The Obama administration has assured Russia that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden will not be executed or tortured if he is sent back to the United States. In a letter to his Russian counterpart, Attorney General Eric Holder said Snowden does not…
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By portraying NSA surveillance as “patriotic,” President Obama ignores the violations of Americans’ constitutional rights PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Baltimore. And welcome to this week’s edition of The Ratner…
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DESVARIEUX: So Michael, so many revelations coming out this week, WikiLeaks revelations. Can we just talk about some of the most significant ones? RATNER: This week and last week. I actually wanted to address two topics. One is the…
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2015 Bard College Speech Notes 9/11 paradigm shifting – constant – what needs Empire war race capitalism rampant inequality No matter the topic its always been about fighting against the US — Of course wikileaks snowden Gitmo Torture–prosecutions War—…
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WikiLeaks editor remains unjustly holed up in Ecuadoran Embassy two years later. A whistle-blower living in exile in Russia. A publisher seeking the asylum he has already been granted while his sources are imprisoned. This isn’t the cast of a…
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JAY: So Thursday is one year since the first leak, first documents released that was leaked by Mr. Snowden. What do you now think is the significance of all of this? RATNER: Yeah, I’m going to put it into some…
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Michael Ratner: The empire has been hurt by the Snowden, Manning, Assange revelations.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threatens to release Snowden info that Glenn Greenwald says could endanger lives. Here to discuss this is our regular contributor, Michael Ratner. Michael Ratner is the president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New…
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threatens to release Snowden info that Glenn Greenwald says could endanger lives.
2014 International Association of Democratic Lawyers Brussels Conference Speech Notes I so appreciate this invitation to talk you today And am sorry I could not be with you in person at this important conference of the IADL with which I…
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