[Peace-discuss] Notes

[J.B. Nicholson]

I wrote:
> WikiLeaks/Assange:
> 
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48335692 -- Ecuador hands over 
> Assange's stuff to the US and WikiLeaks says Ecuador certainly has tampered 
> with that stuff before handing it over to the US.

With 17 new criminal charges now heaped upon Julian Assange in a 
superseding indictment today, there is also a clear call for people to pick 
what side they're on from many including WikiLeaks editor Kristinn 
Hrafnsson, The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald, former NSA contractor & leaker 
Edward Snowden, and journalist John Pilger:

Hrafnsson wrote https://twitter.com/khrafnsson/status/1131663637687558146
> I find no satisfaction in saying ‘I told you so’ to those who for 9
> years have scorned us for warning this moment would come. I care for
> journalism. If you share my feeling you take a stand NOW. Either you are
> a worthless coward or you defend Assange, WikiLeaks and Journalism. [1]
[1] https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1131654395840618496 -- Reuters coverage


Greenwald wrote https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1131658856264818689
> All those who spent the last 2+ years proclaiming to be so very
> concerned about attacks on a free press will now have to decide whether
> they really meant it, or whether - due to feelings about Assange - they
> will cheer the Trump Administration's frontal assault on press freedom:
> [2][2] https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1131657376183083010 -- CNN coverage


Snowden wrote https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1131657973745496066
> The Department of Justice just declared war––€”not on Wikileaks, but on
> journalism itself. This is no longer about Julian Assange: This case
> will decide the future of media. [3][3] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/us/politics/assange-indictment.html


Pilger wrote https://twitter.com/johnpilger/status/1131674378788319244
> The war on Julian #Assange is now a war on all. Eighteen absurd charges
> including espionage send a burning message to every journalist, every
> publisher. The target today is #Assange. Tomorrow it will be you on the
> New York Times, you on the BBC. Modern fascism is breaking cover.