Publisher’s note: Wikileaks, the world’s first truly “stateless” digital news organization, represents a dramatic threat to the imperial status quo. The UK arrest and torture of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange – an Australian citizen / journalist fronting a global decentralized stateless news organization – is a warning to all independent-minded journalists everywhere. If the US succeeds in extraditing and trying Assange in the United States on 17 charges under the “Espionage Act,” will any journalist be protected from the global reach of US Empire? Stay tuned. This week, US Pulitzer Prize winning former NY Times journalist Chris Hedges talks with Kristinn Hrafnsson about what’s at stake. And yes, discerning US and Vermont citizens are increasingly turning to global sources of news like RT for critical perspectives on the events of the day, since the Wikileaks story (and other vital current events) are so heavily censored or misrepresented in the US “news” media.