Premium Only Content

Ep. 5366 – Joe Lauria: Day Nine of the Assange Extradition Hearing – 9/18/2020
Joe Lauria comments on the last few days of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing. He notes a movement on the part of the prosecution away from their previous tack, which was to argue that Assange was not really a journalist, but actually engaging in hacking and intelligence himself. By establishing that, they may have been able to avoid the obvious problem that the prosecution of Assange could create a precedent for the prosecution of any news organization that published classified documents. The British prosecution may have realized that this strategy was not working because of the obvious double standard it relied on. Instead, they are continuing to hit Assange with the charge that he deliberately revealed the names of confidential informants. Again, Lauria explains, the reality is that Assange worked very hard to redact such informants before Wikileaks released them—much harder, in fact, than mainstream news outlets did when publishing the same information. Assange even went to the U.S. government for help in knowing what was important to redact in the name of national security, but the government refused to help. To claim wrongdoing on Assange’s part now, says Lauria, is the height of hypocrisy.
Check out the interview page here: https://libertarianinstitute.org/scotthortonshow/9-18-20-joe-lauria-day-nine-of-the-assange-extradition-hearing/
For more on Scott's work:
Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org
Read Scott's book, Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan: https://foolserrand.us
Follow Scott on Twitter using the handle @scotthortonshow: https://twitter.com/scotthortonshow
Like Scott's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/scotthortonshow/
And check out Scott's full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews-2/
You can also support Scott's work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/
Or you can donate per interview at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scotthortonshow
-
30:28
The Scott Horton Show
1 year ago $0.14 earnedEp. 5939 - Daniel Davis on Why People Can’t Admit Ukraine is Losing - 9/21/23
1.64K -
DVR
Nikko Ortiz
2 hours agoLive - News, Politics, Podcast And Naaah Im Playin We Chillen
23.5K3 -
1:58:33
Steven Crowder
3 hours agoCan Donald Trump Bring Peace: Zelensky and EU Leaders Massive visit to Washington
188K191 -
LIVE
Nerdrotic
3 hours agoSuperman GUNNED DOWN | Marvel Phase SUX - Nerdrotic Birthday Nooner 508
531 watching -
LIVE
Side Scrollers Podcast
2 hours agoPETA AMBUSHES Nintendo + UK THREATENS 4Chan + Roblox Situation Is Crazy | Side Scrollers Live
1,645 watching -
LIVE
LFA TV
6 hours agoLFA TV ALL DAY STREAM - MONDAY 8/18/25
4,463 watching -
LIVE
The Mel K Show
1 hour agoMORNINGS WITH MEL K -Buckle Up! The Old Guard Will Not Go Quietly 8-18-25
939 watching -
LIVE
Flyover Conservatives
11 hours agoEpstein Files, FBI Failures & The Fight for Real Accountability - Breanna Morello | FOC Show
252 watching -
LIVE
GloryJean
3 hours agoAggressively Sniping My Way to WINS 🖱️ 6.7 K/D
28 watching -
LIVE
The Shannon Joy Show
2 hours ago🔥🔥Bombshell Study: Rancourt et al Reveals COVID Era Mass Death Occurred From Pandemic Response NOT A Spreading Virus🔥🔥
206 watching