{"id":12032,"date":"2015-09-09T07:32:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T12:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12032"},"modified":"2015-09-09T07:32:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T12:32:13","slug":"obama-prosecuted-whistleblowers-for-working-with-media-not-with-foreign-govts-assange-to-rt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12032","title":{"rendered":"Obama prosecuted whistleblowers for working with media, not with foreign govts \u2013 Assange to RT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__summary summary \">\n<h3 class=\"article__heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/314769-assange-censorship-rt-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obama prosecuted whistleblowers for working with media, not with foreign govts \u2013 Assange to RT<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"article__date\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__short-url\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media  \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__item \" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2015.09\/original\/55ef3299c461885a688b45b5.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_arcticle\">\u00a9 \/ RT<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__share\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAcademic censorship\u201d in journalism and foreign relations is one of the US\u2019 greatest sins according to whistleblower Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Assange spoke to RT about the \u201cUS Empire\u201d and mechanisms it uses to expand its powers worldwide.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>\u201c<em>Obama has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the espionage act than all previous presidents combined \u2013 more than twice as many<\/em>,\u201d Assange told RT\u2019s Afshin Rattansi in a London interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Of course he [Obama] says that\u2019s espionage, but there is no allegation that any of these people have given their secrets to a foreign government or are working with a foreign government: allegations are they are working with the media<\/em>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\"><a class=\"MediaCard-borderOverlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" 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href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Assange?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">Assange<\/span><\/a> says it was he\u00a0who advised <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Snowden?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">Snowden<\/span><\/a> to turn to Moscow for refuge <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/on.rt.com\/6q5h\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Ilo1c0fDCQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/on.rt.com\/6q5h\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">http:\/\/<\/span>on.rt.com\/6q5h<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/638125712180912128\" data-datetime=\"2015-08-30T23:06:40+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: 30 Aug 2015, 23:06:40 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2015-08-30T23:06:40+0000\">7:06 PM &#8211; 30 Aug 2015<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>But while \u201c<em>media censorship<\/em>\u201d doesn\u2019t surprise him these days, what did leave the WikiLeaks founder \u201c<em>surprised<\/em>\u201d was the degree of \u201c<em>academic censorship<\/em>\u201d within the US and UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It\u2019s not in sciences or medicine, where there are some 30,000 citations to material in WikiLeaks, it\u2019s not even in the courts \u2013 European Court of Human Rights, international tribunals, even UK domestic courts use that material<\/em>,\u201d Assange told RT on the release of his book, The WikiLeaks Files, which he compiled while stuck in Ecuador\u2019s London embassy.<\/p>\n<p>Where it does exist, according to Assange, is in the realms of diplomacy and academia. He finds a shocking amount of censorship \u201c<em>in foreign relations, in academic journalism published in the US, and perhaps in the UK<\/em>.\u201d He also claims \u201c<em>there is a policy of not accepting anything derived from WikiLeaks<\/em>\u201d at some of the largest and most prestigious academic journals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama prosecuted whistleblowers for working with media, not with foreign govts \u2013 Assange to RT \u00a9 \/ RT \u201cAcademic censorship\u201d in journalism and foreign relations is one of the US\u2019 greatest sins according to whistleblower Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. 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