Charging Julian Assange With Espionage Could Make His Extradition to the U.S. Less Likely
British authorities will have to decide whether to send the WikiLeaks founder to stand trial in the United States for publishing true information.
British authorities will have to decide whether to send the WikiLeaks founder to stand trial in the United States for publishing true information.
Historian Johanna Schoen, activist Billie Winner-Davis, and philosopher Srecko Horvat are this week’s podcast guests.
A woman who says Julian Assange forced himself on her in 2010 while she was sleeping has asked Swedish prosecutors to reopen a rape investigation.
The Trump DOJ is exploiting animosity toward Assange to launch a thinly disguised effort to criminalize core functions of investigative journalism.
The Intercept’s Betsy Reed, Vanessa Gezari, and Matthew Cole along with lawyer James Goodale and reporter Dahr Jamail join this week.
If Trump’s Justice Department ups the ante to charge Julian Assange under the Espionage Act, he may spend the rest of his life in prison.
“Whatever you think of his politics, he is a human being, and under international law, he deserved to be treated fairly,” said Dr. Sean Love.
Paul Manafort received less than sentencing guidelines call for, while Reality Winner received the harshest sentence ever for leaking.
Chelsea Manning’s decision to fight her subpoena is an act of resistance against government repression and in defense of a free press.
The reasons to treat The Guardian's blockbuster, viral story with great skepticism are as numerous as they are obvious.
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