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Julian Assange Still Deserves a Medal of Freedom

Julian Assange Still Deserves a Medal of Freedom by James Bovard Five years ago, USA Today published my piece, “Julian Assange deserves a Medal of Freedom, not a secret indictment.” Assange has been persecuted because he and Wikileaks exposed war crimes by the U.S. government and its allies. But he still deserves a Medal of […]

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Daniel Ellsberg’s Courageous Work Remains Unfinished

Daniel Ellsberg’s Courageous Work Remains Unfinished by Jim Bovard | Jun 19, 2023 What if truth doesn’t out until a million corpses too late? Daniel Ellsberg, one of the most heroic truth-tellers of our era, passed away on Friday at the age of 92. He risked life in prison to leak the Pentagon Papers during […]

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If Biden Is Waging a War on Secrecy Then Free Assange

Consortium News, May 3, 2023 If Biden Is Waging a War on Secrecy Then Free Assange The WikiLeaks publisher is only guilty of one thing, writes James Bovard — violating the U.S. government’s divine right to blindfold the American people.  By James Bovard The Future of Freedom Foundation “A confident government that is unafraid of the […]

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Ukraine Proves Iraq War Lessons Unlearned Inside the Beltway

American Conservative, March 21, 2023 Will the Circle Be Unbroken? by James Bovard Twenty years after the Iraq invasion: The war may be over, but the War Party carries on. Last year, former President George W. Bush vehemently condemned the “decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq.” Bush […]

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Julian Assange and Our Impunity Democracy

Mises Institute, October 7, 2022 Julian Assange and Our Impunity Democracy by James Bovard On Saturday, protests supporting Julian Assange will occur around the world. In London, Assange supporters will link arms around the parliament building. Protests will also occur outside the Justice Department headquarters in Washington (I’ll be one of the speakers), D.C., and […]

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Speaking at Julian Assange Rally in DC on Saturday

I’m speaking Saturday at the protest for #Julian Assange at the Justice Dept. in DC. As I wrote in USA Today in 2018, Assange deserves a Presidential Medal of Freedom, not persecution.  They have a zesty line-up of speakers, including Antiwar.com’s Dave DeCamp, LP VP Spike Cohen, Green Party Senate candidate Matthew Hoh, John Kiriakou, […]

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Supreme Court Tortures the Constitution Again

Supreme Court Tortures the Constitution Again by James Bovard The Supreme Court ruled in March that Americans have no right to learn the grisly details of CIA torture because the CIA has never formally confessed its crimes. The case symbolizes how the rule of law has become little more than legal mumbo-jumbo to shroud official […]

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