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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – WikiLeaks publishes the first documents leaked by Chelsea Manning – 2010
On February 18, 2010, a relatively obscure website called WikiLeaks publishes a leaked diplomatic cable detailing discussions between American diplomats and Icelandic government officials. The leak of “Reikjavik13” barely registered with the public, but it was the first of what turned out to be nearly 750,000 sensitive documents sent to WikiLeaks by Chelsea Manning. Manning is now considered one of the most prolific and significant whistleblowers in American history, as her leaks shed light on atrocities committed by American armed forces, painted a far grimmer picture of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and greatly embarrassed the United States’ diplomatic establishment.
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U.S. Indictments Against Assange Involve Federal Informant Who Admitted To Falsifying His Testimony
Originally posted at FMShooter
A report from Icelandic newspaper, Stundin makes allegations that a key witness in the U.S.’s case against Julian Assange lied in most of his testimony.
FBI Releases Documents On Investigation Into Death Of DNC Staffer Seth Rich
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
The FBI has produced 68 pages relating to a Democrat National Committee (DNC) worker who was shot dead in 2016 in Washington, including an investigative summary that appears to suggest someone could have paid for his death.
Seth Rich, the worker, was shot dead in the early morning hours on July 16, 2016, near his home in the nation’s capital.
The murder, which is unsolved to this day, fueled widespread media coverage, especially after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange suggested that Rich was the person who provided internal DNC emails to WikiLeaks. Rich’s family has called the notion that Rich leaked documents to WikiLeaks a conspiracy theory.
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U.S. Extradition Of Julian Assange Thwarted By U.K. Judge But Ruling Still Strips Bare Freedom Of Press
Originally Posted at FMShooter
Earlier this week, Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser denied a U.S. extradition request relating to indictments of Julian Assange. Baraitser detailed her decision came after U.S. authorities were unable to convince her Assange wouldn’t have the opportunity to take his own life inside the U.S. prison system. Despite this likely being the best outcome regarding Julian Assange’s trial, Magistrate Baraitser still set a dizzying precedent that erodes our fundamental civil liberties.
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Amidst A Vitriolic U.S. Election Season, Extradition Hearings For Julian Assange Occur In London
Originally posted at FMShooter.
“Syme was not only dead, he was abolished, an unperson. Any identifiable reference to him would have been mortally dangerous.”
1984, George Orwell, Chapter 6
I have rung the alarm on grievous instances of civil liberties being eroded and stomped on, facts becoming wrong-think, and the censorship and de-platforming of opposing voices against the conventional mainstream narratives. Founder of WikiLeaks and freedom fighter, Julian Assange, has been on trial in London for extradition hearings – accused by the Department of Justice for contravening the U.S. Espionage Act in 17 individual charges and one under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – WikiLeaks publishes the first documents leaked by Chelsea Manning – 2010
On February 18, 2010, a relatively obscure website called WikiLeaks publishes a leaked diplomatic cable detailing discussions between American diplomats and Icelandic government officials. The leak of “Reikjavik13” barely registered with the public, but it was the first of what turned out to be nearly 750,000 sensitive documents sent to WikiLeaks by Chelsea Manning. Manning is now considered one of the most prolific and significant whistleblowers in American history, as her leaks shed light on atrocities committed by American armed forces, painted a far grimmer picture of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and greatly embarrassed the United States’ diplomatic establishment.
Media’s Deafening Silence On The Biggest Scandal Of 2019 Is Chilling
Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via CaitlinJohnstone.com,
This is getting really, really, really weird.
WikiLeaks has published yet another set of leaked internal documents from within the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) adding even more material to the mountain of evidence that we’ve been lied to about an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria last year which resulted in airstrikes upon that nation from the US, UK and France.
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Five Faulty Premises of Russiagate
By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com
Having watched some of the questions to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller by congress on Wednesday July 24, 2019, as well as Mueller’s dithering deflections – it was obvious the entire affair was another distraction; more of the same ongoing circus show.
Of course, no minds were changed. Those on the Left still consider Trump to be a comprised capitalist pig guarding his tax returns with all the fervor of any good Manchurian Candidate and those on the Right still viewing Mueller as a tyrannical tool of the Deep State.
After Mueller’s live testimony, this blogger listened to roughly thirty Americans calling into CNBC with their comments. Of those callers, only three were in support of Trump and with the rest of them effusively expressing gratitude to Mueller for his service in revealing Trump’s threat to American Democracy.
The Lingering Lies of the Liars are Languishing
By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com
In the wake of Robert Mueller’s very bizarre nine-minute press conference on May 29, 2019, there can be no doubt his special counsel investigation was a political sham orchestrated, from the start, to undermine the Trump Presidency and increasingly divide the country. But the question remains whether or not we are witnessing legitimate legal warfare in the highest offices of American government or a Reality TV Live Action Role Play (LARP) designed to bleed the nation’s brakes before the big stop.
Indeed, for those seeking America’s demise, the Russian Collusion lie is the gift that won’t stop giving because it is, in fact, a wound that won’t ever heal. The damage is done and the psychology is so perfect it had to have happened either by destiny or design.
The seeds of destruction in the Russian collusion narrative remain rooted in the patriotism of both sides. No matter who wins in the end, it will be a pyrrhic victory because the other team will never surrender, accept any terms, or yield any ideological ground. Any chance of compromise is long past, so it’s all or nothing going forward. In fact, each side’s patriotism precludes any chance of concession. The irony therein, of course, is that the entire slate of premises of one side are predicated upon, and perpetuated by, lies and deception.
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Hey Trump: Remember Wikileaks?
Guest Post by Ron Paul
Last week in an episode of my daily Ron Paul Liberty Report we discussed whether the US and British government were actually trying to kill jailed Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. More than seven years ago Assange was granted asylum from the government of Ecuador over fears that espionage charges were being prepared against him by Washington. He spent those years in a small room in the Ecuadorian embassy in London without sunlight. Without fresh air. Without exercise. Without medical treatment.
Assange’s critics mocked him for entering the embassy, saying his fear that the US government would indict him was paranoia. Then the US-controlled International Monetary Fund dangled a four billion dollar loan in front of Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno (elected in 2017, replacing the president who granted him asylum), and Moreno eagerly handed Assange over to British authorities who the same day hauled him before the court to answer for skipping bail. No medical examination after what was seven years of house arrest. Straight to court. He was sentenced to 50 weeks – the maximum sentence.
Dear Peggy, Your Opinions Never Mattered and They Don’t Matter Now
By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com
At the end of last month, the political columnist and author, Peggy Noonan, published an article in the Wall Street Journal entitled: “How Trump Lost Half of Washington”. In the sub-heading of that piece, Noonan lamented how the “old ambassadors were willing to give him [Trump] a chance” but, instead, he “destabilized the whole town”. Noonan furthermore quoted “Don Corleone” of Mario Puzo’s “Godfather” fame and she wrote the following about the self-titled “stable genius” in the White House:
Pretty quickly and to the entire edifice of Washington, it became clear Donald Trump was not a Jacksonian shock to the system, which is what his supporters think he was. He was a daily system overload, a one-man frying of the grid.
One by one the ambassadors shut down and turned away. Their objections were not about policy, they were about behavior. What they feared was not extreme conservatism or extreme liberalism. They didn’t fear originality or a new synthesis. They feared Madness of King George-ism. They’d come to think the president was, irredeemably, a screwball. In the nuclear age this is a dangerous thing.
… It was all this—the president’s disdain, his well-fed resentments—that not only left Washington thinking Mr. Trump was crazy. It made Washington itself a fertile field for crazy. It was in this atmosphere that the Steele dossier, with its whacked out third-rate spy fiction, became believable, that sober-minded officials reportedly wondered if they should wear wires when they met with the president.
He destabilized the entire town.
So Trump destabilized the Washington Establishment. Are you surprised?
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Why the Assange Arrest Should Scare Reporters
Guest Post by Matt Taibbi
The WikiLeaks founder will be tried in a real court for one thing, but for something else in the court of public opinion
Julian Assange was arrested in England on Thursday. Though nothing has been announced, there are reports he may be extradited to the United States to face charges related to Obama-era actions.
Here’s the Washington Post on the subject of prosecuting Assange:
“A conviction would also cause collateral damage to American media freedoms. It is difficult to distinguish Assange or WikiLeaks from The Washington Post.”
That passage is from a 2011 editorial, “Why the U.S. Shouldn’t Try Julian Assange.”
The Post editorial of years back is still relevant because Assange is being tried for an “offense” almost a decade old. What’s changed since is the public perception of him, and in a supreme irony it will be the government of Donald “I love WikiLeaks” Trump benefiting from a trick of time, to rally public support for a prosecution that officials hesitated to push in the Obama years.
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‘BIRD BOX’: Christianity, The Great Awakening 2.0, Transhumanism, and the Neo-Feudal Order
NOTE TO READERS (from Doug / Uncola): This piece was NOT written by me, but is a response to my earlier “Bird Box” article. The following essay was e-mailed to me by Plato Publius, a regular commenter here on The Burning Platform. Other than cursory proof-reading adjustments for punctuation and formatting Plato’s selected headings, photos, and links, this article is posted on behalf of Plato Publius and at his request:
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Guest Post by Plato Publius
I find it intriguing that my observations of “Bird Box” mirrored Uncola’s, particularly his description here:
In spite of its viral buzz during the final days of the year, as we watched ‘Bird Box’, we were mostly underwhelmed, except for the ‘B-movie’ satisfaction of our ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K)’commentary as the scenes unfurled.
WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!
FAITH, LOVE, HOPE
Uncola’s analysis of the “faith” and “courage” aspects of the film were amazing and VERY true, but didn’t go far enough.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
– Hebrews 11:1 King James Version (KJV)