“WikiLeaks and you personally are facing a battle that is both legal and political,” Weinglass told Assange. “As we learned in the Pentagon Papers case, the U.S. government doesn’t like the truth coming out...."
Assange faces up to 170 additional years in prison under the new charges—10 years for each count of violating the Espionage Act.
[Truthdig] Editor’s note: Michael Ratner, the pioneering civil rights and constitutional lawyer, died Wednesday from cancer complications at age 72. In 2013, Ratner spoke on Truthdig Radio with Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer and former Truthdig Managing Editor Peter Scheer. To honor Ratner, we are reposting the audio of that interview. Truthdig Radio May 12, More
[Center for Constitutional Rights]'s Michael Ratner break downs how documents expose United States economic and political spying as CCR calls on UN to Protect Publishers as well as Whistleblowers.
Assange on his two years of asylum | MSNBC. NOW MSNBC Alex Wagner June 19, 2014 [youtube=http://youtu.be/MWRiyXXvaZs] Julian Assange discusses his time spent in embassy asylum, and the efforts being made by some organizations to have charges against him dropped. Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times More
Assange on his two years of asylum | MSNBC. NOW MSNBC Alex Wagner June 19, 2014 [youtube=http://youtu.be/MWRiyXXvaZs] Julian Assange discusses his time spent in embassy asylum, and the efforts being made by some organizations to have charges against him dropped. Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times More
Michael Ratner: The empire has been hurt by the Snowden, Manning, Assange revelations - June 6, 14 [youtube=http://youtu.be/JmTZlkkuvn0] Michael Ratner is President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York and Chair of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin. He is currently a legal adviser to Wikileaks and Julian More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/AKGKL8whRqw] Published on Apr 10, 2014 Michael Ratner: There have been no criminal prosecutions for illegal actions committed by the U.S. in the name of national security since 9/11. TheRealNews Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/AKGKL8whRqw] Published on Apr 10, 2014 Michael Ratner: There have been no criminal prosecutions for illegal actions committed by the U.S. in the name of national security since 9/11. TheRealNews Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page More
Our privacy is getting hit from two sides — from corporations as well as the government. By John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus January 29, 2014 We’ve become all too comfortable opening up our lives to the scrutiny of others. (Photo: bclinesmith / Flickr) Some years ago when I was fielding complaints from authors through the More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/VbuHO5mNp4o] Published on Oct 25, 2013 Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch label drone strikes as indiscriminate but don't go as far as to label them as war crimes TheRealNews Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the top of the page and click More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/XSQ_0PesS8A] Published on Sep 5, 2013 Michael Ratner: Without UN approval US attack on Syria violates international law TheRealNews Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the top of the page and click on the item of interest to view. WAMMToday is also on FACEBOOK! More
