Berto Jongman: Chris Hedges Interviews Julian Assange

The Death of Truth LONDON—A tiny tip of the vast subterranean network of governmental and intelligence agencies from around the world dedicated to destroying WikiLeaks and arresting its founder, Julian Assange, appears outside the red-brick building on Hans Crescent Street that houses the Ecuadorean Embassy. Assange, the world’s best-known political refugee, has been in the …

Marcus Aurelius: Manifesto on Behalf of the Second Amendment

Provided by a retired Marine colonel and apparently written by a former Servicemember and/or law enforcement officer, following is among  very best articles on Second Amendment issue that I’ve ever read.)  Snell: Waking the dragon — How Feinstein fiddled while America burned By Barry Snell, barry.snell@iowastatedaily.com | Posted: Friday, May 3, 2013 12:00 am Along with …

Berto Jongman: Global Spying on Social Media and Mobile Phones

This Powerful Spy Software Is Being Abused By Governments Around The World Michael Kelley Business Insider | May 2, 2013 A new report presents overwhelming evidence that sophisticated spying software is being abused by governments around the world. The findings by The Citizen Lab, a digital research laboratory at the University of Toronto, detail how …

Marcus Aurelius: French Thoughts on Afghanistan — the Perfect Storm in 2014

April 27, 2013 Departing French Envoy Has Frank Words on Afghanistan By ALISSA J. RUBIN KABUL, Afghanistan — It is always hard to gauge what diplomats really think unless one of their cables ends up on WikiLeaks, but every once in a while, the barriers fall and a bit of truth slips into public view. …

Berto Jongman: Julian Asange on Bush Jr. Library, Bradley Manning Trial

Interview: Julian Assange on George Bush’s Library and Bradley Manning’s Trial Medea Banjamin OpEdNews.com, 25 April 2013 I had an opportunity to interview WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been granted political asylum since June 2012. Assange is wanted for questioning in Sweden over sex allegations, although he …

Berto Jongman: Jeremy Scahill – The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen

Being watched in Europe. Jeremy Scahill: The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen CLICK FOR FIRST HOUR VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT OF VIDEO The Obama administration’s assassination of two U.S. citizens in 2011, Anwar al-Awlaki and his 16-year-old Denver-born son Abdulrahman, is a central part of Jeremy Scahill’s new book, “Dirty Wars: …