julian assange is the canary in our first amendment 'coal mine' and is about to die at which point there is no longer any first amendment. the fourth and fifth were destroyed by 911, and most of what remains are unconnected bits and pieces. say goodbye to what remains of america and welcome your total masters: the empire, at least until its coming collapse;

Assange’s Extradition Is Another Building Block of The Controlled Explanation

Paul Craig Roberts

The Corrupt US & British governments, greatly aided and abetted by Western presstitutes, have destroyed the First Amendment protection of journalism.  Julian Assange’s extradition to the US to stand trial for espionage signals the termination of a free press as a method of holding government accountable.  Henceforth, any journalist who publishes a leaked story unfavorable to the government can be prosecuted as a spy.  

During the Vietnam War the US government tried this on Daniel Ellsberg and the New York Times, but could not get away with it.  But times have changed.  Today’s Ellsberg–Julian Assange–and today’s New York Times–Wikileaks–are demonized as spies serving foreign intelligence.  

The New York Times and The Guardian, both of which published some of the Wikileaks’ material leaked allegedly by Chelsea Manning, escaped prosecution in the case by turning on Assange and helping Washington to demonize him.  The rest of the presstitute media joined in, including Wikipedia, which falsely reports the situation as it does most issues that have been turned into controversies.  Today hardly anyone knows the true story.

Assange’s troubles began when two Swedish women, attracted by his celebrity, took him home to their beds.  One of the women became concerned about an episode of unprotected sex and asked Assange for reassurance by taking an Aides test.  He foolishly refused.  The woman asked the police if he could be ordered to take the test.  It was this question, not a rape charge by either of the women, that spawned the police investigation of rape.  The Swedish prosecutorial office investigated and as there was no charge or evidence of rape, closed the case.  Assange was free to leave Sweden........read more.......