8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (4)
#16066375 at 2022-04-13 11:41:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20321: Why Does It Have To Be Snakes Edition
more morning kek
Fort Worth shooting suspects arrested after police catch them vacuuming shell casings at car wash
An officer with the department's Real Time Crime Center immediately tracked the suspect vehicle using city cameras and relayed its location to officers on the street.
Officers found the suspects, identified as Eric Lewis Moore and Trenton Williams, at a car wash near the shooting scene, police said. Williams was allegedly seen vacuuming shell casings from inside his vehicle.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fort-worth-shooting-suspects-arrested-vacuuming-shell-casings-car-wash
#12532765 at 2021-01-15 15:31:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16001: For I Know The Plans I Have For You Edition
https://youtu.be/egWNZK6Qgws
United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
22.9K subscribers
Friday, January 15, 2021 9:30 A.M. USCA (Live-Stream)
Judges Srinivasan, Rogers, Edwards
Case#: 19-3094 USA v. Morris Johnson (10 minutes per side)
Case#: 20-5120 Eric Lewis v. TREA (15 minutes per side)
Case#: 19-1091 PSE&G v. FERC (20 minutes per side)
#10661421 at 2020-09-16 00:01:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13644: Feelz Like An Early Nightshift Night Edition
ASSANGE HEARING DAY SIX-Prosecutor Says Government Can Prosecute Journalist for Publishing
Prosecutor Says Government Can
Prosecute Journalist for Publishing
11:40 am EDT: Court has adjourned for the day and will resume on Wednesday morning.
Prosecutor James Lewis QC established in court that the U.S. government can prosecute a journalist for unauthorized publication of classified information, despite the First Amendment concerns of the defense.
"The right of free speech and the public's right to know are not absolutes," prosecutor Lewis said on cross examination of defense witness Eric Lewis, and can be "restricted" if the release of "national defense information ... could threaten the security of the nation."
James Lewis set out that the Espionage Act be used against government employees who breach their trust with the government, but also that the government can prosecute those outside a relationship with the government, such as journalists" who are unauthorized to possess and disseminate secret material.
"Can journalists be prosecuted" under the Espionage Act? Lewis asked the defense witness.
The witness said it had never been done before, because of the first amendment. He said that courts have to strike a balance between free speech and national security. "It is so far from your original opinion, saying that legal precedent precludes prosecuting Assange," you are changing your testimony, Lewis said.
The prosecutor challenged the witness to cite one precedent that says a publisher can't be prosecuted. The witness said the Supreme Court had never been faced with a case like Assange's before.
This exchange goes to the heart of the government's case against Assange though it is the first time it raised it. Instead it has been trying to steer away from the First Amendment issues onto Assange revealing the names of informants-which is not against the law.
In fact, until its constitutionality is challenged, the Espionage Act does allow for the prosecution of journalists after unauthorized publication of secret material. The Nixon administration empaneled a grand jury in Boston to go after two New York Times journalists in the Pentagon Papers case but withdrew when it was revealed the government was tapping leaker Daniel Ellsberg's phones and thus listening in on the reporters as well.
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/09/15/assange-hearing-day-six-prosecutor-says-govt-can-prosecute-journalist-for-publishing/
#10646272 at 2020-09-14 19:03:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13624: Q's Callin Out Antifa Thugs Edition
ASSANGE HEARING DAY FIVE-Court Is Adjourned Until Tuesday After Sound of US TV Report Disrupted Proceedings
Court resumes in the extradition hearing of Julian Assange Monday morning. Consortium News is watching the proceedings and providing live updates throughout the day.
Stay with Consortium News all day for continuous updates as we have remote video access to watch every moment of court proceedings. Follow our live Tweeting. And tune in to CN Live! at 5 pm BST, noon EDT every day court is in session for a video report on the day's events.
Court Is Adjourned Until Tuesday After Sound
of US TV Report Disrupted Proceedings
11:02 am EDT: Court was adjourned until Tuesday after it was interrupted by the sound of a U.S. TV report on Assange. A court official explained to the press that the technical issues were still be sorted out but it was hoped they would be resolved by 10 am BST Tuesday.
9:26 am EDT: The court says it is investigating whether the interruption of the proceedings came from witness Eric Lewis' computer (he is testifying online), or whether the court's video feed was hacked. Just before lunch the sound of a U.S. TV report on Assange came through the video-link and into the courtroom. If it was a hack there are concerns among the press that the the remote video access could be stopped.
8:30 am EDT: Court has suddenly adjourned as it was interrupted by the sound of an AmErican news report about the Assange case. The lawyers jumped to their feet throwing their arms in the air. Judge Vanessa Baraitser quickly fled the court. No one appears to have an idea how that happened. It was nearing lunch break so court will probably resume in about an hour.
James Lewis QC for the prosecution was cross examining the defense witness, AmErican lawyer Eric Lewis, when the interruption occurred. Prosecutor Lewis has followed the same tactic he's used on every defense witness, trying to undermine their claims of being an impartial expert.
He laid out that Eric Lewis is being paid for his testimony by the defense, and as he has with the previous defense witnesses, showed that this witness did not include a 36-page affidavit from Asst. U.S. Attorney Gordon Kromberg in his written testimony.
James Lewis then tried to show that because Eric Lewis is not a mental health or medical professional that he had no grounds in his written testimony to say that Assange would not receive adequate health care in prison.
The prosecutor also tried to establish that Assange would receive a fair jury trial because of the conviction of Zacarias Moussaoui in the 9/11 case. But Eric Lewis stood his ground, at times demanding that the prosecutor be fair in his questioning.
He rebutted the Moussaoui example by correcting the prosecutor that Moussaoui was convicted in the D.C. District Court, not in the Eastern District of Virginia where Assange would be sent. "That is a very different jury pool," witness Lewis said.
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/09/14/assange-hearing-day-five-court-is-adjourned-until-tuesday-after-sound-of-us-tv-report-disrupted-proceedings/
8chan/8kun QResearch AUSTRALIA Posts (3)
#10766259 at 2020-09-24 06:32:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
>>10766250
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If Assange were found guilty in a US trial and jailed he could be sent to the supermax prison in Colorado known as ADX - the United State's highest-security prison.
Lewis said each inmate had their own 13-inch television and told the court that Assange would have "ample opportunity" to socialise with inmates and members of the public.
Added to this, Lewis said ADX inmates had access to indoor and outdoor recreation, exercise, wellness programs, weekend brainteaser games and arts and crafts, library and may "paint, draw or crochet."
Lewis said inmates "may participate in a weekly bingo game". However, he prefaced his description of Assange's potential prison conditions by saying that all might not apply to the Australian.
Fazel said he could not judge whether these conditions would reduce the likelihood of Assange committing suicide as it depended on the whether they were implemented as well as their quality.
Assange's team have repeatedly said that the WikiLeaks founder would be held in extreme isolation conditions.
Last week, US attorney Eric Lewis told the court that Assange was at "high risk" of being subjected to Clinton-era special administrative measures where prisoners are subject to extreme isolation and have their legal and family visits monitored.
Assange is accused of violating the Espionage Act relating to the WikiLeaks' disclosures of a decade ago, when more than half a million military and diplomatic cables stolen from Pentagon systems by former army intelligence officer Chelsea Manning were published.
Manning was sentenced but had her sentence commuted by former President Barack Obama.
This week, Assange's fiancee said the Trump Administration wanted to "pluck him out of the UK and put him in the deepest, darkest hole of the US prison system."
"They want to bury him alive and for him to never be able to speak again or work again or see his children," she told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
Assange's extradition hearing is expected to continue until next week.
If you are troubled by this report or experiencing a personal crisis, you can call Lifeline on 131 114 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636.
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https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/assange-could-crochet-and-play-bingo-in-supermax-prison-us-prosecutor-claims-20200923-p55yls.html
#10664658 at 2020-09-16 05:27:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
Julian Assange, like Jeffrey Epstein, may not be safe in US prison
Julian Assange may not be safe in a US correctional centre, like the now dead accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a London court has been told.
US lawyer Tom Durkin, a defence counsel of 47 years experience, told Assange's extradition hearing in the Old Bailey that he had low confidence that the Australian WikiLeaks founder would be safe from harm because like Epstein, Assange likely has private compromising information on many powerful people.
In his written testimony, contested fiercely by the US prosecutors, Mr Durkin alleged that Assange, medically assessed as facing serious depression and Asperger's Syndrome, will not receive adequate mental health care in a US prison.
Mr Durkin said the operating procedure around suicidal prisoners in US correctional facilities has failed.
"Jeffrey Epstein, then one of the highest profile prisoners in the US prison estate who was famously accused of sex trafficking and awaiting trial, committed suicide while ostensibly being guarded continuously in the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York; the two cameras that were supposed to be filming his cell malfunctioned the night he did so.
"Mr Epstein was reported to have private, compromising information on many powerful people, just as Mr Assange likely does. My confidence that he (Assange) will be safe from harm -whether inflicted by himself or others - is low.''
Epstein was found dead in his cell on August 10, 2019 and his death was ruled a suicide by hanging by the New York medical examiner. However Epstein's lawyers believed the evidence was far more consistent with murder.
Mr Durkin also told the court that Assange would have to reveal sources who provided data and information to WikiLeaks if he agreed to any US plea bargain.
He said a realistic assessment of Assange's sentencing, if found guilty on the current indictment, would be 30 to 40 years or an effective life sentence given Assange was 49 years of age. He said there was a "trial tax'' which offers an incentive to plead guilty. "You get penalised for going to trial,'' he said.
Mr Durkin said that any plea deal would involve Assange's full co-operation with the authorities including revealing sources of information given to WikiLeaks.
"Absolutely, co-operation always has to be what government requires: complete full and truthful,'' he told the court.
Mr Durkin said pleading guilty could reduce the sentencing by three levels, but based on his experience he believed Mr Assange's sentencing would be in the highest ranges of the Federal sentencing levels of level 38 to level 43, which translates to 235 months to a life sentence.
Earlier another experienced US lawyer Eric Lewis warned that the latest US indictment, issued two months ago expands on the earlier 18 charges and has exposed Assange to ever greater jail terms.
He said the US sentencing judge would look to adjust any sentence because the latest indictment broadens the charges to involve activity involving extensive participants, another involves a teenager, another involves a specialist skills such as his computer technical skills and another could involve obstruction while trying to prevent the identification of Chelsea Manning as a source.
He added that a further adjustment could be made if government officials are identified as a result of the WikiLeaks disclosures.
He said the court has power to accumulate the 18 counts but not above the maximum term of 175 years.
He agreed there was a real risk Assange would spend the rest of his life in prison.
The trial continues.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/julian-assange-a-victim-of-trumps-deflection/news-story/c25a0b296c7c213bb2361a0788b9360c
#10653978 at 2020-09-15 06:54:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
Julian Assange extradition delayed by further tech, coronavirus issues
London: The extradition hearing for Julian Assange has been plagued by technical difficulties, throwing proceedings into further delay because of coronavirus.
Assange is fighting the US Department of Justice's request for him to be extradited to the US to face 18 charges of violating the Espionage Act. The charges relate to the publication of more than half a million US defence and diplomatic documents on the WikiLeaks website.
The charges carry a maximum 175 years jail term.
Court officials in London spent more than an hour trying to establish a video link to the United States to hear the evidence of Eric Lewis, a US attorney who opposes Assange's extradition.
"No publisher of information has ever been successfully prosecuted for publishing national security information ever," Lewis said.
He told the court that if convicted, the 49-year-old would likely spend the rest of his life in jail.
"Under the best-case scenario we are looking at a sentence somewhere between, 20 years, if everything goes brilliantly to 175 years," he said.
Lewis spent around 90 minutes giving evidence before an audio clip interrupted his testimony. The judge walked out as the tech troubles interfered with the hearing which was then adjourned until lunch.
But after lunch court officials could not re-establish a link to Lewis and the hearing was called off for the rest of the day and will resume on Tuesday.
It is not the first time that the hearing has experienced difficulties connecting to, or hearing clearly, witnesses who are choosing to give evidence remotely as a result of the pandemic.
The hearing only resumed at the Old Bailey in central London on Monday following a two-day break after a coronavirus scare, when the wife of one of the lawyers representing the US government developed symptoms which she feared might be COVID-19.
The test proved negative and her diagnosis was no more than a common cold.
But when court resumed on Monday, Assange's legal team asked District Judge Vanessa Baraitser to order that everyone must wear masks in the courtroom.
She refused.
"Those that wish to wear masks in the well of the court are welcome to do so unless they are directly addressing the court and I understand masks are available for this purpose," she said.
"But there is no obligation to do so and I make no direction … in this regard."
She instead said that anyone, including Assange who is sitting behind a glass wall in the dock, could wear a mask if they wished.
Assange wore a mask to his extradition hearing for the first time but his QC Mark Summer claimed there had been "difficulties in getting him masks."
Assange's extradition hearing was already delayed by several months due to the pandemic. Assange has subsequently claimed that his incarceration is a risk to his health, exacerbated by coronavirus.
He is being held at Belmarsh prison on London's outskirts. His extradition hearing is expected to run until October.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/assange-extradition-delayed-by-further-tech-coronavirus-issues-20200914-p55vma.html
8chan/8kun QResearch CANADA Posts (1)
#10661455 at 2020-09-16 00:06:04 (UTC+1)
Welcome To Q Research Canada Bread #7 - Brinks Bank and a Box of Doughnuts Edition
ASSANGE HEARING DAY SIX-Prosecutor Says Government Can Prosecute Journalist for Publishing
Prosecutor Says Government Can
Prosecute Journalist for Publishing
11:40 am EDT: Court has adjourned for the day and will resume on Wednesday morning.
Prosecutor James Lewis QC established in court that the U.S. government can prosecute a journalist for unauthorized publication of classified information, despite the First Amendment concerns of the defense.
"The right of free speech and the public's right to know are not absolutes," prosecutor Lewis said on cross examination of defense witness Eric Lewis, and can be "restricted" if the release of "national defense information ... could threaten the security of the nation."
James Lewis set out that the Espionage Act be used against government employees who breach their trust with the government, but also that the government can prosecute those outside a relationship with the government, such as journalists" who are unauthorized to possess and disseminate secret material.
"Can journalists be prosecuted" under the Espionage Act? Lewis asked the defense witness.
The witness said it had never been done before, because of the first amendment. He said that courts have to strike a balance between free speech and national security. "It is so far from your original opinion, saying that legal precedent precludes prosecuting Assange," you are changing your testimony, Lewis said.
The prosecutor challenged the witness to cite one precedent that says a publisher can't be prosecuted. The witness said the Supreme Court had never been faced with a case like Assange's before.
This exchange goes to the heart of the government's case against Assange though it is the first time it raised it. Instead it has been trying to steer away from the First Amendment issues onto Assange revealing the names of informants-which is not against the law.
In fact, until its constitutionality is challenged, the Espionage Act does allow for the prosecution of journalists after unauthorized publication of secret material. The Nixon administration empaneled a grand jury in Boston to go after two New York Times journalists in the Pentagon Papers case but withdrew when it was revealed the government was tapping leaker Daniel Ellsberg's phones and thus listening in on the reporters as well.
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/09/15/assange-hearing-day-six-prosecutor-says-govt-can-prosecute-journalist-for-publishing/