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"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not fearful men, not descended from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were for the moment unpopular."The great American broadcast journalist, Edward Murrow, spoke these words in the 1950s, protesting against the witch-hunt of communists, alleged communists, or of anyone thought to evince anything resembling sympathy or support for ideas associated with communism, by Senator Joseph McCarthy and his House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
"The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks"The Atlantic notes that, "The messages, obtained by The Atlantic, were also turned over by Trump Jr.'s lawyers to congressional investigators."
The transparency organization asked the president's son for his cooperation - in sharing its work, in contesting the results of the election, and in arranging for Julian Assange to be Australia's ambassador to the United States.
Comment: Trump Jr.'s response:
This is really getting boring: WaPo calls Drudge "Russian operative", downplays the fact that he delivers 37% of their own referral traffic. The Duran's Alexander Mercouris shares our sentiment: