Julian Assange and the Silence of the Lambs

The Biden administration is making a big show of supporting "independent journalists" around the globe -- particularly in hostile countries like Iran. But that magnanimous sentiment does not apply to journalists like Julian Assange, who had the temerity to publish corrosive information about the U.S. war machine. Because of U.S. pressure, Assange has remained in a maximum security prison in England for over two years, after lengthy house arrest in London's Ecuador embassy. The Western press -- including the New York Times, which used the services of Assange's Wikileaks and then dumped him -- has largely ignored Assange's plight. The recent retraction by a key witness in the Assange case has received no corporate media attention.

Washington's continuing, cruel vendetta against Assange -- with the complicity of the U.S. media establishment -- is an outrage. And it demonstrates the utter hypocrisy of those Biden officials and Fourth Estate spokespeople who are now crusading for press freedom. Actions speak louder than words. Free Julian Assange NOW.