{"id":7496,"date":"2021-10-01T18:07:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T16:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=7496"},"modified":"2021-12-15T18:42:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:42:01","slug":"cia-plot-assassinate-assange-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/opinions\/cia-plot-assassinate-assange-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"The CIA Plot to assassinate Assange | Former CIA Officer Speaks out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>The CIA Plot to assassinate Assange | Former CIA Officer Speaks out<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Shadowproof&#8217;s Kevin Gosztola and former CIA officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou discuss a major report of CIA director Mike Pompeo and the agency&#8217;s plans to destroy WikiLeaks and kidnap or kill its founder Julian Assange. 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Given the lack of media coverage on this issue, we decided to republish it today to raise more awareness about this case.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO: The CIA Plot to assassinate Assange | Former CIA Officer Speaks out<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The CIA Plot to assassinate Assange | Former CIA Officer Speaks out!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2nmbqxhy934?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch more of our videos on this topic or with other experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin, Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Jill Stein, Daniel Ellsberg, etc, please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich?sub_confirmation=1\" 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