Episode 6: West, Wizner, & Blumenthal

Dr. Cornel West, Ben Wizner, & Max Blumenthal

Legendary civil rights activist, author, and Harvard University Professor Cornell West on visiting Assange and lauding him as a revolutionary truth-teller while placing the revelations in an historical context. Ben Wizner, the attorney for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on the U.S. government’s unprecedented indictment of Julian Assange and the impact on journalism from the brazen and dangerous use of the Espionage Act. The immense importance of the war logs and diplomatic cables for journalists is discussed by journalist Max Blumenthal, editor of the independent investigative journalism website The Grayzone.