Thread by @ggreenwald

Very good reporting by @AzmatZahra showing once again how reckless was the Obama-and-Trump-era use of US drones to routinely kill large numbers of civilians, including children, followed by false government claims and almost no accountability.

https://twitter.com/AzmatZahra/status/1472258695534944261

Note: the key documents were long marked "classified' or "secret" until NYT obtained them through FOIA requests and lawsuits.

Assange is currently imprisoned and being prosecuted by the Biden DOJ for publishing documents very similar to these, as the NYT & many others often do.

Meanwhile, the NYT Editorial Board finally got around to condemning the Biden Admin's prosecution of Assange, but did so in the most mealy-mouthed way: avoiding use of his name in the headline, heaping praise on Biden's "courage," and even offering justifications/mitigation.

There is nothing Assange is charged with NYT doesn't do. Every day, they encourage sources to leak to them and give them tips how to do avoid getting caught. The NYT should be crusading against this prosecution, not meekly calling it "most unfortunate":

nytimes.com/2021/12/18/opi…