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There’s a journalist who has published leaked documents exposing corruption, waste, fraud & abuse of power, illegal activities by government officials, censorship by media, targeted cyber surveillance of journalists & activists,& mishandling of elections. Sound familiar? Chernoh Bah could be called the Assange of Sierra Leone. Editor-in-chief Africanist Press, he is also a post-doc fellow at Northwestern University, where he is working on a project examining the “illicit financial flows”-aka money laundering-over decades in Sierra Leone & the Mana river region. This story, told in 3 parts, involves current US officials, a US lobbying firm which includes a former US congressman, a former communications manager for the Trump transition team, a former producer for the CBS evening news, a US defense contractor hired as National Security Advisor in Sierra Leone (they can do that??) & Cognyte, a cyber-surveillance company known for its targeting of journalists & violation of human rights in Myanmar & India. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in front of a camera so please don’t let the fact that I sound a little bit like Max Headroom (hey, I can edit! 😬) distract from this very important story! Part 3 is the cybersecurity part of the story. Ever heard of Unit 8200? They can hack your car.😮 Vault 7? 🤔

Africanist Press has functioned much like Wikileaks

George Szamuely, Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute; author, Bombs for Peace joins Randy Credico

Randy Credico & Afshin Rattansi discuss the West's crackdown on journalism, including the recent detention of The Grayzone's Kit Klarenberg.

Craig Murray joins Randy in studio and Steven Donziger calls in for Live on the Fly, wrapping up Craig's US tour to help #FreeAssange

This series of interviews is from the beginning of Assange Countdown to Freedom, with Assange himself as guest. In some ways difficult to hear, we are reminded of why we continue to fight for his freedom. #FreeJulianAssange!

Host Randy Credico & returning special guest Ray McGovern discuss US/UK/NATO's dangerous escalation of Ukraine conflict.