John Bolton called for Assange, Snowden and Manning to be executed under the Espionage Act, all for communicating true information to the public.
Now Bolton faces 18 counts under the Espionage Act for mishandling national defense information.
Visa ban: Classified cable shows Israeli organised crime has been infiltrating the US for years.
ISRAEL: A PROMISED LAND FOR ORGANIZED CRIME?
09TELAVIV1098 (2009)
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—meaning military intervention in a country which is a sovereign and independent country....it's ridiculous to think that they're fighting drug trafficking with nuclear submarines.”
Samuel Moncada, Venezuela's ambassador to the U.N described the deployment as “a massive propaganda operation to justify what the experts call kinetic action
but also a threat to the stability and self-determination of all the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.”
The US expedition has galvanised opposition around the region, with the Latin American and Caribbean trading bloc ALBA-TCP issuing a communique describing the military escalation as “a direct attack on Venezuela's independence,
The decision in early August 2025 to deploy the US military against “narco-terrorists” potentially leaves strikes by these forces outside Congressional authority.
In May 2025 Secretary of State Marco Rubio was concurrently appointed National Security Advisor—the first time since Henry Kissinger that someone has held both roles.
The legal cover for the tasking of the seven warships, surveillance aircraft, 2200 Marines and a nuclear attack submarine is an executive order in January 2025 and subsequent reclassification of eight organised crime syndicates as foreign terrorist organisations for the first time.
The sudden deployment of a US naval attack group toward the coast of Venezuela is raising fears of an expensive new military conflict in Latin America.
Double tap: the moment a second Israeli airstrike targets civil defence workers attempting to evacuate the wounded from an earlier attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza. Video by @AlGhadTV.
Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 15 people, including journalists
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“Israel deeply regrets the tragic mishap.”
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Israeli army says it ‘does not target’ journalists, after targeting and killing 5 journalists
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At least 4 Gazan journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital
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Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strike on hospital, Gaza officials say
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The International Criminal Court considers deliberate strikes on medical or rescue personnel prosecutable war crimes.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) now reports at least 196 journalists killed since the war began.
The “double-tap” strike technique is widely regarded as a war crime because it targets first responders, journalists, medics, and rescue workers who are protected under the Geneva Conventions. The attacks aim to deter rescue efforts and inflict further civilian harm.
Mohammed Salama, Mariam Abu Dagga, Ahmed Abu Aziz, and Moaz Abu Taha were killed when the hospital was hit again in a “double-tap” attack as rescuers gathered to evacuate the wounded. Reuters photographer Hatem Khaled was injured in the second strike.
Israeli airstrikes hit Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza twice, killing 20 people, including five journalists from Reuters, AP, Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye and NBC. Hussam al-Masri died in the initial strike;
Double-Tap Israeli Airstrike on Gaza Hospital Kills Five Journalists and rescue workers on live TV. Netanyahu Calls It a ‘Mishap.’
100% of Thai women working in Israeli agriculture report being sexually assaulted in Israel 654 of 654 surveyed A report by immigration experts Dr. Yahel Kurlander and Dr. Shahar Shoham said “the State of Israel has abandoned these women” and that filing a complaint can mean losing both job and home
New photo emerges of Jeffrey Epstein on his private jet wearing an IDF (Israel Defense Forces) sweat shirt. The photo was supplied by Epstein's butler (on the right) to the Telegraph (UK).
EFF joins dozens of organizations in expressing grave concern over the unprecedented decision by the United States government to impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories.
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Dreigingsbeeld Statelijke Actoren 2025 (NL)
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Surveillance and interference: Israel’s covert war on the ICC exposed
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Netherlands lists Israel as threatening state actor alongside Iran, Russia, Turkey
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The Netherlands’ "Threat Assessment State-sponsored Actors 2025" report was compiled by the National Coordinator for Terrorism and Security (NCTV) and released on 17 July 2025.
In relation to 'interference in diplomatic and political affairs' it cites the years-long US and Israeli campaign of sanctions and threats against the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court – both institutions based in the Netherlands.
in which it shared a secret dossier of pro-Palestinian Dutch citizens with selected local politicians and journalists bypassing the Dutch authorities.
As a 'subversive influence to alter public perception' it cites the Israeli government's influence efforts after the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer match in November 2024,
The report lists Israel in two separate sections.
Netherlands lists Israel as a national security threat
The state of Israel has been listed by the Dutch government's counter-terrorism agency as a threatening state actor alongside Iran, Russia and Turkey.
