Chris Hedges: The Moral Order of the Country Has Been Flipped Upside Down

Image by smilyus via Flickr

with Chris Hedges
Writer, Dandelion Salad
June 12, 2013

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Ring of Fire Radio Show
June 11, 2013

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses whistleblowers Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden with author and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Chris Hedges, on RoF Radio.

Julian Assange: It’s a Vast, Sprawling, Transnational Surveillance System

Image by Michael Fleshman via Flickr

Dandelion Salad

RussiaToday Jun 11, 2013

The ex-CIA man who blew the lid off America’s vast NSA public surveillance net – is promising more explosive revelations. Edward Snowden’s supporters are mobilizing too – with tens of thousands signing a petition to pardon the whistleblower.

Julian Assange To Edward Snowden: I Would Strongly Advise Him To Go To Latin America + Glenn Greenwald: Boundless Informant: The NSA’s Secret Tool

Image by Takver via Flickr

Dandelion Salad

MOXNEWSd0tC0M Jun 10, 2013

CNN

‘We Steal Secrets’: State Agitprop by Chris Hedges + Secrecy Cult: ‘Manning leaked less than 1% of classified docs’

by Chris Hedges
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Truthdig
June 3, 2013

Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr

Alex Gibney’s new film, “We Steal Secrets,” is about WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange. It dutifully peddles the state’s contention that WikiLeaks is not a legitimate publisher and that Bradley Manning, who allegedly passed half a million classified Pentagon and State Department documents to WikiLeaks, is not a legitimate whistle-blower. It interprets acts of conscience and heroism by Assange and Manning as misguided or criminal. It holds up the powerful—who are responsible for the plethora of war crimes Manning and Assange exposed—as, by comparison, trustworthy and reasonable. Manning is portrayed as a pitiful, naive and sexually confused young man.

Julian Assange: Stratfor Hacker Jeremy Hammond Guilty Plea Part of Crackdown on Journalism, Activism

Dandelion Salad

Image by Antonio Marín Segovia via Flickr

democracynow on May 29, 2013

http://www.democracynow.org
– Jeremy Hammond of the hacktivist group Anonymous has pleaded guilty to hacking into the private intelligence firm Stratfor, the FBI and other institutions. Hammond says his goal was to shed light on how governments and corporations act behind close doors. Some five million Stratfor emails ended up on the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, shedding light on how the private intelligence firm monitors activists and spies for corporate clients.

Cornel West: Obama is a War Criminal + Julian Assange: What Makes Us Civil is Education

Image by Abode of Chaos via Flickr

Dandelion Salad

ignoredvoices on May 9, 2013

Influential philosopher and historian West is disappointed with Obama.

Secret meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt + Transcript (2011)

Image by Abode of Chaos via Flickr

Dandelion Salad

TheChomskyVideos on May 11, 2013

Leaked Full Secret meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

Thanks to Wikileaks.

The Death of Truth by Chris Hedges (Interview with Julian Assange)

by Chris Hedges
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Truthdig
May 6, 2013

Image by BradleyLibero via Flickr

This interview is a joint project of Truthdig and The Nation magazine.

LONDON—A tiny tip of the vast subterranean network of governmental and intelligence agencies from around the world dedicated to destroying WikiLeaks and arresting its founder, Julian Assange, appears outside the red-brick building on Hans Crescent Street that houses the Ecuadorean Embassy. Assange, the world’s best-known political refugee, has been in the embassy since he was offered sanctuary there last June. British police in black Kevlar vests are perched night and day on the steps leading up to the building, and others wait in the lobby directly in front of the embassy door. An officer stands on the corner of a side street facing the iconic department store Harrods, half a block away on Brompton Road.

Julian Assange Unveils Latest WikiLeaks Release: Project K + “The Kissinger Cables”

Dandelion Salad

Image by Abode of Chaos via Flickr

RTAmerica- Apr 8, 2013

On Monday, WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange released a series of 1.7 million files showcasing the communications of the US Department of State between 1973 and 1976. According to Assange, the documents will give journalists insight into the US’ political goal at that time and highlights Henry Kissinger’s communications with foreign governments. So what does this new leak mean and why are they so important? WikiLeaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson explains why they went public on WikiLeaks.

Rick Rozoff: NATO Targets Hackers and Patriotism Is A Crime If You Are Not With NATO

by Rick Rozoff
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Stop NATO
March 24, 2013

Image by HonestReporting.com via Flickr

John Robles
Voice of Russia
March 23, 2013
Recorded on March 18, 2013

In a new directive, the “North Atlantic” Treaty Organization (NATO), has now made it part of its military doctrine to target hackers and hacktivists who are operating for “ideological, political, religious or patriotic” reasons, effectively making patriotism for a country not part of NATO, religion not in keeping with NATO’s approved religion, and anything opposed to NATO and its global expansion a crime and those guilty eligible for assassination by drone.

Bradley Manning: Hung Out To Dry

Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr

Dandelion Salad

www.aljazeera.com
Mar. 9, 2013

[...] Media outlets went on to draw on WikiLeaks for some of the biggest news stories of the decade. Manning’s leak meant millions of papers sold and pages viewed yet the story of the man himself has been pushed to the margins. Is this just ingratitude or something more sinister? Are important parts of the fourth estate signing up for a system of government-media relations that sees whistleblowers as enemies of the state?

Lies, Smokescreens and the Shameful Smearing of Julian Assange by John Pilger

Dandelion Salad

by John Pilger
Global Research

http://johnpilger.com

14 February 2013

Image by SamuelGamlin via Flickr

Last December, I stood with supporters of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange in the bitter cold outside the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Candles were lit; the faces were young and old and from all over the world. They were there to demonstrate their human solidarity with someone whose guts they admired. They were in no doubt about the importance of what Assange had revealed and achieved, and the grave dangers he now faced. Absent entirely were the lies, spite, jealousy, opportunism and pathetic animus of a few who claim the right to guard the limits of informed public debate.

Julian Assange on Obama’s Kill List

Image by a.powers-fudyma via Flickr

Dandelion Salad

Note: I did find a partial transcript.
http://rt.com/news/assange-drone-killing-leak-813/
.

Replaced video; watch while available.

kryptos973281·Feb 8, 2013

Julian Assange to Bill Maher: ‘You Can Be Killed By Someone in White House For Completely Arbitrary Reasons’ and that’s why we need Wikileaks.

There is a Drone with Assange’s Name On It by William Blum

Image by ITFriendsofBM via Flickr

with William Blum
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.killinghope.org
January 28, 2013

John Robles
Voice of Russia

Assange will be assassinated if freed, expert says. In an exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia, William Blum, an American author, historian, and critic of United States foreign policy spoke about CIA assassinations (one of his areas of expertise) and some of his past work. Mr. Blum is candid in his assessment of CIA assassination plots against such people as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa.

Julian Assange: The Push For the War With Iran Is Far From Over

Dandelion Salad

Image by bbwbryant via Flickr

OxfordUnion·Jan 25, 2013

Julian Assange begins his address by saying that in 2007-08 he was looking at what was happening in Iran. He says that a lot of people did good work, especially Thomas Fingar in:

Trying to correct the movement towards war with Iran based on lies.