assange. >> what changed for julian assange? he had been in the ecuadorian embassy for so long. why now? >> well, we are seeing the escalation of the pressure in the trump administration to have him extradited and the pressure has been mounted on ecuador to push him outside the embassy. we don't know how far this has gone in terms of relations between the u.s. administration and the uk administration, but this has been escalating in the last few weeks and even days and we knew that this was imminent. what we now have is out, what we've wanted all along, that a publisher and a journalist is now being indicted for publishing truthful information about war crimes and other issues pertaining to the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and that is of serious concern. this is a serious attack on the freedom of the press and should be noted as such. >> we're watching the moment that julian assange was taken from the ecuadorian embassy. he's saying something, he's trying to yell something, but do you know what he was saying? >> no. >> all righ

assange julian assange we can see we can see banners they're saying free julian assange that's one of them black and black and white big big poster showing julian assange just face it does look like the crowd is the crowd is grow. and you know we do have our our correspondent in the boy. she will be joining us. with the updates including on the size of the crowd and the size of the crowd for joining us. now and so this is something. this shapes out throughout the day i am. international when you own the latest on the arrest of julian assange video agency weapon he was filming outside of the ecuadorian embassy morning this thursday morning as judith was arrested and it captured the moment a disheveled and distressed looking i saw it was carried out by british police officers harris. life. let's bring in another guest now we're joined by spanish journalist vincent runs the web go on line portal and is considered an internet pioneer welcome to the program. quite an extraordinary day thus. all of us really one can't you know expect to happen next do you think the u.k. will extradite him i

julian assange's lawyer does not see it that way. i want to read a statement from his uk lawyer which says that the uk courts will need to resolve what appears to be an unpres denned effort by the united states seeking extradite a foreign journalist for publishing truthful information. the charge is conspiring to hack a justice department computer. the charges are that when chelsea manning was a private in the united states army in iraq back en2010 and she was leaking war log and state department cables to weekikileaks and assa. the indictment doesn't say she was successful. by conspiring and agreeing to that the indictment says assange was guilty of a crime that's punishable by up to five years in prison and therefore subject to extradition. now, there is precedent for people accused of hacking crimes in the uk of not being extradited. it's not a sure thing that assange will be extradited. it's a sure thing that justice department officials for years have been wanting to bring assange to justice for what they saw as damaging leaks.

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i mean julian assange. it is true when he wakes expose the world secrets these jackets belong the united states government been attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn this quote after quote people illegally shoot five hundred days now i being detained without charge but that doesn't stop them. today on the quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow. with chavez and lula out of the public on a new generation of latin american leaders has a reason this week i am joined by the president of ecuador. korea korea is a lifting populist who has changed the face of equitable but unlike his predecessors he holds a ph d. in economics according to u.s. embassy cables caray is the most popular president and ecuador's democratic history but in two thousand and ten he was taken hostage in an attempted coup d'etat people aims the coup attempt on corrupt media and has launched a controversial counter offensive correia says the media defines what reforms are possible i want to know you

and what it has to do with julian assange. this could be the type of treatment that he could expect if he is extradited to the u.s.. in this country, we have protections for whistleblowers. even if some of us feel these protections should be more robust. the premise that there should be protection afforded to those who take personal risk to disclose wrongdoing when that disclosure serves the public interest. julian assange is at risk of extradition to the u.s. precisely because on this side of the house, we believe he has disclose material in the utmost public interest. this is now in the hands of the british law court. we have the utmost confidence in the british legal system but we would say on this side of the house, we would be very concerned that on the basis of what we know julian assange was extradited to the u.s.. >> thanks for that response. mr. speaker, the whole country will be astounded by the tone she has taken. she started talking about the reason for mr. assange is arrest and try to come up with all sorts of jus

julian assange is wanted in connection with a federal charge of. conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified u.s. government computer now they elaborate on this and they're saying that effectively he stayed in touch with the chelsea manning at the time bradley manning ordered classified and secret documents and he encouraged the chelsea manning to provide to basically send as many copies of the docking to copy and why a transfer or just transfer as many documents as possible to the we can leaks for that we can leads to eventually release that now i want to make a brief pause here brief stop and we have in fact we prepared a short clip as to what those afghanistan and iraq document leaks eventually were about let's have a look. but . we're going to. be safe collect any data from the mill you know sure. wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence sort of. like a hot or cold turkey. but those revelations they had such a tremendous impact all that everybody you know those who love him and chunky and hand an

assange chant that for said edward snowden and julian assange and chelsea manning it was killed in the stand and will release amid the really crucial landscape of i mean she media that has it that has it it is an absolute pain relationship in context to power these people are not journalists those who have gone out of their way to join in the demonization of junior sanch who have they've been part of his character assassination and to enter of a day in flesh and bones oversee a system that says trotting one human rights of people all over the world you're in a sense to duck and it's indefensible to people but if you're in the truth of those cranes and he's paying a heavy heavy price for that as we speak. john and this is igor in the studio i just want to you to address the sort of the two we were getting mixed signals that if i may say so as to what could happen to julian assange next on the one hand we have the promise of the ecuadorian government that the god. guarantees from london the julian assange will not be subjected that basically won't face the death penalty that he won't be

will not extradite julian assange to the united states is very unlikely. the united states has confirmed that it requested the extradition of julian assange he's accused there of conspiring to hack a government computer with whistleblower chelsea manning the justice department says he could face up to five years in prison auntie's kadam open reports. interestingly we have heard from the u.s. president u.s. president donald trump has been asked about the arrest of julian assange and wiki leaks and he gave an interesting answer and that answer is a little bit different than the answer he gave on the campaign trail let's take a listen i know nothing about wiki leaks it's not my thing and i know there is something having to do with julian i've been seeing what happened with a song that will be a determination i would imagine mostly by the attorney general who's doing an excellent job so he'll be making a determination i know nothing really about him it's not my it's not my deal in life wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks. it's been amazing what's coming out on wi

police dragged julian assange from news one safe haven and placed him under arrest . not some of the law no hero while the british prime minister and officials. just saddam loving community brian's it's a dog day for journalists. is increasing it means that any journalist can be extradited for prosecution in the united states for having published truthful information about the united states this is a dark day for journalists in. songs now faces extradition to the united states where the justice department has revealed he's wanted for allegedly conspiring to hack a government computer. live from moscow watching our team for national ondine hawkins review our thanks for joining us this hour. now in a dramatic turn of events after nearly seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london wiki leaks founder julian assange as was arrested on thursday morning that was a blow is now in police custody and potentially facing extradition to the u.s. where he's wanted on charges of conspiring to hack a government computer video agency captured this my went to the shovelled

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it is finally how often julian assange was arrested within the dorrian embassy in london is widely expected he will be extradited to the united states to stand trial expected charges for espionage this is truly a dark day for journalist and journals. a man allegedly linked to wiki leaks founder julian assange is arrested in ecuador just hours after police tried to whistleblower him out of the south american countries embassy in london where he's been holed up almost seven years. i'm. a staunch faces charges both in the u.k. and in the u.s. with politicians and human rights groups expressing concern for the dangerous precedent has been set by his arrest we spoke to wiki leaks editor in chief about the possible repercussions. this is a threat to journalism and journalists and the freedom of the media world. and a military coup sees sit downs president arrested and imagines the rule imposed all in the space of twenty four hours as we look at the roots of the northeast african countries conference. a warm welcome you want to wiki leaks founder julian assange knowledge was arrested on thursday i

yes, julian assange is in this building behind me. as you can see, everybody here is really excited. it's almost a festival atmosphere with a lot of these protesters angrily shouting and chanting behind me. a lot of people following this case in britain for a very, very long time. >> someone following this case for a very long time, our keir simmons, perched in new york from his typical situation in london. keir, put this in into big-picture context. you've been covering assange for a decade at this point. put into perspective what this moment means. >> it's absolutely huge. it it's going to set off a fierce debate. that's what you'll hear from lawyers when they leave that court. they'll set the ball rolling, rejecting the suggestion that julian assange is not being brought to the united states over the kind of journalism that he did. ken said it absolutely perfectly in terms of what the charge, the indictment is, at the same time setting that in the context of the particular kind of leaks that this is about which is, of course, those

i mean julian assange. it is true what he makes of expose the world secrets these documents belong the united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn this i question why do people illegally should just go five hundred days now i being detained without charge but that hasn't stopped by. today we are on a quest for revolutionary ideas to can change the world tomorrow or. this week i have to visit his most and big was imprisoned for using guantanamo as an al qaeda suspect after pressure from the u.k. he was released without charge in two thousand and five. together with naseem caray she's a former corporate lawyer he now campaigns for the war on terror detainees with the organization cage prisons the rule of law and due process is essential to their campaign and i want to know how this fits in to be sure real if the muslim people form to suit the state what would the legal system look like. when you were in guantanamo you signed a confession i was prepared to fight along

a man allegedly linked to wiki leaks founder julian assange is arrested in there that just hours after police drank the whistleblower himself out of the south american countries embassy in london where he'd been holed up for almost seven years. as long as faces charges both in the u.k. and in the u.s. with politicians and human rights groups expressing concern that a dangerous precedent has been set by his arrest. a military to seize sit downs president arrested and emergency rule imposed all in the space of twenty four hours to look at the roots of the northeast african countries calling. a very warm welcome to you watching r.t. international with me nicky ara our top story this hour an alleged collaborator of the wiki leaks founder julian assange was arrested on thursday in ecuador the south american countries interior minister confirms that a person who is quote very close to the wiki leaks organization was detained as he boarded a flight to japan but this comes after british police dragged a distressed looking us sons out of the ecuadorian embassy in london where he'd been holed up

pablo: julian assange hizo un signo de la victoria, su futuro podrÍa estar tras las rejas. un luchador por la libertad de expresiÓn? un simple agitador al servicio de una agencia de espionaje extranjera? lo cierto es que si julian assange es extraditado a estados unidos, encara cinco aÑos de prisiÓn. patricia: nos vamos ahora a la frontera sur, la caravana de hondureÑos que pretende llegar a estados unidos sufriÓ un grave percance. cuatro miembros de fueron atacados a balazos en guatemala. uno resultÓ gravemente herido, nosotros sufrieron lesiones menores. tal vez fue un ataque al azar de criminales, segÚn testigos, dispararon desde un automÓvil en movimiento y huyeron. erika: cuatro jÓvenes hondureÑos fueron atacados a balazos, cuando caminaban por las calles de ciudad de guatemala, como integrantes de una caravana que pretende llegar a estados unidos a pedir asilo. >> luego desestabiliza los fueron trasladados a la urgencia del hospital san juan de dios. se desconocen las causas. las autoridades determinarÁn quÉ sucediÓ. erika: algunos contaron que dos indivi

dragged out of ecuador‘s embassy in london on thursday, julian assange faces one big question. where will he be sent now? more than 70 politicians have put their names to a letter to the home secretary, sajid javid, to request that he do everything he can to champion action that will ensure thatjulian assange can be extradited to sweden. they also urge him to stand with the victims of sexual violence and seek to ensure the case against mr assange can now be properly investigated. i've signed this letter because i think the top priority is the accusations against mr assange for rape and sexual violence in sweden, and i was very concerned that that vitally important issue seemed to be getting airbrushed out of the conversation. the swedish authorities have been pursuing julian assange for years over allegations of rape and sexual assault, which he denies. at the same time, the united states wants mr assange extradited over hacking charges after his organisation wikileaks released secret material, including this video from a us military helicopter... come on. fire! gunfire. ..appe

that is julian assange's u.s. attorney. the head of reporters without borders tweeted -- "targeting assange because of wikileaks provision of information to journalists that was in the public interest would be a punitive measure and would set a dangerous precedent for journalists or their sources that the u.s. may wish to pursue in future." nsa whistleblower edward snowden tweeted -- "images of ecuador's ambassador inviting the u.k.'s secret police into the embassy to drag a publisher of -- like it or not -- award-winning journalism out of the building are going to end up in the history books. assange's critics s may cheer, t this is a dadark moment fofor ps freeeedom." that i is the tweet o of edward snsnowden. we begin n today's show with renata avila, a member of julian assange's legal team. thank you so much for running us. this has just taken place, the arrest, the dragging out of julian assange from the embassy by the metropolitan police in britain. can you tell us what you understand are the grounds for his arrest an

whether or not journalism is being criminalized because in the case of julian assange jip very clearly has this is our multiple a award winning journalist and publisher man whose work used to be plastered on the front pages of some of the world's most prominent newspapers virtually every one of which has now mick curated upon him in his travails these publications were happy to run with julian assange dj's journalism because it was as john y. has just said revelation of information of criminal activity by powerful states and if that's not the rule of journalism i'm hard pushed to come up with a definition of what journalism is it is the right of the public to know if their governments are committing crimes sometimes you can only reveal those crimes by a criminal action itself i give you a very good example in the building behind me of the daily telegraph one of the big newspapers in the british state published stolen computer disks of the information about members of parliament on a mass scale hundreds of members of parliament fiddling their expenses stealing from the taxpayer and they

yeah i think you're right to paint this as a systemic problem it's not just about julian assange this is just the latest station for the cross on the via dolorosa heading to the final demise of what's called freedom of expression here in this country and i think in other western countries we have the chilling effect of monopoly on your ship of the so-called mainstream media the chilling effect of the state broadcast of the b.b.c. the chilling effect of regulators like of com which regulates this program today for example the chilling effect of the new regulator of the internet the our press by the government's statement in the week supposedly to fight fake news but actually to enshrine fake news and along with ineluctably you might say the journalist profession going like sheep into the pen on the principle that you've got to go along to get along so i think we're in real trouble here in the west so far as freedom of expression is concerned ok michael in london you're obviously a legal expert you're a barrister i mean do you see that the law in the in the profession of journalism or a

that the metropolitan police have arrested julian assange. mr speaker this goes to show that in the united kingdom no one is above the law. but what we've seen today is that no one is above the law julian assange is no hero he's hidden from the truth for years and years but also very courageous decision by president around zero in ecuador to resolve the situation even though there had been attempts to resolve this issue in the background for many years it all came to a head with sort of the u.k. ecuador and the u.s. playing this card against julian assange together i think today we missed the end at the very least of the embassy chapter of the julian assange i'm sorry and we're moving on to perhaps a rather truncated chapter of an illegal extradition battle just a moment ago their own police report we heard from wiki leaks editor christian hofmann and jennifer robson who's a song just lawyer spoke to them about the wider implications of a song as arrest and what exactly to expect in the days ahead. it might possibly have a chilling effect on

will not extradite julian assange to the united states is very unlikely. the u.s. has requested the extradition of judah thongs he's wanted on computer hacking charges alongside whistleblower chelsea manning the justice department says he could face up to five years in prison well as cross live to the u.s. now and new york an r.t.s. case of morphine caleb what information is being forthcoming from the u.s. side on the songes possible extradition and charges. what we now have the u.s. attorney general's office the eastern district of virginia saying that they are seeking the extradition of julian a songe on charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion the indictment alleges that julian a songe conspired with chelsea manning in order to crack passwords and get into u.s. department of defense databases in order to get information classified information and make it available to the public but they worked together they coordinated their activities according to this indictment in order to get this information out if convicted on this charge of conspiracy to commit

julian assange and wikileaks of 2010 looked very different than julian assange and wikileaks in 2016 and 2019. we don't know if there are superseding charges related to election interference in 2016. shimon, you covered this extensively, they indicated organization one, wikileaks, worked with the gru to release documents from the dnc and john podesta. we don't know if there will be a charge related to that. we also have to be clear about the fact that wikileaks has been accused of intervening in other country's affairs. the president of ecuador said he released unauthorized information from the vatican. we could see more charges coming based on the fact wikileaks is a non-state hostile intelligence service. >> and that is what mike pompeo has called him early on. let's see if he repeats that. organization one is how wikileaks was referred to in some of the indictments relating to the russians who have been indicted in the russia investigation. this indictment was signed on march 6th of last year. in 2018. how does that fit in, shimon, in the russian investigation? does it at all? >>

stories that shaped the week wiki leaks co-founder julian assange is arrested after spending almost seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. as the rest of the global attention and concern over a song possible extradition to the united states. elsewhere a u.s. republican senators a military help in this way that what he calls genocide during that time it claims an invasion is being discussed behind closed doors. a military coup sees sudan's president arrested and the state of emergency imposed all in the space of just twenty four hours. joining us one am here in moscow this is the weekly. seven years hold up in the ecuadorian embassy in london wiki leaks founder julian assange was sensationally dragged down by police this week it came shortly after the south american country had suspended the whistleblower citizenship i'm revoked his asylum . filled exclusive footage of the moment he was arrested. ah. ah . following his arrest. he was found guilty of failing to. twelve in relation to a sexual assault case. dropped. states. he. needs to make sure. the united states. very s

time julian assange. editor of wiki leaks expose the world secrets these documents belong the united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemned by you broke the law illegally shoot the son of a full five hundred days now by being detained without charge but that hasn't stopped at the park. today on a quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow. today i am joined by an intellectual superstar the slovenian philosopher. a former anti communist dissident now turned so described communist together we call david horowitz a former left wing radical black panther ally now a fiery right wing zionist i want to know what they think about the future of europe and the united states the conversation becomes heated it has to be physically restrained we shout rant and talk calmly about nothing and palestinians black panthers and israelis about a bomb or romney and stalin. david you describe yourself as a conservative and suddenly you describe yourself as a commu

a man allegedly linked to wiki leaks founder julian assange is arrested in ecuador just hours after police tried to whistle blow himself out of the south american countries embassy in london he'd been holed up for almost seven years. i'm. astonished faces charges both in the u.k. and in the u.s. with politicians and human rights groups expressing concern that a dangerous precedent has been set by his arrest we spoke to wiki leaks editor in chief about the possible repercussions. this is so fred to journalists and journalists the freedom of the media world. and the military who sees to down its president or rested on the majesty rule imposed on in the space of twenty four hours to look at the roots of the northeast african countries pointing. to. a very warm welcome to you watching off the international with me making. an alleged collaborator off the wiki leaks founder julian assange was arrested on thursday in ecuador the south american countries interior minister confirms that a person who is quote very close to the wiki leaks organization was detained as he boarded a flight to japan well

an aggressive behavior of mr julian assange. the hostile and threatening declarations of his annoyed organization. on especially the transgression of international treaties have led the situation to a point where the asylum of mr assad regime is unsustainable are no longer viable the ecuadorian authorities didn't like the fact that they said julian assange is interfering in the international affairs in the affairs of other countries through his online activity even through his activities is the editor of wiki leaks but also there was this kind of domestic disputes bubbling beneath the surface as well last year julian assange was given a list of conditions that he needed to add here if he wanted to stay on the good side of his the ecuadorian hosts he was told they needed to tidy up after himself clean his bar pay for the same food to pay for said norton three clean up after his talents which they threaten term leave and subsequently did british officials are pretty pleased about what's happened we'll welcome the news this morning

wait on that breaking news on the arrest of julian assange the founder of wiki leaks. time now to take a look at some other stories making news around the wild south korea's constitution of course has overturned a decades old ban on abortion to mixed reaction triage the court's decision the country had been one of the few industrialized nations where the procedure remain illegal except in cases of rape incest and the mother's health was at risk. australian prime minister scott morrison has announced a general election on the eighteenth of may the constitution says the election must take place then the polls show larson's conservative a coalition to be trailing the opposition live auntie taxes climate change and in reality it looks set to during launch in the campaign but to secure japan has appointed should meet she says a key as the country's new minister in charge of the olympic games with japan will coast next year he replaces a yoshi doc who quit a day early over remarks deemed offensive to survivors of the two thousand and eleven tsunami for you know so many. you'

least of the embassy chapter of the julian assange saga. and we're moving on to perhaps around the front chapter of an. extradition battle. polyvore council westminster magistrate's court let's get a legal mind across this then douglas mcnabb who is an international criminal defense lawyer who specializes in extradition proceedings mr mcnabb welcome to r.t. what about the immediate future for mr a songs then do you see him carrying out his bail jumping sentence or is he going to be fast tracked for extradition. well they're only going to play a story is a story where they were. ever gave the sentence and the place an extradition proceedings and after a hearing if the court were to determine that he should be extradited then he certainly has appellate rights that are available a my guess gaseous is that they may very well parallel the extradition hearing and that process with the terms that he received as a result of the bail jumping. if i make say i heard. one of the attorneys for ms for so i'm sure after the her savings that this is punish

assange and really also what you also have seen is the fallout the julian assange have had to face over his activism like for instance for i had my pump a zero they're saying that we can leaks is a for an asset in the julian assange is a criminal and really has been the view of the current administration as a whole and trump campaign his election campaign was built upon. prosecuting and persecuting leakers and we kill leakers for instance now the u.k. and the us they do have an extradition program and it has just recently been revealed to julian assange was arrested on behalf was arrested by the scotland yard on behalf of the united states they have an extradition request from washington and really seeing what the what whistleblowers face on what we can leak is face in the states you don't have to look any much further than chelsea manning she was responsible basically she provided the documents to the we kill leaks that eventually made up the biggest military leak in the u.s. history the so-called iraq war documents now we've seen some of those we've seen some of those in the in the cl

julian assange is in prison so it's coming to. in this saga where a journalist a publisher and an editor is going to face press. for doing what journalists are supposed to be doing the charges in the us carry a maximum jail time of five years first of all do you take the u.s. justice department at its word on that no i mean there are two things to consider here first this is. there is a reference to hacking here and being reported in media conspiracy or hacking which is very strange depiction of this but secondly this is only a the tip of the iceberg because we are absolutely certain that this is only one of the charges that will be brought on you know sons and they will be added on more charges when he arrives if you arrives in the united states in chains. it's it's specifically presented in his manner in our opinion to increase the likelihood that he will be extradited because people say well it's only five years so many news outlets published material furnished to them by wiki leaks over your busiest period there were the afgha

supporters of julian assange clashed with police and capital after the arrest of the wiki leaks founder and london president accuses the songs of turning to ecuador and embassy where he spent seven years into a. space as possible extradition to the u.s. where he could be tried on allegations of hacking and conspiring with whistleblower chelsea manning freedom of speech activists say the charges on the attack on journalists. french made weapons may have been used against civilians in yemen according to leaks reportedly from french intelligence. and climate change protesters blocked train services in london after hundreds are arrested for attacking the headquarters of the oil giant show. the latest on the stories you can head to our t.v. dot com my colleague will be here in about an hour's time with a look for news cross talk is next discussing the arrest of wiki leaks founder julian stephens. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things were considered. to be known as journalism is under assault and it didn't start with the trials of julian assange and wiki leaks once it was a noble

this is why people are two minds of julian assange. some think he's a hero for being able to get information that governments keep from you and others said he imperilled men and women who are at war. >> exactly. two clear distinctions. wikileaks rose to prominence in the 2010-2011 time frame when chelsea manning stole several thousands, tens of thousands of documents. they were provide the wikileaks and published. . some of those documents were classified. some were confidential. they included a significant amount of documents having to do with depth cables, basically information embassies around the world transmit them here. all that information became public. then you've already high liked in everything the president said and when you were explaining before everything that's happened more recently. the key thing here today is charges don't have anything to do related to actually publishing that information because this news organization and many news organizations publish classified material something that's protected by the first am

this indictment against julian assange. it has nothing to do with his alleged role in the russian election interference. i wonder, do you think he's still going to face legal jeopardy on that front? >> certainly possible. and everything that we know from the mueller team is they are still working. in fact, someone was indicted today related to the mueller investigation. so it is heartening to see that mr. assange will be brought to justice. and i also want to respect the role of journalist s and distinguish him from a journalist. he is someone who works with state actors to obtain our kunlt's and other countries intelligence information and interfere in elections. so i have no sympathy for mr. assange with respect to what he did. but what is really frustrating brianna is that the president of the united states, when approached about this arrest, his reaction is what you would expect from my toddler when i find that he colored on the walls. he says, i don't know nothing about nothing are, essentially. he doesn't commend the

stories that shapes the week wiki leaks co-founder julian assange is arrested after spending almost seventy years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london his restaurant a global attention and spoke concern over a possible extradition to the united states. and other news the u.s. democrat presidential hopeful says african americans should receive financial compensation for the suffering of their ancestors under slavery we debate the issue . because somebody is green day story something doesn't mean i'm responsible for it you know who did it you should have been able to why they were alive if the government had literally buried it paid out everybody else and turned it back on the black people in america call. it a military coup see see duns president arrested in a state of emergency imposed all in the space of twenty four hours. have you with us this evening you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. after almost seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london wiki leaks founder julian assange was sensationally dragged out by police this week and it came shortly afte

across talking julian assange i'm joined by my guest joe laurie in washington he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com and author of how i lost my hillary clinton with the forward by julian assange also in washington we have brain mcgovern he's a former cia analyst and co-founder of veteran intelligence professionals for sanity and in new york we cross the sara flounders she is co-director of international action center as well as author and an anti-war activists are i cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated joe let me go to you first because you're very familiar with julian assange and joined us on the road the forward to your book what are your feelings right now because you know from my perspective in in the business of journalism this is one of the darkest days of journalism in my lifetime and i'm going to remember this state for the rest of my life no matter what happens that's how passionate i feel about this this is a crushing move against a profession that it's already been crushed so much over the last few year

julian assange is in a london courtroom right now. just moments ago, the u.s. government charged him with conspiracy to commit computer invagz, ie hacking. this is back in 2010, related to chelsea manning. the indictment alleges he helped manning facilitate, right, manning, of course, a former intelligence officer in the

that julian assange who was arrested from there to dorian amber say so treated so badly julian assange is his human rights and he should be freed immediately and under no circumstances sent to america for a jury trial because if that happens we all become poorer and live in a very dark or for our children or speaking on our teams going underground show former pink floyd frontman roger waters presides the u.k. for not opposing a soldier's extradition. what they're trying to do trump and the rest of them and to raise them is they're trying to frighten would be truly innocent is who may provide this incredibly important service for the rest of us in society in the future trying to scare them off so they won't do it they are killing his son do you see him when he came out of the embassy he's been living he hasn't seen their hardly seeing daylight for six years having committed no crime just because donald trump the commander in chief once seemed dead he may very well end up dead that is why the british people he calls them as he was taken by those special branch offices into that van and d

cross talking julian assange i'm joined by my guest joe laurie in washington he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com and author of how i lost my hillary clinton with the forward by julian assange also in washington we have brain mcgovern he's a former cia analyst and co-founder of veteran intelligence professionals for sanity and in new york we cross the sara flounders she is co-director of international action center as well as author and an anti-war activist or i cross the. rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated joe let me go to you first because you're very familiar with julian is knowledge joining us on edge wrote the forward to your book what are your feelings right now because you know from my perspective in in the business of journalism this is one of the darkest days of journalism in my lifetime and i'm going to remember this state for the rest of my life no matter what happens that's how passionate i feel about this this is a crushing move against a profession that it's already been crushed so much over the last few ye

across talking julian assange i'm joined by my guest joe laurie in washington he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com and author of how i lost by hillary clinton with the forward by julian assange also in washington we have brain mcgovern he is a former cia analyst and co-founder of veteran intelligence professionals for sanity and in new york we cross the sara flounders she is co-director of international action center as well as author and an anti-war activists right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it joe let me go to you first because you're very familiar with julian assange joining us on the road the forward to your book what are your feelings right now because you know from my perspective in in the business of journalism this is one of the darkest days of journalism in my lifetime and i'm going to remember the state for the rest of my life no matter what happens that's how passionate i feel about this this is a crushing move against a profession that it's already been crushed so much over the last few years

why did you revoke the asylum julian assange what did he do by the. you know to call the. police having kicked julian assange out of its embassy and revoked his asylum in the ecuadorian government played on the media's appetite for the messy details the dirty laundry. in his underwear secret meetings and scuffles with security guards you have to understand the ecuadorian government which cost the computer that could shut them a suit for many years eventually throwing away from him thing needed to be a good explanation as to why he did it and that's part of that explanation they started spinning the media narrative by essentially linking to the media this tiny detail some bets off a sundress personal life. and many other factors i can't really blame the media for repeatedly using the film clip of us i was being dragged out of the embassy with this big gray beard looking like a very miserable failed prophet or something and i can't blame them for you know reading about how he treated his cats that's the way the media operates with does bother me is that they allowed the impr