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For Assange, the Process Was the Punishment

Reprinted from the Cato Institute.

Monday evening (June 24), news broke that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, under indictment by the United States government since 2019 on Espionage Act charges related to his role in the exposure of US war crimes during the Iraq War, had reached a plea deal with American authorities. In return for pleading guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Obtain and Disclose National Defense Information (18 U.S.C. § 793(g)), Assange will be sentenced to time served in Belmarsh Prison, United Kingdom, where Assange has been held for over five years.

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UN to Warn Half a Million Gazans Facing ‘Catastrophic’ Food Insecurity

More than 1 in 5 people in the Gaza Strip are “facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity” amid Israel’s relentless assault and siege against the Palestinian territory, according to a draft report set to be published Tuesday by the United Nations’ hunger monitoring system.

The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Acute Food Insecurity Special Snapshot – which was previewed by various news agencies – says that more than 495,000 Gazans – who already face “an extreme lack of food, starvation, and exhaustion” – are expected to suffer the highest level of starvation over the coming months.

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Conflicts of Interest: Israel’s Plan to Annex the West Bank Is in Motion

On COI #622, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman discuss America’s support for Israel.

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US Cluster Bombs Hit Beachgoers in Crimea; Russia Issues Strong Warning

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:

US-supplied cluster bombs were used on beachgoers in Crimea yesterday, killing at least six and injuring more than 100. Moscow has warned that “such actions will not go unanswered.” Is this a NATO attempt to provoke a Russian reaction to justify further involvement? Next moves?

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Conflicts of Interest: Is Israel Scaling Down in Gaza for War with Hezbollah?

On COI #621, Kyle Anzalone discusses the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Lebanon.

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Further Escalation Against the Houthis Makes No Sense

James Stavridis isn’t satisfied with the current pointless war against the Houthis and wants something more:

Four mariners dead. Two commercial ships sunk. One ship and 25 mariners held captive. Global supply chains distorted. Where is a strong military response to this high seas threat?

The U.S. and Britain have been waging a war against the Houthis for the past five months, and all that they have managed to accomplish is to boost Houthi recruiting, deepen anti-American sentiment among Yemenis, and waste limited resources. What “strong” response should the U.S. consider when its military action has so far proven to be useless? Escalation was the wrong way to handle the attacks on Red Sea commercial shipping at the start of the year, and further escalation is the wrong answer today. It should be obvious by now that the Houthis are not going to be bombed into stopping their attacks. If anything, the U.S.-led military campaign has played into their hands and benefited them politically without doing much to reduce their ability to launch more attacks.

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