Friday, September 18, 2020

Julian Assange trial: the mask of Empire has fallen — Pepe Escobar

Here, Murray reports the exact moment when the mask of Empire fell, not with a bang, but a whimper:
“The gloves were off on Tuesday as the US Government explicitly argued that all journalists are liable to prosecution under the Espionage Act (1917) for publishing classified information.” (italics mine).
“All journalists” means every legitimate journalist, from every nationality, operating in any jurisdiction....
The Vineyard of the Saker
Julian Assange trial: the mask of Empire has fallen
Pepe Escobar

See also

Recall that the US urged the "protestors" on in HonKong when they were conducting a violent civil uprising against the Hong Kong government (not the Chinese government).

Compare this present situation to the treatment of Occupy tasked to the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate and militarized police to prosecute. Also Ferguson. The list goes on.

Rodger Mitchell

See also

Extra-legal global enforcement of US diktat.

Reuter's
U.S. plans to enforce U.N. sanctions on Iran with its own action
Arshad Mohammed, Michelle Nichols

also

NEO
NATO’s Slow-Motion Blitzkrieg Eastward
Ulson Gunnar


11 comments:

Peter Pan said...

We are all journalists in the eyes of empire.

Matt Franko said...

Tip: Just don’t break the law and you’ll be A-ok....

Matt Franko said...

Tom you do the occupy movement an injustice they operated pretty civilly and we’re just occupying what was a former public place ... in peaceful protest... got its point across..,

Now you are trying to equate them to your compatriot commie scumbag lawless violent rioters and looters .... pretty bad...

Matt Franko said...

“militarized police to prosecute.“

The police do the investigation and arrests ....prosecution is done by state/US Attorneys...

Tom maybe try to Take a course in US jurisprudence...

Or no check that just watch a few episodes of “Law and Order” on Hulu or wtf ...

Peter Pan said...

prosecute
definition 2. continue with (a course of action) with a view to its completion.
"a serious threat to the government's ability to prosecute the war"

You might want to crack open a dictionary, Matt.

Matt Franko said...

1.institute legal proceedings against (a person or organization).
"they were prosecuted for obstructing the highway"

Tom Hickey said...

pros·e·cute

verb
1.
institute legal proceedings against (a person or organization).
"they were prosecuted for obstructing the highway"
2.
continue with (a course of action) with a view to its completion.
"a serious threat to the government's ability to prosecute the war"

Sorry, Matt, wrong again. I was using the term in the second sense. This use is common.

Tom Hickey said...

"Tom you do the occupy movement an injustice they operated pretty civilly and we’re just occupying what was a former public place ... in peaceful protest... got its point across..,"

Were you paying attention, Matt? There was a good deal of violence, although mostly on the side of the police, e.g., Oakland.

Matt Franko said...

The whole context here is one of law enforcement so to bring in the word “prosecute” in that context would mean #1...

Otherwise just say something like “bringing in local police clothed in protective riot gear to enforce the law...” which would be accurate and objective...

There is no comparison of the protest actions of the Occupy people a few years back to the current rabble assaulting people, destroying public and private property and committing arsons...



Peter Pan said...

With Julian Assange, I would use 'persecute'.

Six said...

It’s fun watching Franko melt down. He doesn’t even pretend to be non-fascist anymore.