The Guardian doesn't even bother to report this, though it's very significant and ... Archived Message
Posted by margo on January 24, 2020, 11:50 am, in reply to "Assange Extradition: US Government Claims Foreign Journalists Aren’t Protected by First Amendment"
... and essentially represents a war on journalists and journalism. Wikileaks Editor Kristinn Hraffnsson shared this news outside Westminster Mag Court yesterday, after learning about it from reading the US affidavits and submissions to the court. Essentially ... USA decides that .... First Amendment doesn't apply to non-American journalists but the Espionage Act does. USA decides that ... it alone is entitled to extra-territorial reach, and its vassal states need to quietly aquiesce. USA says that ... all who expose incovenient or embarrassing truths about the USA will be requested for extradition. Once they land on US soil, they are considered void of free speech rights. USA says that ... once extradited, Julian Assange 'will be placed under Special Administrative Measures" (SAMs). SAMS are described as ... "the darkest corner of the US prison system"; where "brutality" can reign behind closed doors, and where prisoners are subjected to "torture without scrutiny" and "extreme isolation". USA says ... sovereignty, due process and consent are no longer necessary UK says ... OK. Everything is still good for Assange's extradition hearings to go ahead. They'll be drawn out even longer now - first week of hearings from 23 Feb, next three weeks start 18 May.
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