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Subject: The Fight for the First Amendment Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:26 pm
Happy Constitution Day. May the Republic prevail.
Here are some of the facts that needed to be told, and the ensuing struggles to bring them into the Light.
From Daniel Ellsberg @Daniel Ellsberg who testified at JA's trial yesterday. He is responsible for the "Pentagon Papers".
"The American press has remained in denial for 40 years--since my case--that the Espionage Act has wording that could be aimed directly at them. Now they're staring down the barrel of that Act, which could be used against American journalists and publishers for doing journalism."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KagMVCZ1F4
https://apnews.com/2fe79f6b7e3171b3865cdccc3ecce822 An article pub'd yesterday of Ellsberg testifying in JA's defense.
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:20 pm
Craig Murray, former British Ambassador takes 2 mins. to describe some of what the prosecution wants and what it's desperately trying to avoid: ie. testimony from El-Masri, who was 'mistakenly kidnapped and tortured by the Americans'.
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:58 pm
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#US vetoed a #UN resolution calling for prosecution, rehabilitation & reintegration of all those engaged in #terrorism-related activities in #Iraq & #Syria. Dr. Lily @Hamourtziadou shares her views on the issue. @WaqarhRizvi
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:57 am
From John Goetz's testimony on Wednesday, on el-Masri:
This shows that there was a political deal. The Trump administration was willing to use the indictment as a political bargaining tool.
.@suigenerisjen: Rohrabacher said he came with the knowledge and authorisation of president Trump to offer a deal in which Julian would reveal the DNC source in exchange for a pardon as this was seen to benefit Trump who at the time was the subject of the Mueller investigation
Rohrabacher denies he came with any offer:
In https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51566470 Pub'd 20 Feb. 2020
Quoting Rohrabacher: "At no time did I talk to President Trump about Julian Assange. Likewise, I was not directed by Trump or anyone else connected with him to meet with Julian Assange," he said in a statement. Mr Rohrabacher said he was acting on his own "fact-finding mission". He said he told the Wikileaks founder that if he could provide evidence of who passed on the DNC emails, he would then call on the president to pardon him. The White House called the allegation "a complete fabrication and a total lie".
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Fri Sep 18, 2020 9:24 am
is a discussion of implications to El-Masri testimony; why JA might have been adamant that El-Masri not be censored in any manner. It looks to be that JA is committed to El-Masri having his day in court against the U.S., who has done NOTHING to acknowledge their (wrong) actions, much less be held accountable. -------------------------------------------------------------
https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/torture/new-cia-torture-documents-confirm-chilling-details-khaled-el-masris Published 17 June 2016
New CIA Torture Documents Confirm Chilling Details of Khaled El-Masri’s 'Kafka-esque' Ordeal -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Fri Sep 18, 2020 9:31 am
From March 2020: "Bashing Probe of US War Crimes, Pompeo Threatens Family of ICC Staff With Consequences"
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:07 am
E responded to questions regarding the possibility Rohrabacher offered JA a pardon, and if so, why was it not accepted.
E. @ETheFriend The possible pardon was offered years ago (not now), and was rejected because it wasn't really a pardon. It was a political bargaining chip that Assange wisely declined. It stipulated that for a pardon Assange had to reveal sources behind the DNC leaks.
There is currently no offer for a pardon from the Trump admin on the table in regards to Julian Assange. All mentions of a pardon relate to Dana Rohrabacher and an event that happened several years ago now during the height of the Mueller investigation.
For those asking "why didn't Assange take the deal". Because 1: WL does not reveal their sources, and 2: Strings attached isn't a pardon, is it? It's quid pro quo. It would have been devastating to WL integrity to do so. They would have won the battle but lost the war.
People who think russia hacked the DNC are the same people who think Putin put bounties on our soldier's heads. Those @CIA crafted narratives only work on people too lazy to do the slightest bit of research. - Both of those lies have one common purpose: to keep us in endless war.
--- It always comes down to keeping you in endless wars.
Always.
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:20 pm
Of course it's sickening and heart wrenching, but can you spot the journalists in this photo? If the conclusion is not that all armed warfare is demonic and must be rejected always then nothing has been gained, and the trial itself is moot-except for the potential life of yet one more victim, Julian.
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:53 pm
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is, of course, purely politically motivated and meant to shield the truly guilty parties. ---------------- And it's too late for me to dig it tonite.
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:13 am
The trial presented in narrative (which some editorializing that the author seems to himself indicate and label as he writes).
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:23 pm
This man needs to make his statement on the record for the court!
By Dana Rohrabacher.. This is old news from February https://twitter.com/DanaRohrabache
https://rohrabacher.com/news
Dana Rohrabacher @DanaRohrabacher · Feb 19 There is a lot of misinformation floating out there regarding my meeting with Julian Assange so let me provide some clarity on the matter: http://rohrabacher.com/news #FreeAssange #SethRich #justice
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:59 am
"Using the Espionage Act to persecute/prosecute a reporter-journalist is unprecedented":
UN Torture Expert: “collective persecution” of Julian Assange must end now
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, has published a scathing condemnation of the “deliberate and concerted abuse inflicted for years” on Julian Assange, calling on the UK government not to extradite him to the United States, where Melzer fears Assange “would be exposed to a real risk of serious violations of his human rights.”
Quote :
“The evidence is overwhelming and clear,” the expert said. “Mr. Assange has been deliberately exposed, for a period of several years, to progressively severe forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the cumulative effects of which can only be described as psychological torture.”
My most urgent concern is that, in the United States, Mr. Assange would be exposed to a real risk of serious violations of his human rights, including his freedom of expression, his right to a fair trial and the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
I am particularly alarmed at the recent announcement by the US Department of Justice of 17 new charges against Mr. Assange under the Espionage Act, which currently carry up to 175 years in prison. This may well result in a life sentence without parole, or possibly even the death penalty, if further charges were to be added in the future. (More at link)
IMHO: WHEN we have won on 11/3, the banshees are going to go ballistic. As much as humanly possible, we must not be distracted, and instead rise up and come full voiced, head on in the pursuit of Justice delayed, Justice denied. Send up prayers that the victimized and downtrodden are strengthened with hope and will continue to persevere.
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:32 am
60 minutes program on max security prison where our govt wants to imprison J Assange.
LONDON — More than 160 current and former world leaders, lawmakers and diplomats have endorsed a call for the U.K. to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and stop his extradition to the U.S. The signatories of the open letter, addressed to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and several government ministers, included the president of Argentina and two former presidents of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Assange, 49, is currently fighting extradition to the U.S. where he faces up to 175 years in prison on espionage charges over WikiLeaks' release of confidential diplomatic cables in 2010 and 2011. The letter was first written by the group Lawyers for Assange in August, and then received the support of the international signatories whose names were released on Monday.
There is a short video interviewing Julian's partner and mother of his two children while he was in the Embassy, followed by Pompeo after the Rome visit talking about how human rights HAS BEEN TOP PRIORITY for this Administration.
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Sat Oct 03, 2020 9:18 am
Live streaming now. A rountable discussion of the (non) case against Julian.
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:29 am
Washington, DC—This week, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) introduced H.R.8452, the Protect Brave Whistleblowers Act, a bill intended to reform the Espionage Act to better protect whistleblowers. This week, she also introduced a resolution defending the actions of Edward Snowden, a whistleblower who exposed illegal and unconstitutional surveillance programs run by the U.S. government, and calling for charges against him to be dropped.
This legislation is supported by Daniel Ellsberg, best known for his crucial work in 1971 to expose the U.S. government conduct in the Vietnam War by releasing a top-secret Pentagon study known as the Pentagon Papers. In 1973, he was charged under the Espionage Act along with other charges of theft and conspiracy.
“When brave whistleblowers come forward to expose wrongdoing within our government, they must have the confidence that they, and the press who publishes this information, will be protected from government retaliation,” said Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. “People like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, among others, acted in the public interest to expose information that impacted the American people. They are being persecuted for doing so, and under current law, are legally unable to defend themselves in court because they are prohibited from speaking about their intent for disclosing information. All charges against them and extradition efforts should be dropped. We must ensure that whistleblowers charged under the Espionage Act are treated fairly under our judicial system and able to mount a just, legal defense.”
“If this long-overdue revision of the 1917 Espionage Act had been law half a century ago, I myself could have had a fair trial for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971: justice under law unavailable to me and to every other national security whistleblower indicted and prosecuted since then. I applaud, congratulate and thank Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard for protecting our First Amendment against growing and unprecedented assault, and providing a legal defense for unauthorized disclosures in the public interest, the lifeblood of a republic,” said Daniel Ellsberg.
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Subject: Re: The Fight for the First Amendment Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:36 pm
Mdse to aid the 'Free Assange" Movement: https://teespring.com/free-assange-products?pid=972&cid=103974
"If wars can be started by lies, they can be stopped by truth." Julian Assange
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Avram Noam Chomsky[a] (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian,[c] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",[d] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He holds a joint appointment as Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Laureate Professor at the University of Arizona, and is the author of more than 100 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and mass media. Ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism.
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Subject: The Fight for the First Amendment 
Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:26 pm
