Whistleblower Craig Murray Joins MintPress to Talk NATO Expansion, BRICS, Assange and More

Craig Murray joins MintPress to talk NATO, BRICS, pro-war mainstream media, Assange, America’s forever wars and much more.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod

On Ukraine, it is extremely difficult to get any airing for anti-war opinions. On the mainstream media, it is simply impossible to get a hearing,” Craig Murray said. The human rights campaigner and former diplomat sat with “MintPress News” to discuss forever wars, whistleblowing and a future conflict with China. “There’s a universal media

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The Making of Two Political Prisoners: Daniel Hale and Craig Murray

“U.S. prosecutors didn’t get what they wanted in their vindictive Espionage Act prosecution against Daniel Hale. They wanted 9 years in prison, especially since he succeeded in convincing many he is a conscientious soul. But 45 months is still 45 months too many.” — Kevin Gosztola, “Shadowproof”

Alan Macleod
Mnar Adley
By Alan Macleod
And Mnar Adley

Earlier this week, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison as punishment for leaking documents that revealed the extent of U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan. Hale, a 33-year-old resident of Nashville, Tennessee was employed as an Air Force signals intelligence analyst between 2009 and 2013. In 2012, he was

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Reporters Claim Facebook is Censoring Information on Julian Assange Case

“90% of my traffic has just been cut off by what seems to be a general algorithm command of some kind to downplay Assange.” “I think it is as simple as that.”

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Julian Assange Media Feature photo

Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and longtime confidant of Julian Assange, has been fastidiously reporting on the Australian publisher’s extradition hearing to the United States. Yet few people have been reading it. This, according to Murray, is because of a deliberate decision by online media giants to downplay or suppress

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Phillip Cross: The Mystery Wikipedia Editor Targeting Anti-War Sites

133,612 edits to Wikipedia have been made in the name of “Philip Cross” over 14 years, most of them targeting left-leaning anti-war websites and activists.

Media Lens
By Media Lens
Wikipedia

In June, the BBC reported that someone operating under the name 'Philip Cross' had been extraordinarily active in editing Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit: Philip Cross" has made hundreds of thousands of edits to Wikipedia pages. But in the process he's angered anti-war activists and critics of British and Western foreign

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Former British Ambassador Weighs in on Assange, Russia Hacking and Israel

Former British Ambassador Craig Murray weighs in on the current situation with Julian Assange, the alleged Russian election hack, Trump’s Israel embassy move and more with Consortium News’ Randy Credico and Dennis J Bernstein.

Randy Credico
Dennis J Bernstein
By Randy Credico
And Dennis J Bernstein
Former British Ambassador Craig Murray with his book, Murder in Samarkand in London Monday July 17, 2006. Murray was the British ambassador to Uzbekistan until he was removed from his post in October 2004 for exposing human-rights abuses by the US backed regime of President Islam Karimov. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson)

Craig Murray is an author, broadcaster and human rights activist. He was British Ambassador to Uzbekistan from August 2002 to October 2004 and Rector of the University of Dundee from 2007 to 2010. Murray’s books include Zionism is Bullshit–censored on Facebook–and Murder in Samarkand. He is a self-proclaimed defender and strong supporter of the

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‘Facebook Suppressed My Piece’ On Clinton Email Leaks, ‘CIA Lie’ – Ex Ambassador

A blog by former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray comprehensively debunking CIA claims of Russian interference in the US Presidential election was actively suppressed by Facebook after its publication.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News
Ambassador Craig Murray Photo: Romy Marquez

On December 11, Craig Murray posted the article, entitled 'The CIA's Absence of Conviction.' It was quickly shared by several hundred Facebook users — but 12 hours later, the post had received a mere 22 visits via the social networking site. https://twitter.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/807933508345794560 The former ambassador then published

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