Glenn Greenwald: As WikiLeaks Reveals Syria Files, Assange Remains in Ecuador Embassy Seeking Asylum

Democracy Now by Glenn Greenwald, Juan Gonzalez | Jul. 5, 2012 (News Report)

(Multimedia) WikiLeaks announced today it has begun publishing the Syria Files – more than two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could not attend today’s press conference announcing the release of the data trove because he is still inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden. According to WikiLeaks, Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Media, Community, Local
Topics: Human Rights, Syria, Law, Citizen Journalism, Police, Crime, WikiLeaks
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jul 5, 2012 - 3:05 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jul 5, 2012 - 3:07 PM PDT

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 5, 2012

A good update of the world police state trying to stifle and censor citizen journalism of war crimes and crimes against humanity that the mainstream corporate media will not report.

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Jul. 8, 2012

And one of the first things that the New York Times does when they get leaks is they run to the United States government and ask the government what they should be allowed ... More »

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