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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by SLfgb@feddit.nl to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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More coverage on the case Kunstler vs CIA:

CIA Loses Bid to Throw Out Lawsuit for Violating Rights of Julian Assange’s Visitors at Ecuadorean Embassy: Case Sets Stage for Exposing CIA Clandestine Surveillance of Attorneys and Journalists https://www.laprogressive.com/law-and-the-justice-system/cia-slammed-for-violating-rights

Judge Rules Assange Visitors May Sue CIA For Allegedly Violating Privacy https://thedissenter.org/judge-assange-visitors-may-sue-cia-for-spying/

I'm personally not convinced that el-pais got the headline right unfortunately, unless they know something other journalists covering the case don't...

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[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago

Assange is a hero for uncovering heinous war crimes by the US. This is obviously a plot to destroy his reputation and get him extradited to a US court. All the Russia stuff people mention came well after he was unfairly persecuted for being a journalist.

[-] nekandro@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

I mean, if you hold information that would literally get you disappeared without a trace by a US alphabet agency, wouldn't you try to get a nation-state of a similar caliber to try to avoid having that happen?

[-] youngGoku@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Doesn't the NSA violate the rights is all Americans anyway?

[-] nekandro@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Absolutely. We should do something about that, but we won't because they have us by the balls.

[-] monotremata@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago
[-] Shalakushka@kbin.social -2 points 9 months ago

This guy posts literally nothing but Assange spam.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml -1 points 9 months ago

Keep blaming Assange; I’m sure Hillary Clinton still does 😆

[-] SkypedFFFttt@lemmy.today -5 points 9 months ago

Elpais is absolute garbage. Could you provide a trust worthy source?

[-] SLfgb@feddit.nl 5 points 9 months ago

What are you on about?

El Pais is Spain's biggest daily newspaper.

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Pais

[-] nekandro@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago

So is WaPo, and yet...

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