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The former head of US intelligence slammed the celebrations surrounding the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange this week and called the Australian 'no hero.' Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today show, James Clapper, who served as head of the intelligence community under former President Barack Obama, called Assange's actions wrong and illegal. Clapper went on to say that US assets in Afghanistan were likely killed due to Wikileaks revealing their identities in government documents.

The last time we checked in on Chelsea Manning, she had been in jail on contempt charges for nearly a year and was running up massive fines that the judge ruled would have to be paid. Manning also wasn’t being released without agreeing to testify before the grand jury investigating Julian Assange and the Wikileaks debacle. But now the story has reportedly taken a darker turn. Yesterday, Manning was transported to the hospital after allegedly attempting to commit suicide in her jail cell. (Fox News) Former army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning tried to “take her own life” in a...

US politics the debate between the Vice-Presidential candidates... Credit ratings agency Standard and Poors lowering Israel's long-term credit rating from A+ to A... Late night attacks by Israeli warplanes in Lebanon... The recently appointed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier speaking about the need to cut spending... Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria hitting three jihadist bases... In the Ukraine War Russian troops advancing into the center of the town of Voehledar in the disputed Donetsk Region... Iran said it hit military targets in Israel...A Palestinian man killed in the Iranian missile attack... Dutch Party of Freedom leader Geert Wilders pushing for...

Did anyone else catch the “discussion” between Hannity and Mark Summers today?I’m not sure if they have some sort of history, but Hannity sure jumped quickly. F. Lee Levin was on too and brought up Summers ordeal with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which I thought was in poor taste.I’m still not sure why Summers even called.

Grimes is dating infamous leaker Chelsea Manning after her relationship with Elon Musk ended for the second time, Page Six can exclusively reveal. “They’re getting serious. They U-Hauled it,” a source tells us of the fast-paced nature of their relationship. “They’ve been living together in Austin.”

VIDEOThe accusation about Mike Pompeo by Robert Barnes on the Rebel Capitalist channel sounds beyond belief until you consider that as CIA Director Pompeo sought the assassination of Julian Assange. It's almost as if lawyer Barnes is relishing a lawsuit by Pompeo. The first part of discovery in such a case would be to question the Iowa delegates to the GOP convention that Pompeo spoke to.

There's much more than meets the eye in both the Seth Rich and George Clooney stories. I’ve long been fascinated about the mystery of the murder of Seth Rich on July 10, 2016 and on the anniversary of his death it’s time to update what we’ve learned about it. As to George Clooney and his decision to withdraw his support for the reelection of President Biden, there’s much more to the story, in my view. Seth Rich Two years ago, I summarized what we knew of Rich’s mysterious murder. Seth Rich was a DNC staffer who was mysteriously murdered on...

Jack Posobiec joins Just the News, No Noise and shares his “character arc” regarding Julian Assange and the release of classified information: “When your government is committing abuses and abusing power… and the hiding said abuses behind the veil, behind that cloak of classified information, then suddenly, it is actually in the interest of the people, and in the interest of the nation, to reveal that information.” Short Real Americas Voice Vid at link.

"Anybody who knows anything about that case and believes that Assange should still be in prison is your enemy, by the way, and the enemy of human freedom and flourishing." Carlson didn't hold back, calling it "monstrous" that Assange spent twelve years locked away for exposing other people's crimes. "Typically, the guy who discovers the crime doesn’t go to jail. It's the guy who commits the crime that goes to jail, and that's been inverted in his case." Assange was never charged with a crime in Great Britain, yet he was nearly tortured to death in Belmarsh prison for over...

A drone downed near the southern Israeli port city of Eilat late tonight... Julian Assange arriving in Saipan...at a court hearing Assange pled guilty to violating the US Espionage Act... North Korea launching a missile eastwards... Late Tuesday North Korea continued to send trash filled balloons into South Korea... Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov speaking by phone with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin... Finland will be the first nation to vaccinate humans against the bird flu... The Dow Jones Industrial average down 299.05 points...The NASDAQ rose 220.84 points... After a lengthy all night vote count the Liberal Party of Prime...

Julian Assange's 14-year saga as a fugitive and prisoner may be coming to an end. The Wikileaks founder has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge with the U.S. Justice Department in exchange for no additional prison time. He has already served 5 years in a maximum security prison in England after spending 7 years hiding in an Ecuadorian Embassy. Assange would only agree to a hearing outside of U.S. soil. Last month he won his right to appeal an extradition order. High Court judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson ruled for Assange after his lawyers argued that the...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge this week as part of a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will allow him to go free after having spent five years in a British prison, according to court documents. Assange was charged by criminal information — which typically signifies a plea deal — with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, the court documents say. A letter from Justice Department official Matthew McKenzie to U.S. District Judge Ramona Manglona of the Northern Mariana Islands District said that Assange would appear in court at...

Former President Donald Trump told podcaster Tim Pool that he would give “very serious consideration” to pardoning WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if elected president in November.During an interview with Pool on Saturday at the Libertarian Party’s Convention in Washington, DC, Trump spoke about the ongoing illegal immigration crisis in the United States and how he feels wars are “horrible” and “unnecessary.”Trump also spoke to Pool about what he had done during the COVID-19 pandemic, explaining that he gave the “power to governors” and how he had made history by being the first president to step foot in North Korea and...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a hero to libertarians. As is Ross Ulbricht, the founder of now-defunct Silk Road, an internet marketplace where you could buy lots of shady things. Where some see traitors and criminals, many libertarians see truth-seeking rebels, courageously engaged in a war against Big Government, defying unjust mandates. This was particularly apparent at the 2024 Libertarian National Convention in Washington, DC, this weekend. In an email sent to press by organizers, “Free Ross Ulbricht” and “Free Julian Assange” were ranked the top topics for Donald Trump’s speech Saturday — over “End the Fed” and other popular...

Explosions late tonight in the Ukrainian cities of... Two drones flying towards Israel from Iraq intercepted... The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Martin Gruenberg saying he will step down... Russia allowing export of gasoline for the next six weeks... Haiti's main international airport reopened today after being closed... The South African Constitutional Court disqualifying former President Jacob Zuma... US politics a Harvard-Harris poll offering Donald Trump and Joe Biden as the only presidential choices... Mass protest outside Israel's parliament in Jerusalem... In the Netherlands medical businessman and former Labor Party politician Ronald Plasterk taking himself out of consideration......

The US Justice Department said to have provided assurances to the British High Court regarding Julian Assange... In the UK House of Commons a phased-in smoking ban passed 383-67. It will ban smoking for those born after 2009... The Mainstream Media message tonight regarding that murder of two women in Oklahoma is that they were killed by an "Anti-Government Group"... In the nation of Georgia neighboring Russia in the Caucasus riot police firing tear gas and using pepper spray...Pro-EU, Pro-NATO protesters.... A municipal mayor in Brussels, Belgium banning a "National Conservative Event" today. Pollice sent to the venue...they established a...

One Biden Administration official saying famine is underway in Gaza... In Iran yesterday a blistering sermon from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "Western Civilization" singled out... The dramatic US-Israeli narrative about an Iranian attack on Israel as intense as ever...A conversation tonight between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and... The Russia military in Syria says its continuing to strike jihadist... The expansion of the Anti-China AUKUS military alliance...may include South Korea, Canada and New Zealand... Russian military instructors with weapons systems arriving in the African nation of Niger... Concern among LGBTQ health experts about the spread of "Mpox" in the...

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he's considering ending the prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. In February, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese requested that the yearslong prosecution of Assange be ended and that he be returned to his native Australia. Biden is entertaining a fellow member of the Quad, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, at the White House Wednesday for an official state visit. 'We're considering it,' Biden told reporters when asked about Assange as he walked with Kishida along the colonnade of the White House after Wednesday's welcome ceremony on the South Lawn. Assange is in custody in...

A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gets one final appeal in England to challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges are scheduled to issue a judgment in the High Court that could put an end to Assange’s long legal saga — or extend it further.

Federal prosecutors are pursuing a deal to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to avoid espionage charges and instead plead guilty to the misdemeanor of mishandling classified data. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the talks between U.S. authorities and Assange's lawyers on Wednesday. The independent outlet Consortium News then confirmed that it had learned the same details "off the record" several months ago. Assange has been detained in Britain for five years awaiting extradition, and the Journal reported that he "would likely be free to leave prison shortly after any deal was concluded" due to time served. Although it's...