WaPo is telling fairy tales about whether mainstream outlets gave up their fondness for rat-fuckery. They did not.
And as such, the decision not to embrace this rat-fuckery, however correct it might be, is a double standard.
WikiLeaks
The Damaging Precedent of the Julian Assange Espionage Guilty Plea
DOJ could have drafted the plea agreement with Julian Assange to do far less damage going forward, but for reasons that are not yet clear, they did not.
Julian Assange to Plead to One Count of Espionage Act on Way Back to Australia
Julian Assange will plead guilty to one felony count of violating the Espionage Act.
The Schulte CIPA Transcripts: Locking up Vault 8
Among the most interesting details revealed by the CIPA transcripts from the Josh Schulte case is that — at least in 2022 — the government still considered the tie to the Vault 8 source code theft and release classified information.
The Cultivation of Don Jr: A Framework to Think of the Russian Attack
With the 2016 attack, Russia didn’t need cooperation from Trump’s people (though they got it from at least Manafort and Stone and idiot who proved useful Don Jr). They just needed to make any already improbable conciliation impossible, impossible politically and impossible for a Narcissist like Trump to do. That would practically guarantee that Trump would attack the country to defend himself, his son, his ego.
emptywheel Makes CIPA History
Judge Jesse Furman has used my intervention as an excuse to order the government to release redacted transcripts of a CIPA conference from the Josh Schulte case.
High Court Decision May Pose New Challenges to Julian Assange Prosecution
To get approval to extradite Julian Assange, the US would need to provide assurances regarding Assange’s ability to rely on a First Amendment defense. That may pose a dilemma for the US.
Josh Schulte Sentenced to 40 Years
This week, at the age of 35, Josh Schulte got sentenced to 40 years in prison for stealing CIA’s hacking tools and sharing them with WikiLeaks.
Claiming Josh Schulte’s Leaks Cost CIA 100s of Millions, DOJ Asks for Life Sentence
In a sentencing memorandum for Joshua Schulte, DOJ asked for a life sentence.
Don Jr Confesses He and Douglass Mackey Were “Put on Lists” Together
Given Donald Trump Jr’s confession that he and far right troll Douglass Mackey were “put on lists” together, it renews my curiosity whether he might be the troll, “P0TUS Trump,” who remained maniacally focused on the Podesta emails.
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