Wikileaks

• Daniel Ellsberg on the importance of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning. [Link]
• Caitlin Johnstone debunks the myth that Julian Assange is an agent of Russia. [Link]
• Ryan McManken explains why it doesn’t matter if Assange is a ‘journalist’ or not. [Link]
• Elizabeth Vos on the importance of Wikileaks’ release of the collateral murder video. [Link]

US News

• Matt Taibbi explains why #Russiagate is a net plus for Trump. The MSM pushed too many fake stories during the past three years. [Link]
• Lockheed reports over $14 billion in sales in the first quarter of 2019. [Link]
• The lifetime cost of the F-35 program increased by $73 billion. [Link]
• A Los Angeles judge orders a former Marine be held on an extradition request from Spain. Spain accuses the former Marine of being involved in the raid on the North Korean embassy in Madrid. [Link]

US Foreign Policy

• Navy SEALs were told by commanders to keep quiet about war crimes. [Link]
• The US deploys a second aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean. [Link]
• Phil Giraldi exposes the aggressive foreign policy pushed by many members of the US Congress. [Link]
• The US is threatening to veto of a UN resolution naming rape as a weapon of war over concerns the resolution is too friendly towards abortion. [Link] The UN furthered watered down the text of ‘rape as a weapon of war’ resolution because of US threats to veto the resolution. The resolution passed without the language the US was concerned supported abortion. [Link]

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister was not informed of intelligence warning about the Easter Bombings because of a political feud with the country’s President. The Prime Minister has been unable to attend intelligence briefings. [Link]
• ISIS claims responsibility for the bombings in Sri Lanka. The group did not provide any evidence for this claim. [Link]

Iran

• Iran says it is not concerned about the US withdrawing waivers for US sanctions on Iranian oil. [Link]
• South Korea will send a delegation to the US to lobby for waivers from Iranian oil sanctions. [Link]
• Google blocks Iranian state media from YouTube and Gmail. [Link]

Israel

• A 16-year-old Palestinian boy – who was handcuffed and blindfolded – was shot in the legs by an Israeli soldier. The soldiers were attempting the boy for allegedly throwing stones. [Link]
• Netanyahu says he will attempt to name a Golan Heights settlement after Trump as thanks for Trump recognizing Israel’s claim to the territory.  [Link]