9/23/22 Chip Gibbons on the CIA’s War on Assange

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Scott Horton

News, Politics

4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Scott talks with journalist Chip Gibbons about an article he wrote for Jacobin that details the CIA’s 2019 plots to surveil, kidnap and even poison Julian Assange. First, Scott and Gibbons reflect on the impact of Assange and Wikileaks. They then discuss the CIA’s 2019 activities and the pair of protests happening next weekend in London and DC against the illegal prosecution of Assange. Discussed on the show: “Secret Documents Have Exposed the CIA’s Julian Assange Obsession” (Jacobin) The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to US Empire Wikileaks.org “What Happened to America's Civil Libertarians?” (TK News) [paywall] October 8th Hands Off Assange Rally Chip Gibbons is a journalist whose work has been featured in In These Times and the Nation. He is also the policy director of Defending Rights and Dissent, where he authored the report “Still Spying on Dissent: The Enduring Legacy of FBI First Amendment Abuse.” Follow him on Twitter @ChipGibbons89. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.
0:02.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.
0:09.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute,
0:14.8	editorial director of anti-war.com.
0:17.6	Author of the book, Pools Arren,
0:19.6	time to end the war in Afghanistan,
0:21.6	and the brand new enough already. Time to end the war in Afghanistan and the brand new enough already time to end the war on
0:24.8	terrorism and I've recorded more than 5,500 interviews since 2003 almost all on
0:31.3	foreign policy and all available for you at
0:34.3	Scott Horton.org you can sign up the podcast feed there and the full interview
0:39.1	archive is also available at YouTube. YouTube. . . . . . . . . .
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0:45.0	. . . . . .
0:48.0	Chip Gibbons, policy director of defending rights and dissent
0:52.0	and hosted the Still spying podcast on the history of
0:56.7	FBI political surveillance and is writing a book about the FBI and American politics.
1:06.0	Here, this extremely important piece,
1:08.2	you gotta read this thing.
1:09.8	It's at Jacobin.com.
1:11.6	Secret documents have exposed the CIA's Julian Assange
1:16.8	obsession. Welcome back to the show, Chip. How you doing?
1:19.8	I'm doing well. It's really great to be on America's leading
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