Reporting from inside the federal courtroom where the US is prosecuting Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, The Grayzone learns of disturbing acts of diplomatic espionage. Saab’s advocates insist he is imprisoned for violating Washington’s economic blockade.

The Venezuelan people deserve better than another administration sabotaging a dialogue and imposing more deadly sanctions.

The globally influential propaganda multiplier news agencies AP and AFP have both informed their readers that a “fugitive” has been extradited to the United States.

“Fugitive businessman close to Venezuela’s Maduro extradited to US,” reads the AFP headline.

“Alex Saab, a top fugitive close t...

That the US can engineer the arrest of a diplomat — someone who has immunity by international law even in the time of war — is a dangerous precedent.