Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/17/2016

Gates of Vienna Newsfeed

According to Wikileaks, Julian Assange’s access to the Internet has been cut off by a “state actor”. Some reports say the Ecuadoran government cut him off under pressure from an unidentified foreign government. Mr. Assange has claimed asylum in the Ecuadoran embassy in London since 2012.

In possibly unrelated news, RT says that NatWest bank has closed all its accounts in the UK, without giving a reason for the action. The RT news agency is owned and funded by the Russian state.…

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