Ewen MacAskill

Reporter. Former Guardian defence and security correspondent, Washington bureau chief, diplomatic editor and chief political reporter.

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

All Assange did was embarrass the US government.
He is held in Britain's high security jail, Belmarsh, This will be his fifth Christmas in the jail. Within hours of a pending court ruling, he could be on a flight to the US. This would set a terrible precedent for journalism. 3/3

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

The US indictment under the Espionage Act is solely about 2010 leaks reported by The Guardian, the New York Times, Le Monde and provided insights into the conduct of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and what US diplomats were doing worldwide. 2/2
https://t.co/NbYOL3V74a

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

I am pleased to be taking part in a panel this Saturday at the National Press Club in Washington DC to make a case against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US. 1/3
https://t.co/NbYOL3V74a

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

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[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

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[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

‘’We trusted the government not to screw us. But they did. We trusted the tech companies not to take advantage of us. But they did. That will happen again: it’s the nature of power” @Snowden⁩ 10 years on. By ⁦@ewenmacaskill⁩ https://t.co/K2AqeC5rsh

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

They did.

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

Worth recalling that one random IT guy and four journalists managed to successfully defend a classified archive for more than ten years now.

Meanwhile:

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

Snowden: "No regrets." Surveillance tools in 2013 "child's play" compared with today. https://t.co/EuyYi8vnTe

[Thomson Foundation @thomfound]

On the panel are: #journalismmatters

1. @ewenmacaskill, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

2. @mohamed_kawmani - Coach/Investigative journalist- @ARIJNetwork

Host: @DeborahKellyTV , Director of Training and Communications.

Co-host: @RSF_inter
#WPFD23

[Joanna Sugden @jhsugden]

This filter's called dramatic cool, a good description of Evan Gershkovich, the @WSJ reporter wrongly jailed in Russia for the past four weeks. #IStandWithEvan #JournalismIsNotACrime

[Joanna Sugden @jhsugden]

.@GNev2 @zonal_marking @rioferdy5 @themichaelowen @aguerosergiokun @Cristiano
@WayneRooney @Auba @bukayosaka Evan Gershkovich would love your support too #IStandWithEvan 🙏 @GaryLineker 😊

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

@alexandraheal @sternfellowship @washingtonpost Congratulations. Lovely to chat to you last night. You will have a brilliant time.

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

I was pleased to be interviewed for this US documentary on Julian Assange by Al Jazeera's Fault Lines. Assange has been in Belmarsh Prison since 2019 awaiting what will be, inevitably, extradition to the US. It is a terrible precedent for press freedom. https://t.co/1a85csQPs2

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

This is the best prize for young British journalists. Three months working in Washington Post and chance to explore the US. Deadline for applications Friday.

[Stern-Bryan Fellowship @sternfellowship]

🚨FINAL WEEK!!🚨 If you’re an early career British journalist, apply for this chance to work at @washingtonpost for 3 months plus 1 month travel. Look through our tweets for our rollcall of past fellows ***Deadline Friday!*** https://t.co/6vNgU8F8UJ

[The Third Pole @third_pole]

✍️Twitter Spaces: How to write news analysis

🎙️Join us & @thomfound IN ONE HOUR for a discussion w/ Farahnaz Zahidi (@FarahnazZahidi), Catherine Mackie (@cathtm), Ewen MacAskill (@ewenmacaskill) & Hellen Shikanda (@HellenShikandah).

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[Thomson Foundation @thomfound]

✍️Twitter Spaces: How to write news analysis

🎙️Join us and @third_pole for Twitter Spaces and learn how to write news analysis from experts,
@FarahnazZahidi , @cathtm , @ewenmacaskill
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#JournalismNow

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

Biden faces growing pressure to drop charges against Julian Assange https://t.co/KMDlU85guT

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges https://t.co/vQ8keJsGF6

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

Lest we forget….

[Ewen MacAskill @ewenmacaskill]

How not to endear yourself to Tory MPs. Johnson says he intends to stay PM into 2030s. https://t.co/gJM9zlUoxh