Special to WorldTribune.com By Cliff Kincaid The story we get repeatedly from the press is that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange received asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London because he fears being sent by the British to Sweden to answer sex charges and then eventually being extradited to the U.S. to answer espionage charges here. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Cliff Kincaid Senator John McCain, who lost to Obama in 2008 in part because he did not want to challenge Obama’s personal character or loyalty to the U.S., is now upset over what he calls “…a disturbing stream of articles” that cite “leaked classified or highly-sensitive information…” in an “effort to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Cliff Kincaid Before getting into the court-martial at Fort Meade in Maryland, my photo I.D. was checked and a bomb-sniffing dog was led around my car. My coat, wallet, and papers were searched and I was subjected to magnetometer screening by Army authorities. Inside the courtroom, members of the media were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Cliff Kincaid A May 24 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program quoted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as saying he’d never had any contact with Bradley Manning and that he had no information indicating that the former Army intelligence analyst was the source of the classified U.S. intelligence information released by WikiLeaks. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Monday, April 18, 2011 By Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy in Media President Obama on Thursday hosted Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani of Qatar, otherwise known as the Boss of Al-Jazeera, for a meeting in the Oval Office. Obama called him “Your Highness” and “His Highness,” even though the Emir dropped his robes of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media As homosexual Army soldier Bradley Manning’s treason trial continues at Fort Meade, Maryland, the support he has received from Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been curiously ignored by the major media, now touting Paul as someone who could win the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Israel is seeking to finance a submarine project through German reparations for the killing of six million Jews during World War II. German sources said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pressing Berlin to subsidize the Israeli purchase of a Dolphin-class electric-diesel submarine from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. […]