Mike Pompeo & CIA Sued for Spying on Americans Who Visited Julian Assange in Embassy in U.K. - YouTube

 Lawyers and journalists sued the CIA and former CIA Director Mike Pompeo Monday for spying on them while they met Julian Assange when he was living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he had political asylum. The lawsuit is being filed as Britain prepares to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison for violating the Espionage Act by publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. We speak with the lead attorney in the case, Richard Roth, who details how a private security company stationed at the London Embassy unknowingly sent images from Assange's visitors' cellphones and laptops as well as streamed video from inside meetings to American intelligence. He says the offenses breach a range of client privileges and could sway a U.S. judge to dismiss the case if Assange is successfully extradited.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2XlGS_9obo

The FARA Faucet (feat. Jill Wine-Banks) (Allison Gill; Mueller, She Wrote podcast)

This week: 

• an update on Deutsche Bank investigations; 
• new regulatory modifications to FARA laws; 
• how Jim Baker has blown holes in Durham’s indictment of Sussman who handed over Alfa-Bank server communication data to the FBI and the CIA; 
• a big loss in court for Julian Assange; 
• a chat with Jill Wine-Banks about the Mark Meadows lawsuit against Nancy Pelosi and the January 6th Committee; 
• plus some Sabotage and the Fantasy Indictment League.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-hmy9i-119942b2

CIA officials under Trump discussed assassinating Julian Assange – report

Mike Pompeo and officials requested 'options' for killing Assange following WikiLeaks' publication of CIA hacking tools, report says…

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/sep/27/senior-cia-officials-trump-discussed-assassinating-julian-assange

A British judge said US prisons are dangerously inhumane. Sadly, she's right

...According to the Prison Policy Initiative, an estimated 37% of people incarcerated in US state and federal prisons have a diagnosed mental illness, as do an estimated 44% of incarcerated people in local jails. And studies have shown that approximately half of all suicides and incidents of self-harm in American prisons and jails occur among people held in solitary confinement...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/09/a-british-judge-said-us-prisons-are-dangerously-inhumane-sadly-shes-right

'All lies': how the US military covered up gunning down two journalists in Iraq

Former Reuters journalist Dean Yates was in charge of the bureau in Baghdad when his Iraqi colleagues Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh were killed. A WikiLeaks video called Collateral Murder later revealed details of their death
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/15/all-lies-how-the-us-military-covered-up-gunning-down-two-journalists-in-iraq

Donald Trump 'offered Julian Assange a pardon if he denied Russia link to hack'

Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told. The extraordinary claim was made at Westminster magistrates court before the opening next week of Assange’s legal battle to block attempts to extradite him to the US, where he faces charges for publishing hacked documents. The allegation was denied by the former Republican congressman named by the Assange legal team as a key witness.....
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/feb/19/donald-trump-offered-julian-assange-pardon-russia-hack-wikileaks

Julian Assange Arrested (Opening Arguments podcast OA269)

Today's episode breaks down the recent arrest of Julian Assange in England and what it means for Chelsea Manning (and Donald Trump!)

We begin, however, with two separate sports-related stories: the improbable success of Marcus Rademacher in the Opening Arguments March Madness pool, and the (far sadder) saga of the Trump Administration's indefensible decision to overrule the MLB's deal with Cuba that would have brought an end to the dangerous human trafficking of ballplayers.

After that, it's time for our deep dive into the sealed Julian Assange indictment and his arrest in England. We also discuss at great length exactly why Chelsea Manning is apparently being held in solitary confinement in prison -- even though her crime was commuted by President Obama -- and whether this indictment is relevant to the Mueller investigation. Oh, and Thomas gives you something to look out for!

And if all that isn't enough for you, well, we end, as always, with a brand new Thomas Takes the Bar Exam Question #122 involving hearsay and a search for public records. As always, remember to follow our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and like our Facebook Page so that you too can play along with #TTTBE!
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa269-julian-assange-arrested/

Assange's arrest, Bernie's foreign policy & potential war with Iran | Pod Save the World

Tommy and Ben discuss the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Bernie's foreign policy, potential war with Iran and the arrest of Chinese scholars.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/R5-DqvCFat8

It looks like a big day for collusion. No wonder Trump is raging. - The Washington Post: Opinion

The line between the Trump campaign and Russia could be getting clearer. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/11/27/its-a-big-day-for-collusion-no-wonder-trump-is-raging/

Revealed: Russia’s secret plan to help Julian Assange escape from UK - the guardian

Russian diplomats held secret talks in London last year with people close to Julian Assange to assess whether they could help him flee the UK, the Guardian has learned. A tentative plan was devised that would have seen the WikiLeaks founder smuggled out of Ecuador's London embassy in a diplomatic vehicle and transported to another country. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/julian-assange-russia-ecuador-embassy-london-secret-escape-plan

Former NSA analyst connects the dots between Sean Hannity, Julian Assange and Russian spies - Raw Story

Sean Hannity finds himself in a professionally problematic situation after he was outed in federal court as the mystery third client of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen -- but he could potentially be in deeper trouble. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/former-nsa-analyst-connects-dots-sean-hannity-julian-assange-russian-spies/

Leaked 2015 WikiLeaks chat messages show Julian Assange's preference for the GOP and sympathy toward Russia -- Raw Story

A series of leaked chat messages set up for WikiLeaks staffers show why founder Julian Assange showed a preference for a Republican president, as well as a sympathetic view of Russian foreign policy. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/leaked-2015-wikileaks-chat-messages-show-julian-assanges-preference-gop-sympathy-toward-russia/

Data firm that worked for Trump asked WikiLeaks to share hacked emails -- the guardian

The chief executive of Cambridge Analytica has confirmed that the UK data research firm contacted Julian Assange to ask WikiLeaks to share hacked emails related to Hillary Clinton at about the time it started working for the Trump campaign in summer 2016. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/nov/10/data-firm-that-worked-for-trump-asked-wikileaks-to-share-hacked-emails

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange meets with Republican lawmaker, promises specific details on DNC leak soon -- International Business Times, UK Edition:

Representative Dana Rohrabacher said he had 'specific' information to convey directly to President Trump. ....
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/wikileaks-julian-assange-meets-republican-lawmaker-promises-specific-details-dnc-leak-soon-1635367

Meet Roger Stone: One of Donald Trump's most loyal supporters who is now being investigated by FBI -- Business Insider

It took nearly 20 years for Roger Stone to realize his dream. Since the 1980s, the self-described "dirty trickster" who's been in and around Republican politics for half a century, had made it something of a mission to make Donald Trump president. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-roger-stone-why-is-fbi-investigating-him-2017-

Salon: Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity and Republicans in general have become Julian Assange fans and CIA doubters

It seems that hatred of Hillary Clinton can unite conservative Republicans such as Sean Hannity and Sarah Palin with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the man whose website posted thousands of Clinton emails in the months leading up to the November elections.

When discussing the Joint Analysis Report that claimed to prove Russia was responsible for the hacking, Assange said that "on the top, there is a disclaimer saying nothing — there is no guarantee that any of this information is accurate."...
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/04/sarah-palin-sean-hannity-and-republicans-in-general-have-become-julian-assange-fans-and-cia-doubters/

The Deification of Putin and Assange Continues Apace | Mother Jones

Donald Trump has essentially commanded his followers to defend Putin and Assange, and with barely a whimper they've complied. And when the press starts to point out what's going on, we get this:...
  http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/01/deification-putin-and-assange-continues-apace

WikiLeaks' Assange - TPP Not Only Trade, 83% Is Fascists Controlling Our Daily Lives

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange knows more about the contents of the TPP than most members of Congress and is doing much more to inform the American public than any of our so-called representatives with the lone exception of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL). He has no restrictions other than his politically-motivated confinement to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on his freedom to disclose the truth to the world and he is sounding the alarm.

Interview:

Real Time with Bill Maher: Julian Assange Interview (HBO)

Bill is joined by WikiLeaks Editor-In-Chief Julian Assange via satellite for a discussion about the recent DNC leaks in this clip from August 5, 2016.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/5-EJAIXdGp8