revelations of…

Assange behind Glass

Assange behind Glass

June 21, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Raritan

In Defense of Julian Assange, edited by Tariq Ali and Margaret Kunstler, OR Books. Of all the images of Julian Assange made public over the years, three are indelibly haunting, even if, as we look at them, their import comes…

The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 5 — Busting the Myth WikiLeaks Never Published Damaging Material on Russia

The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 5 — Busting the Myth WikiLeaks Never Published Damaging Material on Russia

September 23, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

A month before Hillary Clinton spread the widely-believed myth that WikiLeaks had never revealed anything on Russia, the publication had already released more than a million files on the country.  via Consortium News: This is the fifth article in a series that…

The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 3—The Most Extensive Classified Leak in History

The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 3—The Most Extensive Classified Leak in History

May 16, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

The “Iraq War Logs” disgorged an unprecedented profusion of documents, military reports and videos, reports Patrick Lawrence.  For WikiLeaks, 2010 was an exceptionally eventful year. In April the transparency organization released “Collateral Murder,” the video of U.S. Army helicopters as they shot more…

How Secret How Secret Global Trade Talks Can Destroy the InternetGlobal Trade Talks Can Destroy the Internet

How Secret How Secret Global Trade Talks Can Destroy the InternetGlobal Trade Talks Can Destroy the Internet

November 18, 2013 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Talks on the two biggest trade agreements in history are reaching critical stages, and none of us knows anything about them. Like it or not, this is ignorance by design: Months of negotiations across both oceans have proceeded in secret,…

Snowden, Manning: The face of patriotism

Snowden, Manning: The face of patriotism

August 2, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden are really standing up to those who would radically reinterpret the Constitution A big week on the spookery front — and some of the news is good. With asylum in Russia, Edward Snowden stands a…

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