>> julian assange has answered that question. he said the source of the documents that were published in 2016 were not from a state actor and was not from a russian. as far as we know. i mean, that is basically what he has stated and what is known. >> did he communicate with roger stone or anyone in the trump campaign about those? >> i mean, it has been published and it has been widely noted that -- that roger stone exaggerated the connection he had with julian assange. >> what changed for julian assange? he had been in the ecuadorian embassy for so long. why now? >> well, we are seeing the escalation of the pressure in the trump administration to have him extradited and the pressure has been mounted on ecuador to push him outside the embassy. we don't know how far this has gone in terms of relations between the u.s. administration and the uk administration, but this has been escalating in the last few weeks and even days and we knew that this was imminent. what we now have is out, what we've wanted all along, that a publisher an

i mean julian assange. it is true what he makes of expose the world secrets these documents belong the united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn this i question why do people illegally should just go five hundred days now i being detained without charge but that hasn't stopped by. today we are on a quest for revolutionary ideas to can change the world tomorrow or. this week i have to visit his most and big was imprisoned for using guantanamo as an al qaeda suspect after pressure from the u.k. he was released without charge in two thousand and five. together with naseem caray she's a former corporate lawyer he now campaigns for the war on terror detainees with the organization cage prisons the rule of law and due process is essential to their campaign and i want to know how this fits in to be sure real if the muslim people form to suit the state what would the legal system look like. when you were in guantanamo you signed a confession i was prepared to fight along

i mean julian assange. it is true when he wakes expose the world secrets these jackets belong the united states government been attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn this quote after quote people illegally shoot five hundred days now i being detained without charge but that doesn't stop them. today on the quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow. with chavez and lula out of the public on a new generation of latin american leaders has a reason this week i am joined by the president of ecuador. korea korea is a lifting populist who has changed the face of equitable but unlike his predecessors he holds a ph d. in economics according to u.s. embassy cables caray is the most popular president and ecuador's democratic history but in two thousand and ten he was taken hostage in an attempted coup d'etat people aims the coup attempt on corrupt media and has launched a controversial counter offensive correia says the media defines what reforms are possible i want to know you

julian assange is wanted in connection with a federal charge of. conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified u.s. government computer now they elaborate on this and they're saying that effectively he stayed in touch with the chelsea manning at the time bradley manning ordered classified and secret documents and he encouraged the chelsea manning to provide to basically send as many copies of the docking to copy and why a transfer or just transfer as many documents as possible to the we can leaks for that we can leads to eventually release that now i want to make a brief pause here brief stop and we have in fact we prepared a short clip as to what those afghanistan and iraq document leaks eventually were about let's have a look. but . we're going to. be safe collect any data from the mill you know sure. wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence sort of. like a hot or cold turkey. but those revelations they had such a tremendous impact all that everybody you know those who love him and chunky and hand an

assange julian assange we can see we can see banners they're saying free julian assange that's one of them black and black and white big big poster showing julian assange just face it does look like the crowd is the crowd is grow. and you know we do have our our correspondent in the boy. she will be joining us. with the updates including on the size of the crowd and the size of the crowd for joining us. now and so this is something. this shapes out throughout the day i am. international when you own the latest on the arrest of julian assange video agency weapon he was filming outside of the ecuadorian embassy morning this thursday morning as judith was arrested and it captured the moment a disheveled and distressed looking i saw it was carried out by british police officers harris. life. let's bring in another guest now we're joined by spanish journalist vincent runs the web go on line portal and is considered an internet pioneer welcome to the program. quite an extraordinary day thus. all of us really one can't you know expect to happen next do you think the u.k. will extradite him i

julian assange. exposed the world secret documents. being attacked by the united states strongly condemning. illegally shoot. a hundred days ago being detained without charge but that. today. is to change the world tomorrow. is the arab spring the enactment of a dream and impossible fantasy this week cut through the spin and speak directly to two leading revolutionaries from cairo i speak to write an activist. imprisoned and now banned from travel he has become the icon of a relation betrayed joining me under house arrest. the director of the brain center for human rights and one of the most important figures in the bahraini uprising i want to ask them about the revolutions across the middle east had they been successful crushed captured or concealed and what motivates them to continue to put their lives on the one. you see me as we have here. a. little worried about you. yeah yeah he is out now but. none of us set out maybe not. so well what happened in the past couple of weeks when we called you to try and get you over here i mean yo

julian someone just the rest now julian assange had spent seven years in the ecuadorian embassy so asylum there in twenty twelve and the charges over which he sought asylum a part of the extradition request have since been dropped but take a look at just how lengthy the julian assange one story house call. now judas songes lawyer is that have been speaking outside going into the court so we do think that he should be in school in the relatively new suit when standing at the back waiting to see if we'll see him coming out but we'll bring you news from out in a moment as well but do you want a song to support to really change whether the new president effect which will lead to the red tape to power he took a much tougher stance towards the wiki leaks said it said on the relationship between a songe and ecuador soured so much that late last year julian assange sued his hosts for infringing his own freedoms and his right to asylum the reason this story is so you're big one of the reasons is that julian assange is such a small my character especially here in the u.k. where the metropolitan pol

will not extradite julian assange to the united states is very unlikely. the united states has confirmed that it requested the extradition of julian assange he's accused there of conspiring to hack a government computer with whistleblower chelsea manning the justice department says he could face up to five years in prison auntie's kadam open reports. interestingly we have heard from the u.s. president u.s. president donald trump has been asked about the arrest of julian assange and wiki leaks and he gave an interesting answer and that answer is a little bit different than the answer he gave on the campaign trail let's take a listen i know nothing about wiki leaks it's not my thing and i know there is something having to do with julian i've been seeing what happened with a song that will be a determination i would imagine mostly by the attorney general who's doing an excellent job so he'll be making a determination i know nothing really about him it's not my it's not my deal in life wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks. it's been amazing what's coming out on wi

julian assange. it is true for she reeks of expose the world secret these documents belong to states government being attacked by the united states strongly condemn the question . illegally. five hundred days now being detained without charge. that doesn't stop them. today we want to question the revolutionary ideas that can change the world. during the year the middle east has been shaken by real movement. is the country where it all started. today i talked to the first president of the new to near zero .

time julian assange. editor of wiki leaks expose the world secrets these documents belong the united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemned by you broke the law illegally shoot the son of a full five hundred days now by being detained without charge but that hasn't stopped at the park. today on a quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow. today i am joined by an intellectual superstar the slovenian philosopher. a former anti communist dissident now turned so described communist together we call david horowitz a former left wing radical black panther ally now a fiery right wing zionist i want to know what they think about the future of europe and the united states the conversation becomes heated it has to be physically restrained we shout rant and talk calmly about nothing and palestinians black panthers and israelis about a bomb or romney and stalin. david you describe yourself as a conservative and suddenly you describe yourself as a commu

supporters of julian assange clashed with police and capital after the arrest of the wiki leaks founder and london president accuses the songs of turning to ecuador and embassy where he spent seven years into a. space as possible extradition to the u.s. where he could be tried on allegations of hacking and conspiring with whistleblower chelsea manning freedom of speech activists say the charges on the attack on journalists. french made weapons may have been used against civilians in yemen according to leaks reportedly from french intelligence. and climate change protesters blocked train services in london after hundreds are arrested for attacking the headquarters of the oil giant show. the latest on the stories you can head to our t.v. dot com my colleague will be here in about an hour's time with a look for news cross talk is next discussing the arrest of wiki leaks founder julian stephens. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things were considered. to be known as journalism is under assault and it didn't start with the trials of julian assange and wiki leaks once it was a noble

and now at this point we have julian a songe in the hands of the u.k. officials and we have the u.s. attorney general's office the u.s. department of justice seeking his extradition to the united states on charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and the person he is alleged to have conspired with chelsea manning remains in the hands of u.s. officials as well so all eyes are on britain at the moment to see what happens next and wondering whether or not julian assad will end. up coming to the united states indeed more pain speaking to us live from new york thank you for bringing the perspective from the u.s. well now joined in the studio by our by correspondent our correspondent dan off thanks for coming in ego also by our guest manson dina's professor at the university of oslo and institute of legal studies at the school of advanced studies great to have you with us first of all what's your reaction to thursday's events. it's a very sad event a series of events. taking place today first of all of course curators are being arrested in the hood

it is finally how often julian assange was arrested within the dorrian embassy in london is widely expected he will be extradited to the united states to stand trial expected charges for espionage this is truly a dark day for journalist and journals. a man allegedly linked to wiki leaks founder julian assange is arrested in ecuador just hours after police tried to whistleblower him out of the south american countries embassy in london where he's been holed up almost seven years. i'm. a staunch faces charges both in the u.k. and in the u.s. with politicians and human rights groups expressing concern for the dangerous precedent has been set by his arrest we spoke to wiki leaks editor in chief about the possible repercussions. this is a threat to journalism and journalists and the freedom of the media world. and a military coup sees sit downs president arrested and imagines the rule imposed all in the space of twenty four hours as we look at the roots of the northeast african countries conference. a warm welcome you want to wiki leaks founder julian assange knowledge was arrested on thursday i

julian the sun has done more for. free press and the right to know and free information than any other journalist in history he's nominated for the nobel peace prize this year and the fact that our administration is extraditing him and charging him for doing journalism is shocking and disgusting it's all obviously court made and i think this has been planned for a long time and went to their good rate embassy and there was a car that was sitting outside for twenty hours they had shifted people rotating through every six or so hours and another car that. was sitting with their spotlight on the embassy so i had confronted both of them they said they weren't media and then they wouldn't answer whether or not they were a lot of fauresmith that they claim to not do what we even was when they were seen arresting him today and i could bring government was just looking and making excuses to put him into the hands of the united states government where he's definitely not going to get a fair trial. those of you just joining us

julian assange's lawyer does not see it that way. i want to read a statement from his uk lawyer which says that the uk courts will need to resolve what appears to be an unpres denned effort by the united states seeking extradite a foreign journalist for publishing truthful information. the charge is conspiring to hack a justice department computer. the charges are that when chelsea manning was a private in the united states army in iraq back en2010 and she was leaking war log and state department cables to weekikileaks and assa. the indictment doesn't say she was successful. by conspiring and agreeing to that the indictment says assange was guilty of a crime that's punishable by up to five years in prison and therefore subject to extradition. now, there is precedent for people accused of hacking crimes in the uk of not being extradited. it's not a sure thing that assange will be extradited. it's a sure thing that justice department officials for years have been wanting to bring assange to justice for what they saw as damaging leaks.

police dragged julian assange from news one safe haven and placed him under arrest . not some of the law no hero while the british prime minister and officials. just saddam loving community brian's it's a dog day for journalists. is increasing it means that any journalist can be extradited for prosecution in the united states for having published truthful information about the united states this is a dark day for journalists in. songs now faces extradition to the united states where the justice department has revealed he's wanted for allegedly conspiring to hack a government computer. live from moscow watching our team for national ondine hawkins review our thanks for joining us this hour. now in a dramatic turn of events after nearly seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london wiki leaks founder julian assange as was arrested on thursday morning that was a blow is now in police custody and potentially facing extradition to the u.s. where he's wanted on charges of conspiring to hack a government computer video agency captured this my went to the shovelled

a man allegedly linked to wiki leaks founder julian assange is arrested in ecuador that just sounds off the police trying to whistle blow himself out of the south american countries embassy in london where he'd been holed up for almost seven years. it was a staunch faces charges both in the u.k. and in the u.s. with politicians and human rights groups expressing concern that's a dangerous precedent has been set by his arrest. a military coup seized the downs president arrested and imagines the rule imposed order in a space of twenty four hours we'll look at the roots of the northeast african countries conflicts. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me nicky air and our top story this hour and the ledge collaborator of the wiki leaks founder julian assange was arrested on thursday in ecuador the south american countries interior minister confirms that a person who is quote very close to the wiki leaks organization was detained as he boarded a flight to japan where this comes after british police tried to distressed looking out of the ecuadorian embassy in lo

and what it has to do with julian assange. this could be the type of treatment that he could expect if he is extradited to the u.s.. in this country, we have protections for whistleblowers. even if some of us feel these protections should be more robust. the premise that there should be protection afforded to those who take personal risk to disclose wrongdoing when that disclosure serves the public interest. julian assange is at risk of extradition to the u.s. precisely because on this side of the house, we believe he has disclose material in the utmost public interest. this is now in the hands of the british law court. we have the utmost confidence in the british legal system but we would say on this side of the house, we would be very concerned that on the basis of what we know julian assange was extradited to the u.s.. >> thanks for that response. mr. speaker, the whole country will be astounded by the tone she has taken. she started talking about the reason for mr. assange is arrest and try to come up with all sorts of jus

we're covering this week out of the embassy and heading for the courts ecuador pulls the plug on julian assad what lies ahead for him and wiki leaks malaysia's one m.t.b. scandal is one of the world's biggest cases of government corruption it took a while but journalists finally got the story out and. out of kuwait in khartoum after chants of the revolution go viral. when it comes to media personalities and stories about the news and journalism there are few that come bigger than julian assange and. wiki leaks and this past week there have been developments after nearly seven years at the ecuadorian embassy in london was dragged out of the building by british police in response to an extradition request from the united states a sand stands charged with a conspiracy to commit computer intrusion we will be speaking with the wiki leaks editor christian robson in a few moments but first some details on the charges and the timing of julian assange just arrest. this arrest was a long time coming. for years julian assange said that washington was building a case against working towards his ext

accusation against you it's sort of it's akin to the kindergarten rhetoric the founder of wiki leaks julian songe there speaking to going underground from the ecuadorian embassy before we go to daddy st chambers in london to speak to julian's lawyer geoffrey robertson q.c. about the legal and human rights implications of the case i'm joined now from sydney in australia by legendary journalist and filmmaker john pilger john welcome to going underground you've said the arrest of julian assange by british authorities is a warning to all journalists explain. it's a warning from history. it's a stark warning. anybody watching that shocking image of julian being forced out of the embassy by half a dozen police and pushed into a van will know that if that can happen to somebody for using journalism to let us know the truth that can happen to anybody and it julian. is in but as he's in prison now but if he's on the way to an american prison well the principle is unaltered on the way to an american prison could be a host of other editors if they push their luck catherine vyner of the guardian the ed

a man allegedly linked to wiki leaks founder julian assange is arrested in ecuador just hours after police tried to whistle blow himself out of the south american countries embassy in london he'd been holed up for almost seven years. i'm. astonished faces charges both in the u.k. and in the u.s. with politicians and human rights groups expressing concern that a dangerous precedent has been set by his arrest we spoke to wiki leaks editor in chief about the possible repercussions. this is so fred to journalists and journalists the freedom of the media world. and the military who sees to down its president or rested on the majesty rule imposed on in the space of twenty four hours to look at the roots of the northeast african countries pointing. to. a very warm welcome to you watching off the international with me making. an alleged collaborator off the wiki leaks founder julian assange was arrested on thursday in ecuador the south american countries interior minister confirms that a person who is quote very close to the wiki leaks organization was detained as he boarded a flight to japan well

least of the embassy chapter of the julian assange saga. and we're moving on to perhaps around the front chapter of an. extradition battle. polyvore council westminster magistrate's court let's get a legal mind across this then douglas mcnabb who is an international criminal defense lawyer who specializes in extradition proceedings mr mcnabb welcome to r.t. what about the immediate future for mr a songs then do you see him carrying out his bail jumping sentence or is he going to be fast tracked for extradition. well they're only going to play a story is a story where they were. ever gave the sentence and the place an extradition proceedings and after a hearing if the court were to determine that he should be extradited then he certainly has appellate rights that are available a my guess gaseous is that they may very well parallel the extradition hearing and that process with the terms that he received as a result of the bail jumping. if i make say i heard. one of the attorneys for ms for so i'm sure after the her savings that this is punish

loan i may say that they culminate does not end with getting moreno to give up julian a son which also they have plans to let chevron start drilling for oil in ecuador is most important national park which is a travesty beyond all imagination but let's stick to judea and the lower in the united states. after the patch are attacked and one zero two two one zero two one the amendments to it citizens barely have rights anymore everything is at the whim of the commander in chief and the commander in chief is anything is allowed now there is no law there is no recourse to the law something i've written about in lots of my songs over the years because it's when the law goes. that we find ourselves pitched into. wars and this team at the moment bolton abramson trump himself and pence and all the rest of them are desperately trying to pitch the world the planet that we live on into this war sorry i'm drifting off julian who we should all be focusing on because he is who the whole world should be focusing on him now because if we let the u.k. get away with allowing him to be extradited to the u

mr julian i saw nj the hostile and threatening declarations of his annoyed organization. on especially the transgression of international treaties have led the situation to a point where the asylum of mr assad regime is unsustainable are no longer viable the ecuadorian authorities didn't like the fact that they said julian assange and was interfering in the international affairs in the affairs of other countries through his online activity through his activities this editor of wiki leaks but also there was this kind of domestic disputes bubbling beneath the surface as well last year julian assange was given a list of conditions that he needed to add here if he wanted to stay on the good side of his the ecuadorian hosts he was told they needed to tidy up after himself between his bar pay for his own food to pay for their own three clean up after is talent which they threaten term leave and subsequently did british officials are pretty pleased about what's happened will welcome the news this morning that the metropolitan police have arrested julian assange. mr speaker this

cross talking julian assange i'm joined by my guest joe laurie in washington he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com and author of how i lost my hillary clinton with the forward by julian assange also in washington we have brain mcgovern is a former cia analyst and co-founder of veteran intelligence professionals for sanity and in new york we cross the sara flounders she is co-director of international action center as well as author and an anti-war activists or across talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it joe let me go to you first because you're very familiar with julian joining us on the road the forward to your book what are your feelings right now because you know from my perspective in in the business of journalism this is one of the darkest days of journalism in my lifetime and i'm going to remember this state for the rest of my life no matter what happens that's how passionate i feel about this this is a crushing move against a profession that it's already been crushed so much over the last few years go ahead jo

peter lavelle that can be known as journalism is under assault and it didn't start with the trials of julian assange and wiki leaks once it was a noble act to report on the nefarious activities of those in power now it is being criminalized free speech is now the privileged few. across talking journalism i'm joined by my guest john white in edinburgh he's a political commentator and writer in london we have george galloway he's a former member of parliament broadcaster and writer also in london we have michael patch and joyce he is a barrister with a place chambers specializing in european international law cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate i'm going to ask all three of you the same question from the very start here is journalism being criminalized george first in london yeah i think you're right to pin this is a systemic problem it's not just about julian assange this is just the latest station for the cross on the via dolorosa heading to the final demise of what's called freedom of expression here in this country and i think in o

yes, julian assange is in this building behind me. as you can see, everybody here is really excited. it's almost a festival atmosphere with a lot of these protesters angrily shouting and chanting behind me. a lot of people following this case in britain for a very, very long time. >> someone following this case for a very long time, our keir simmons, perched in new york from his typical situation in london. keir, put this in into big-picture context. you've been covering assange for a decade at this point. put into perspective what this moment means. >> it's absolutely huge. it it's going to set off a fierce debate. that's what you'll hear from lawyers when they leave that court. they'll set the ball rolling, rejecting the suggestion that julian assange is not being brought to the united states over the kind of journalism that he did. ken said it absolutely perfectly in terms of what the charge, the indictment is, at the same time setting that in the context of the particular kind of leaks that this is about which is, of course, those

has a price the prize is from three million euros it was photographs of julian inside the embassy visitors' lopes for the photographs. hello and welcome you all watching on c international with me nikki aaron in the studio joined by medina cochon of that today is on his story day for julian assange and all of his supporters and enemies around the world the wiki leaks that it's a has been arrested and removed from the ecuadorian embassy in london the u.k. police have said astonished has been arrested by officers from the metropolitan police at the embassy that we do on a warrant issued by westminster and mounted magistrates court on the twenty ninth of june twenty twelve for failing to surrender to the court he's been holed up that almost seven years now wiki leaks there's a song steve not walk out of the embassy indeed as we see from the images on the screen he was forcibly dragged out of that embassy carried in facts looking like a broken man ecuadorian president let him arena confirmed on thursday that the country had to withdraw to songes asylum status over his violations of internation

first in london yeah i think you're right to paint this as a systemic problem it's not just about julian assange this is just the latest station for the cross on the via dolorosa heading to the final demise of what's called freedom of expression here in this country and i think in other western countries we have the chilling effect of monopoly on your ship of the so-called mainstream media the chilling effect of the state broadcast of the b.b.c. the chilling effect of regulators like of com which regulates this program today for example the chilling effect of the new regulator of the internet the our press but the government's statement in that week supposedly to fight fake news but actually to enshrine fake news and along with ineluctably you might say the journalist profession going like sheep into the pen on the principle that you've got to go along to get along so i think we're in real trouble here in the west so far as freedom of expression is concerned ok michael in london you're obviously a legal expert you're a barrister i mean do you see that the law in the in the profession of

indictment claims that julian assange knowingly did harm to u.s. national security by for example showing the digital murder tapes which show actually the murder of journalists who were working for reuters and their camera sticks were mistaken for guns that's or were told you know i don't think that harms u.s. national security i think the war in iraq harmed u.s. national security i think the u.s. national security state. is falsely named is wrongly named and that's what i actually illustrate in my book the management of savagery using so many of the documents that were produced by wiki leaks i've relied so much on wiki leaks as a journalist and so many other journalists have been if any journalist has ever used wiki leaks to show the public what this opaque unelected national security state is doing often it to violate the rights of people under international law across the world and to sacrifice the national security of americans they have an obligation to stand up for julian assange right now and to stand up for the constitution because this ind

journalism or are they on a collision here because there is a lot of questions i mean critics of julian assange and wiki leaks that they don't call me journalists they don't call weekly leaks the publisher. there's that's a very difficult legal question i suppose i mean people like myself have very strong opinions but from a your legal perspective how does it look to you go ahead. you're absolutely right there are lots of nice questions in this area but going back to the question that you posed is journalism being criminalized that's of very serious charge and one which i don't think is being made out it's right that there is always a tension between government who wants to keep certain aspects of government close to and journalism which wants to open those aspects of government that's why the press has historically been referred to as the fourth a state of the fourth a state from the legislature the executive and of course the judiciary so there is going to be a tension there always has been a tension and we need to be vigilant to make sure that the balance is maintained but in terms o

for years julian assange said that washington was building a case big. working towards his extradition to the u.s. for publishing classified defense department documents on the wars in afghanistan and iraq. and state department documents and the so-called diplomatic cables that exposed to the ugly side of american foreign policy this past week was proven wrong. however the indictment released by the u.s. department of justice does not as many predict charges under the espionage act for publishing classified information such a prosecution would have opened the door to criminal investigations of other news organizations including mainstream media outlets that published his material instead the d.o.j. has charged under the computer fraud and abuse and accusing him of pro actively helping his source chelsea manning log in to the defense department computers to get the documents in question. regardless of which law u.s. authorities are charging essential press freedom advocates of war the criminalize ation of what essentially does stand accused of such as the

amy: julian assange u.s. attorney said, "it is bitterly disappointing that a country what allow someone to whom it has extended citizenship and asylum to be arrested in its embassy. first and foremost, we hope the u.k. will now give mr. assange access to proper health care, which he has been denied for seven years. once his health care needs have been addressed, the u.k. courts will meet to resolve what appears to be in a president it effort by the united states seeking to extradite a foreign journalist to face criminal charges for publishing truthful information." that is julian assange's u.s. attorney. the head of reporters without borders tweeted -- "targeting assange because of wikileaks provision of information to journalists that was in the public interest would be a punitive measure and would set a dangerous precedent for journalists or their sources that the u.s. may wish to pursue in future." nsa whistleblower edward snowden tweeted -- "images of ecuador's ambassador inviting the u.k.'s secret police

stories that shapes the week wiki leaks co-founder julian assange is arrested after spending almost seventy years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london his restaurant a global attention and spoke concern over a possible extradition to the united states. and other news the u.s. democrat presidential hopeful says african americans should receive financial compensation for the suffering of their ancestors under slavery we debate the issue . because somebody is green day story something doesn't mean i'm responsible for it you know who did it you should have been able to why they were alive if the government had literally buried it paid out everybody else and turned it back on the black people in america call. it a military coup see see duns president arrested in a state of emergency imposed all in the space of twenty four hours. have you with us this evening you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. after almost seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london wiki leaks founder julian assange was sensationally dragged out by police this week and it came shortly afte

julian a song charged in the u.s. with conspiracy to hack government computers the issue of his alleged links to russia once again being raised in washington. french police used tear gas and.

this indictment against julian assange. it has nothing to do with his alleged role in the russian election interference. i wonder, do you think he's still going to face legal jeopardy on that front? >> certainly possible. and everything that we know from the mueller team is they are still working. in fact, someone was indicted today related to the mueller investigation. so it is heartening to see that mr. assange will be brought to justice. and i also want to respect the role of journalist s and distinguish him from a journalist. he is someone who works with state actors to obtain our kunlt's and other countries intelligence information and interfere in elections. so i have no sympathy for mr. assange with respect to what he did. but what is really frustrating brianna is that the president of the united states, when approached about this arrest, his reaction is what you would expect from my toddler when i find that he colored on the walls. he says, i don't know nothing about nothing are, essentially. he doesn't commend the

cross talking julian assange i'm joined by my guest joe laurie in washington he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com and author of how i lost my hillary clinton with the forward by julian assange also in washington we have brain mcgovern he's a former cia analyst and co-founder of veteran intelligence professionals for sanity and in new york we cross the sara flounders she is co-director of international action center as well as author and an anti-war activist or i cross the. rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated joe let me go to you first because you're very familiar with julian is knowledge joining us on edge wrote the forward to your book what are your feelings right now because you know from my perspective in in the business of journalism this is one of the darkest days of journalism in my lifetime and i'm going to remember this state for the rest of my life no matter what happens that's how passionate i feel about this this is a crushing move against a profession that it's already been crushed so much over the last few ye

of spying on julian a song is in the embassy do you think that there's something in that. that could be yes certainly but you never know in what sometimes events happen in the day before they offer so it's really difficult to know but clearly america is behind those doubts that's for sure and is for independent jealousies a bit like a robin hood a modern robin hood imagine the watergate scandal a few years ago when richard nixon was. was so taken down by the last of the washington post it was before the internet today that the really good of internet is true to yourselves for the independent press and everybody used what he revealed before so on clinton on the war in iraq on the war in afghanistan so this is a sad day for for independent journalism if he is to do us of course it will take some time certainly a year. penalty from vote.

than the stories that shaped the way care or not see wiki leaks leader julian assange just arrested after spending the last seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london is arrest global attention and sparked concern over sandy's possible extradition to the u.s. . also to come a military coup see sudan's president arrested and emergency room imposed order spanx twenty four x. . good afternoon welcome you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international now after almost four has seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london wiki leaks founder julian assange was sensationally dragged out by police this week came shortly after the south american country suspended the whistleblower citizenship i'm revoked his asylum video agency filmed exclusive footage of the moment he was arrested. ah. ah. ah. well directly following his arrest said that we can be explicit. that he was found guilty of failing to hand himself into authorities in twenty twelve in relation to a sexual assault case which has throughout since. the president came out. so what they have to say this sets a da

after almost seventy years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london we can he's founder julian assange was sensationally dragged down by police this week shortly after the south american country suspended the whistleblowers citizenship revoked his asylum . in the exclusive footage of the moment he was arrested. plait us . that. was. following his arrest the wiki leaks whistle blower was driven to west miss the magistrate's court in london that he was found guilty of failing to himself into the authorities in two thousand and twelve in relation to a sexual assault case which has since been dropped with more in the case. someone just told me he would be sentenced to a later date to have by at video link the songes legal team on the wiki leaks protests and came out take a listen to what they had to say this sets a dangerous precedent this precint means that any journalist can be extradited for prosecution in the united states for having published truthful information about the united states this is what god gave to journalists and is supposed to be there to the u.k. government needs to ma