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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · 25d

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.

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Sep 11

Visa ban: Classified cable shows Israeli organised crime has been infiltrating the US for years.

ISRAEL: A PROMISED LAND FOR ORGANIZED CRIME?

09TELAVIV1098 (2009)

wikileaks.org/plusd/cables...

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 30

—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.”

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 30

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

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 30

but also a threat to the stability and self-determination of all the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.”

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 30

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,

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 30

The decision in early August 2025 to deploy the US military against “narco-terrorists” potentially leaves strikes by these forces outside Congressional authority.

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 30

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.

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 30

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.

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 30

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.

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 27

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.

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 25

Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 15 people, including journalists
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

“Israel deeply regrets the tragic mishap.”
x.com/netanyahu/st...

Israeli army says it ‘does not target’ journalists, after targeting and killing 5 journalists
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/isra...

Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists

Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others.

www.reuters.com

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 25

Sources:

Image: © Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa via ZUMA Press APA Images

At least 4 Gazan journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital
cpj.org/2025/08/at-l...

Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strike on hospital, Gaza officials say
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

At least 5 Gazan journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, August 25, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Israeli strikes that killed five journalists in Nasser hospital in southern Gaza and calls for the international community t...

cpj.org

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 25

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.

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 25

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.

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 25

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.

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 25

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;

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 25

Double-Tap Israeli Airstrike on Gaza Hospital Kills Five Journalists and rescue workers on live TV. Netanyahu Calls It a ‘Mishap.’

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 18

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

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 9

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).

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Aug 7

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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Hamleh - Civil society urges end to sanctions on UNSR Francesca Albanese, demands big tech accountability for violations in Palestine

Joint statement: Civil society urges end to sanctions on UNSR Francesca Albanese, demands big tech accountability for violations in Palestine

7amleh.org

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Jul 29

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Dreigingsbeeld Statelijke Actoren 2025 (NL)
aivd.nl/documenten/pub…

Surveillance and interference: Israel’s covert war on the ICC exposed
972mag.com/icc-israel-sur…

Netherlands lists Israel as threatening state actor alongside Iran, Russia, Turkey
jpost.com/diaspora/antis��

https://aivd.nl/documenten/pub…

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Jul 29

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Jul 29

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.

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WikiLeaks (automated mirror) @wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social · Jul 29

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.

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