British courts for five years have dragged out Julian Assange's show trial. He continues to be denied due process as his physical and mental health deteriorates. This is the point.
I cannot think of a single promise, pact, agreement, treaty, or anything like those, that the U.S. has ever signed or agreed to, that's been kept. The U.S. policy in any situation is to lie, always. Our government cannot be trusted. It should be noted that President Correa would never have done what Ecuador's next president Moreno did the moment he took office, give the U.S. Julian Assange to stomp to death. Thank, Chris, for your good work.
We have all known there is no justice. There is only lies. All the legal arguments have no effect because the great legal system of the Angelo American law is a sham. As a lawyer for 59 years I am embarrassed by this perverted system and by the perverted political system. It is based on weapons of destruction and lies.
It’s also about the corruption of the law, or the nature of law, which is only as good as those who make and enforce it, whether they occupy the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of government.
Kromberg’s absurd position is an instance of this corruption par excellence: he assumes the validity of the controversial assertion that U.S. law applies to Assange willy-nilly, without the need for further comment, but conveniently only to the extent that it would not redound to his benefit or vindication. He can violate the Espionage Act but cannot receive First Amendment protection. Eat your cake and have it too, it seems.
I don’t know who the hell said it, but I believe that the observation that law never made men a whit more just, and that, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice, is self-evident.
The ruling may be about revenge but ever more so it is a display of unbridled power. These are overt warning shots across the bow. The goal is the destruction of journalistic freedom to expose lies of governments.
In recent memory there are other examples of such horrific messaging. Dropping two atomic bombs on civilian populations. The shock and awe of demolishing Iraq.
Empire projects power, and eventually it will eat its own in doing so.
Star Chambers and dismantling Habeas Corpus law is the new norm in the phony "War on Terror" Orwell World we have found ourselves in! As the Orwellian "Boot" on our human faces crushes the life out of dissent, both moral and legal ! Yesterday I heard Darryl Li speak ( Anti Palestinian at the Core briefing paper Feb 2024) about the US "Terror" laws enacted by and for Israeli Zionist Fascists, to delegitimize Palestinian resistance, and zeroing in on ALL M.E. states who wouldn't tow the line of US Hegemony! Clinton's anti "Terror" laws in the 90's first enacted in the guise of defending OSLO, have been bastardized to fit any and all who speak out against the US and Israel. Yesterday UN Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese said it best in her scathing report of the Genocide taking place before our eyes, (which Julian has become the public whipping boy in the War on "Terror"). 1. "Genocidal Camouflage" of Israel and US Hasbara double speak hides it all, with terms like "Human Shields" "Hamas Command Centers in Hospitals" "Hamas Steals the food aid" "there is no man made starvation or famine" "Hamas Started the War on Oct 7" "Israel must be allowed to protect itself" etc. etc. 2. "We are now seeing the BITTER FRUIT of IMPUNITY" afforded Israel by US Hegemonic policy. Zionist Billionaire power monger hands are all over the Crucifixion of Julian and the crucifixion of Palestine and Palestinian's. The ethnic cleansing of Palestine will be the last nail in the coffin for the short lived experiment of Democracy! The Robber Barons of Old was the first step into the Abyss after Feudalism and Imperialism, guaranteeing the future Oligarchy, the founding fathers oh so feared! Julian's Martyrdom seems inevitable, the "Rule of Law" farcical. The Samson Option Awaits!
Maybe Trump will drop the charges against Asange....Trump's such a free radical he might do it to piss off the meritocratic bureaucracy and the Dems. For sure Biden won't.
I can think of no other American journalist who has reported on Julian Assange as forcefully as Chris Hedges has for years. This fact has always troubled me: "Julian, an Australian citizen, is being charged under the U.S. Espionage Act although he did not engage in espionage and was not based in the U.S when he was sent the leaked documents."
I wrote a piece recently in which I contrasted how Trump is being treated under the Espionage Act with how Assange has been persecuted: "It’s in Trump’s DNA to push back against all authority and rail against all constraints. Lesser mortals facing similar charges under the Espionage Act have received swift and severe punishment. Just to draw a contrast, Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks, who isn’t even a US citizen, has been charged under the Espionage Act and had his life destroyed."
The Rule of Law is always arbitrary. It's simply another tool, like great wealth, of the powerful.
That goes for all the journalists in Palestine. They exposed the true and live genocide slaughter of the Palestinians. For that, they were murdered by the zionist criminals that wanted to hide the truth. Holocaust was committed not only on the innocents, the humanitarian aids, hospitals etc.
I live in Canada Julian Assange is a hero here in Quebec. He would be welcomed with open arms. We are are a real Jeffersonian democracy., Race, gender and religion are ancient superstition. Healthcare, education and welfare are human rights. We have our fascists. I support Cornel West but Trump is one sick puppy the world cannot survive. I grew up in the same ghetto as Kamala Harris. I think she is about the wisest politician in America. Why don't you visit her old High School in Montreal, Quebec , Canada? We have a free and independent press.
The US government's “assurances” are not worth the paper they’re written on.
Just as the US went against its word in its case against David Mendoza Herrarte, the DoJ has already carved out the wiggle room it needs to do the same with Julian Assange.
It should by now be abundantly obvious that it would be quite convenient for the US and UK regimes if Assange were to die before getting deported or tried.
In fact, the legal bafflegab is useful in keeping up the charade of due process.
“When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.” - Attorney John Rutherford
I cannot think of a single promise, pact, agreement, treaty, or anything like those, that the U.S. has ever signed or agreed to, that's been kept. The U.S. policy in any situation is to lie, always. Our government cannot be trusted. It should be noted that President Correa would never have done what Ecuador's next president Moreno did the moment he took office, give the U.S. Julian Assange to stomp to death. Thank, Chris, for your good work.
We have all known there is no justice. There is only lies. All the legal arguments have no effect because the great legal system of the Angelo American law is a sham. As a lawyer for 59 years I am embarrassed by this perverted system and by the perverted political system. It is based on weapons of destruction and lies.
USUK. what a great acronym. Pronounced “you suck”?
What an utter disgrace. The British legal system has shown itself to be a complete sham.
It’s also about the corruption of the law, or the nature of law, which is only as good as those who make and enforce it, whether they occupy the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of government.
Kromberg’s absurd position is an instance of this corruption par excellence: he assumes the validity of the controversial assertion that U.S. law applies to Assange willy-nilly, without the need for further comment, but conveniently only to the extent that it would not redound to his benefit or vindication. He can violate the Espionage Act but cannot receive First Amendment protection. Eat your cake and have it too, it seems.
I don’t know who the hell said it, but I believe that the observation that law never made men a whit more just, and that, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice, is self-evident.
The poor man has suffered enough.
Thank you - you summarized it perfectly — keeping him in UK prison as long as possible is indeed the point.
To avoid a highly embarrassing US trial or to finally release him somehow….
A torture of an innocent global heroic journalist — that alone displays to all the criminal nature of US-UK bipartisan governments.
Stand with Russia — it fights for us all….
The ruling may be about revenge but ever more so it is a display of unbridled power. These are overt warning shots across the bow. The goal is the destruction of journalistic freedom to expose lies of governments.
In recent memory there are other examples of such horrific messaging. Dropping two atomic bombs on civilian populations. The shock and awe of demolishing Iraq.
Empire projects power, and eventually it will eat its own in doing so.
Star Chambers and dismantling Habeas Corpus law is the new norm in the phony "War on Terror" Orwell World we have found ourselves in! As the Orwellian "Boot" on our human faces crushes the life out of dissent, both moral and legal ! Yesterday I heard Darryl Li speak ( Anti Palestinian at the Core briefing paper Feb 2024) about the US "Terror" laws enacted by and for Israeli Zionist Fascists, to delegitimize Palestinian resistance, and zeroing in on ALL M.E. states who wouldn't tow the line of US Hegemony! Clinton's anti "Terror" laws in the 90's first enacted in the guise of defending OSLO, have been bastardized to fit any and all who speak out against the US and Israel. Yesterday UN Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese said it best in her scathing report of the Genocide taking place before our eyes, (which Julian has become the public whipping boy in the War on "Terror"). 1. "Genocidal Camouflage" of Israel and US Hasbara double speak hides it all, with terms like "Human Shields" "Hamas Command Centers in Hospitals" "Hamas Steals the food aid" "there is no man made starvation or famine" "Hamas Started the War on Oct 7" "Israel must be allowed to protect itself" etc. etc. 2. "We are now seeing the BITTER FRUIT of IMPUNITY" afforded Israel by US Hegemonic policy. Zionist Billionaire power monger hands are all over the Crucifixion of Julian and the crucifixion of Palestine and Palestinian's. The ethnic cleansing of Palestine will be the last nail in the coffin for the short lived experiment of Democracy! The Robber Barons of Old was the first step into the Abyss after Feudalism and Imperialism, guaranteeing the future Oligarchy, the founding fathers oh so feared! Julian's Martyrdom seems inevitable, the "Rule of Law" farcical. The Samson Option Awaits!
Maybe Trump will drop the charges against Asange....Trump's such a free radical he might do it to piss off the meritocratic bureaucracy and the Dems. For sure Biden won't.
I can think of no other American journalist who has reported on Julian Assange as forcefully as Chris Hedges has for years. This fact has always troubled me: "Julian, an Australian citizen, is being charged under the U.S. Espionage Act although he did not engage in espionage and was not based in the U.S when he was sent the leaked documents."
I wrote a piece recently in which I contrasted how Trump is being treated under the Espionage Act with how Assange has been persecuted: "It’s in Trump’s DNA to push back against all authority and rail against all constraints. Lesser mortals facing similar charges under the Espionage Act have received swift and severe punishment. Just to draw a contrast, Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks, who isn’t even a US citizen, has been charged under the Espionage Act and had his life destroyed."
The Rule of Law is always arbitrary. It's simply another tool, like great wealth, of the powerful.
That goes for all the journalists in Palestine. They exposed the true and live genocide slaughter of the Palestinians. For that, they were murdered by the zionist criminals that wanted to hide the truth. Holocaust was committed not only on the innocents, the humanitarian aids, hospitals etc.
I live in Canada Julian Assange is a hero here in Quebec. He would be welcomed with open arms. We are are a real Jeffersonian democracy., Race, gender and religion are ancient superstition. Healthcare, education and welfare are human rights. We have our fascists. I support Cornel West but Trump is one sick puppy the world cannot survive. I grew up in the same ghetto as Kamala Harris. I think she is about the wisest politician in America. Why don't you visit her old High School in Montreal, Quebec , Canada? We have a free and independent press.
The US government's “assurances” are not worth the paper they’re written on.
Just as the US went against its word in its case against David Mendoza Herrarte, the DoJ has already carved out the wiggle room it needs to do the same with Julian Assange.
It should by now be abundantly obvious that it would be quite convenient for the US and UK regimes if Assange were to die before getting deported or tried.
In fact, the legal bafflegab is useful in keeping up the charade of due process.