Hammond: tyranny and the failure of the rule of law

John Robles


Jeremy Hammond, American Political Prisoner (@FreeAnons)

On November 15, 2013, Loretta A. Preska (born January 7, 1949 in Albany, New York) a Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and a former nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit handed down an extremely harsh sentence to Mr. Jeremy Hammond for being entrapped by a an FBI informant into hacking the Stratfor Global Intelligence e-mails servers, in a case she should have removed herself from due to the fact that her husband works with Stratfor and had some minor personal information revealed (reportedly his e-mail address) in the Stratfor hack.

The blowback from the ruling is just beginning to be felt but it promises to be massive with WikiLeaks being one of the first by releasing the rest of the Stratfor e-mails (over 500,000 documents)for which Mr. Hammond has been charged. Hacktivist groups Anononymous, LULZSEC, ANTISEC and others are promising operations and “payback” which will be massive according to members of Anonymous without giving details saying they had already arrived.


Al-Qaeda’s real origins exposed

Finian Cunningham

US top diplomat John Kerry must have taken us for fools. Earlier this week, speaking in Saudi Arabia, he warned that al-Qaeda in Syria and Iraq are “the most dangerous players in the region.”

The US secretary of state vowed Washington’s support for the Iraqi government in its fight to regain control of towns in its western province taken over by militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

That’s rich. The government of Syria is battling to root out these same al-Qaeda-linked militants. But in that country, Washington offers no such support. In fact, the priority there for Washington is to sack the government of President Bashar Al-Assad.

So, how does Kerry square that contradiction? In Iraq, al-Qaeda is a threat that needs to be defeated, whereas in Syria the very same organization is apparently not a threat, but the Syrian government is.


Rogue State Accuses Victims of Incitement

Stephen Lendman

Blaming victims repeats with disturbing regularity. More on this below. Extremist ideologues run Israel. They're criminals. They're thugs. They're militantly hardline. They threaten humanity. They deplore democratic rights. Rule of law principles are ignored. Institutionalized racism is official policy. So is occupation harshness. State terror reflects it. For over six decades, Palestinians endured its worst form. They still do today. Daily suffering persists. No one's sure each day who'll live, die, remain free or be arrested, imprisoned and tortured. State terror occurs daily.

In the week ending January 1, Israeli forces conducted 53 Palestinian community incursions. Defenseless civilians were terrorized. Israeli warplanes bombed Gaza multiple times. Fishermen were attacked at sea. Peaceful protesters were beaten, tear-gassed and arrested. Photojournalists were targeted. An elderly man died from tear gas inhalation. Women and children were wounded. Dozens of Palestinians were wrongfully arrested.

Settlement construction continues unabated. Another 272 units were approved. Stolen Palestinian land will be used to build them. On January 2, Israeli Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar laid a cornerstone for a new Jordan Valley settlement. His deputy, Ze'ev Elkin, said "Israel will build, will continue to build and expand the settlement." They are illegal. It doesn't matter. Palestinian land is stolen daily to expand them. Residents are dispossessed to do so. They have no say.

On January 7, Israel kidnapped five Nablus residents. Several East Jerusalemites were abducted at the same time. A Palestinian man was crushed to death inside an Israeli checkpoint. Marauding security forces raided Beit Awwa. The entire town was closed off. It's under siege.

Racist settlers stormed Orif village. Israeli soldiers accompanied them. They protected their lawlessness. They broke into a school. They struck a water tank. They damaged a power panel. They terrorize Palestinians freely. They commit violence and vandalism. They do so repeatedly. They do it with impunity.


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