Download Episode. Kevin Gosztola returns to the show. But this time, it isn’t to provide yet another update on Julian Assange’s long struggle for freedom but to react to, explain and celebrate the plea deal that got him there. Gosztola and Scott review the...
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Efficiency at What Cost? Smart Cities and the Surveillance Creep
In cities and towns across the nation, our communities are being transformed by the implementation of so-called “smart” technologies said to create more efficient, safe, and sustainable environments. These smart cities use a range of devices such as cameras, sensors,...
Assange Finally Free After Judge Accepts Plea Agreement
After a day of travel across Eurasia, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived in the US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands for a court date. Assange was forced to plead guilty to secure his freedom after over 10 years of confinement in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and the UK’s Belmarsh prison.
FBI Requests 20-Year Wait Before Producing OKC Records
It’s been about nine years since Utah attorney Jesse Trentadue filed a Freedom of Information Act request for records about a CIA asset and FBI informant who helped fund the Oklahoma City bombing, as well as for records about a neo-Nazi bank-robbery gang also involved...
Julian Assange and the Criminalization of Journalism
Julian Assange was persecuted for over a decade for heroically exposing the criminal organization in Washington, DC. His crime was doing journalism.
Assange Released from Prison After Agreeing To Plead Guilty to Espionage Act Violation
The plea bargain allows the Wikileaks founder to return to Australia after a court date in the Mariana Islands WikiLeaks reports that its founder, Julian Assange, was released from UK prison on bail and is in the process of returning to Australia. Court documents...
Exposing Elite Cynicism With Satirical Truth
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall’s How to Run Wars: a Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite is a sharp, sardonic critique of America's perpetual engagement in wars abroad and the erosion of civil liberties at home. The book, newly published by...
About Bloody Time They Let Him Go…BUT…
“About Bloody Time,” the common Aussie utters to the news that Assange is now free. They are letting Assange go free, to return to Australia. The condition was that he had to reach a plea deal. Admit he was guilty. A compromise that removes a man from his legal limbo,...
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