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Liberals who cheer the US Government's indictment and attempted extradition of Julian Assange - which, from what I can tell anecdotally, is a majority of them - are siding with the Trump administration and against the Obama administration (again) nytimes.com/2019/12/01/wor…
And the NYT article referenced above is a fascinating account of how a Spanish intelligence operative - now being prosecuted by Spain - bribed an Ecuadorian embassy official to spy on Assange & *all his guests*, then sold it to the CIA/FBI nytimes.com/2019/12/01/wor…
This criminal spying operation involved not only spying on Assange but also his visitors - including me, my husband & anyone else who visited him. As @El_Pais reported, they not only filmed us but also our phones & passports, then gave it all to the CIA:
@el_pais The always-intrepid Italian reporter @SMaurizi obtained video footage of this illegal spying operation, including of the visit of me and @davidmirandario. This is the US Government/CIA spying on its own citizens, including our phones, with no warrants:
@el_pais @SMaurizi @davidmirandario With regard to all of this, it's always worth remember what Noam Chomsky has to say about Assange and the persecution of him by the US Government. Still, a CIA payment operation to spy on him & his US guests in the Embassy is a step beyond:
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