Sunday, May 12, 2013

UNMASKING THE CORPORATE STATE

"Assange, Manning and WikiLeaks, by making public in 2010 half a million internal documents from the Pentagon and the State Department, along with the 2007 video of U.S. helicopter pilots nonchalantly gunning down Iraqi civilians, including children, and two Reuters journalists, effectively exposed the empire’s hypocrisy, indiscriminate violence and its use of torture, lies, bribery and crude tactics of intimidation.
WikiLeaks shone a spotlight into the inner workings of empire—the most important role of a press—and for this it has become empire’s prey. Those around the globe with the computer skills to search out the secrets of empire are now those whom empire fears most. If we lose this battle, if these rebels are defeated, it means the dark night of corporate totalitarianism. If we win, if the corporate state is unmasked, it can be destroyed. ...

There are no divisions among government departments or the two major political parties over what
should be Assange’s fate.
 'I think we should be clear here. WikiLeaks and people that disseminate information to people like this are criminals, first and foremost,' then-press secretary Robert Gibbs, speaking for the Obama administration, said during a 2010 press briefing. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/11/29/press-briefing-press-secretary-robert-gibbs-11292010

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, and then-Sen. Christopher S. Bond, a Republican, said in a joint letter to the U.S. attorney general calling for Assange’s prosecution: 'If Mr. Assange and his possible accomplices cannot be charged under the Espionage Act (or any other applicable statute), please know that we stand ready and willing to support your efforts to ‘close those gaps’ in the law, as you also mentioned. …'
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Remember there has been a plethora of information shedding light on many crimes against humanity since the 2010 press briefing.  The compilations of materials continue to grow. 

Keep ExpoZing!!!!