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On Sunday, a new report claimed the US secretly considered killing Julian Assange, and laid criminal charges against him primarily to "legalize" a kidnap operation.
Now the former CIA Director who pushed the scheme has—in a failed damage control effort—confirmed it is true. twitter.com/Isikoff/status…
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For folks who see 'Snowden' trending and want to know more about why people are discussing a pardon for my part in revealing the NSA's unconstitutional mass surveillance program, I took @joerogan through the whole history here: youtube.com/watch?v=efs3QR…
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The distinction between neoliberal and neoconservative seems to have disappeared—the neos each push for the same self-destructive wars, corporate domination of politics, and unlimited authoritarian power.
On the issues that matter, a neo is a neo. Don't differentiate. Retaliate.
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Governments around the world are exploiting the pandemic to monitor us like never before. I discuss it with @ggreenwald here on SYSTEM UPDATE: youtube.com/watch?v=Nd7exb…
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Many reflexively criticize Omar, but she has been one of the only members in Congress with the courage to point out the only man jailed over the monstrous abuses of the classified drone program is the whistleblower who revealed that 9 out of 10 we kill are mere bystanders. twitter.com/IlhanMN/status…
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The humorous side of this very serious story is that even after two apocalyptic offshore finance/law firm leaks, those industries are still compiling vast databases of ruin, and still secure them with a Post-It Note marked "do not leak."
Hats off to the source!
#PandoraPapers
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This extraordinary recording (which I had never heard before) confirms claims that @wikileaks made for years, but its critics dismissed as lies.
1) Assange DID seek to minimize risks to individuals.
2) Bulk release of cables was forced, not intentional. twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII…
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Apple's new iPhone contraband-scanning system is now a national security issue. They just openly admitted they have no answer for what to do when China comes knocking.
Hard to understate how disastrous this new system is for iPhone security. Tim Cook needs to intervene. twitter.com/josephfcox/sta…
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Most of your money exists not as something folded in your wallet, but as an entry in a bank’s database, faithfully requested and rendered beneath the glass of your phone.
If someone else gets to decide *if* and *how* you can spend it, is it really yours?
edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/cbdcs
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Brutal image. twitter.com/WhiteHouse/sta…
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it works
liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/cy…
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“Do you truly believe that when the first wave, this second wave, the 16th wave of the coronavirus is a long-forgotten memory, that these capabilities will not be kept? That these datasets will not be kept?”
Got a lot of flak for that on April 9th, 2020.
vice.com/en/article/bvg… twitter.com/AP/status/1606…
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Looks like the official Biden-Afghanistan livestream is going about as well as expected.
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Without journalists to tell the story, the public would not have known about it.
Without human right lawyers defending that public, the courts would not have cared about it.
Without those courts, politicians would still be denying it.
I could not have done this alone. twitter.com/arusbridger/st…
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If you're reading the story today about the US's planned kidnapping or killing of Julian Assange, recall that Wikileaks began noticing teams of people appearing outside around the same time. (note the date in the upper right of video). twitter.com/wikileaks/stat…
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"Nothing will fundamentally change." twitter.com/CNBC/status/14…
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This will be the future: a world of people too busy playing with their phones to notice that someone else controls them.
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When you see snide quote-tweets of this from the boot-licking think-tank crowd, look at the ratio and remember that even if they're loud, they are in the minority.
Being pro-war is not smart, cool, or sophisticated, and their performative outrage doesn't change that. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
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I suspect history will look back on the Suleimani assassination as the moment the US lost the long war in Iraq. The political consequences will cost the government far more presence in the region than any Iranian response. nytimes.com/2020/01/03/wor…
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Thank you to everyone who campaigned against one of the most dangerous threats to press freedom in decades. twitter.com/AgnesCallamard…
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The subtitles are very slightly more readable in this version of the video (via reddit).
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