Julian Assange and the War Against Journalism with Marjorie Cohn

Today, Marjorie Cohn joins us from the Defend Assange legal team to talk about Wikileaks, Julian Assange and the unjust prosecution. <br/><br/>1:00 - Why does US have jurisdiction over espionage?<br/><br/>3:00 - Collateral Murder<br/><br/>5:00 - Why the Obama administration didn&#8217;t prosecute Assange?<br/><br/>7:00 - Why is there a corporate media blackout? <br/><br/>12:00 - Questions with Podesta Emails and Wikileaks?<br/><br/>14:00 - Waiver of Death Penalty<br/><br/>19:00 - President Trump&#8217;s potential actions: Dismiss the indictment<br/><br/>22:40 - Effects on the National Security State<br/><br/>25:00 - Guantanamo Bay and Wikileaks<br/><br/>Resources:<br/><br/><a href="https://assangedefense.org">Assange Defense</a><br/><br/>Marjorie Cohn on &#8220;<a href="https://marjoriecohn.com/the-meaning-of-assanges-persecution/">The Meaning of Assange&#8217;s Prosecution</a>&#8221;<br/><br/>Other Relevant Episodes<br/><br/><a href="https://historicly.substack.com/p/the-chagos-conspiracy-with-stefan">The Chagos Conspiracy</a><br/><br/><a href="https://historicly.substack.com/p/the-pentagon-papers-with-sen-mike">The Pentagon Papers</a><br/><br/><a href="https://historicly.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-guantanamo-bay-whether-4b3">The Truth about Guantanamo Bay whether or not You can Handle it</a><br/><br/>Please subscribe to our podcast. We depend upon paid subscribers like you: <br/><br/>Get full access to Historic.ly at <a href="https://historicly.substack.com/subscribe?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyMjI3OTU2LCJpYXQiOjE2MjkxNjUzMzAsImV4cCI6MTYzMTc1NzMzMCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTgwNzkiLCJzdWIiOiJjaGVja291dCJ9.Sxu98W7QscBE0qqPnAJ8ygh7s4pTD-bUh5wUUCoNeBA&#38;utm_medium=podcast">historicly.substack.com/subscribe</a>