Bradley Manning News
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Sydney -
Anonymous started as “hacktivists”, but soon enough became a lot more. This amorphous group of people is now the front line of effective progressive action. A role of conscience in this world is no simple thing.
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Washington -
As a Vietnam veteran and an American, Veterans Affairs Sec. Eric Shinseki offering a retiring VA official as a scapegoat sacrifice for the deaths of veterans assigned to fake waiting lists won't cut it.
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It is undeniable that Nazi Germany had one of the worst, if not the worst, government in history. This is not a movie about the German Government. "The Book Thief" is an honest look at the human spirit that will grip your heart from start to finish.
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A vigil is being held in North Wales in the United Kingdom today for Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning, the imprisoned solder who passed classified documents to WikiLeaks.
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America has become the nation of cover-ups from lying us into wars to crimes against humanity to nuclear cover-ups to gag orders silencing crime victims. A public tired of lies, stays home as "The Fifth Estate" flops.
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Bradley Manning, the US Army whistleblower sentenced yesterday to 35 years in prison for committing the largest-ever leak of classified documents in the nation's history, has declared that from now on he wants to live as a woman.
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US whistleblower Bradley Manning, charged with releasing over 700,000 battlefield reports from Iraq and Afghanistan to Wikileaks, received a sentence of 35 years in prison from a military court Wednesday.
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The day was June 22, 2005. In the congressional hearing room, former CIA agents and covert ops professionals were stating, one after the other, how the leak of Valerie Plame's undercover status as a spook had harmed the country.
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The US army has released a photo of former intelligence analyst Bradley Manning wearing a woman's wig and makeup as the convicted whistleblower's court-martial nears the end of its sentencing phase at Fort Meade in Maryland.
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Throughout his five years in office, President Obama’s garrulous rhetoric has typically lacked substance. Not much has changed.
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Who would have thought that the American people would be beholden to Russia for protecting our right to know if our government is spying on us? In granting Edward Snowden temporary asylum, has Russia rebelled against America’s crackdown on truth?
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A military court has found Pfc. Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, a charge that could have resulted in life imprisonment. Manning was, however, found guilty of 19 of the 22 charges against him, including five counts of espionage.
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The judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, said Tuesday Manning is not guilty of aiding the enemy, but is guilty on other counts, such as violating the Espionage Act. He had already pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.
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During a rally in support of Pfc. Bradley Manning, an Iraqi citizen, Farah Muhsin Al Mousawi, gave an impassioned speech, calling for the release of Manning, directly addressing Major General Jeffrey Buchanan.
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Sydney -
In a letter to Russia, US Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has said that the US will not seek the death penalty, or torture Edward Snowden. The main result of this missive to Moscow has been an outbreak of skepticism.
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While social media is saturated with misguided consternation over the verdict in the Zimmerman trial, a more sinister trial with more important implications is proceeding under an umbrella of media silence.
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There's an old joke that goes something like this: "Do they have a 4th of July in England? – Yes. That's how they get from the 3rd to the 5th." If independence is what we won from England, could we fare any better from our own government?
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It's reasonable for a government that illegally spies on Americans to also block its military personnel from viewing leaked NSA files on news agency websites like The Guardian. But who in the military would now dare to "defend" the US Constitution?
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Dear President Obama,: Your visit to Nelson Mandela, and his former prison cell, was the right thing to do as guest head of state. The same may be expected of future leaders paying tribute to the closing of Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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A host of high-profile celebrities and journalists took a stand and made a moving video, wherein they state the case of Manning and say that they are all, indeed, Bradley Manning. The full video is now available for viewing.
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London -
RT interviewed Julian Assange live at the Ecuadorian Embassy to discuss the case of Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower and asked his opinion on this situation and the position with whistleblowers as a whole.
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Graphic artist and WikiLeaks supporter Clark Stoeckley is all set to immortalize Bradley Manning’s court trial in the form of a comic book.
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The court martial of Bradley Manning is underway and protesters are physically demonstrating on the streets against his trial, a group of celebrities and journalists are getting together to support the whistleblower and get him his Nobel prize.
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Annapolis Junction -
The court martial of Bradley Manning, the former soldier accused of transmitting a massive number of classified US military and diplomatic documents to the whistleblower website Wikileaks, has begun at Fort Meade, Maryland.
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What would Captain Kirk do if ordered to fire burners into the cabin supposedly occupied by Chis Dorner? In "Star Trek Into Darkness," we saw Kirk's solution: disregard immoral and illegal orders and bring the suspect back alive for trial.
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Washington -
The upcoming trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning is to be held in secret. A group of journalists and activists, including Julian Assange, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Department of Defense and the military judge, demanding access to the trial.
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Britain’s best-known human-rights campaigner has issued a damning criticism of the organisers of San Francisco Gay Pride, who have revoked the nomination military whistleblower Bradley Manning as Grand Marshal of this year’s Pride parade in June.
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Shame, not pride, is what the San Francisco Pride Board should be feeling after reversing a decision to honor Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bradley Manning as an honorary grand marshal in June's SF Pride parade.
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Former US congressman Ron Paul said that Bradley Manning is more deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize than President Barack Obama.
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Icelandic Parliamentarian and WikiLeaks representative, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, visited the USA to spread the word about Pfc Bradley Manning and to garner support for his case. She was interviewed on Democracy Now!
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Bradley Manning Image
Bradley Manning campaigns for lesbian and gay rights in 2011 Peter Tatchell Foundation, used with permission
Billboard showing support for Bradley Manning. savebradley/flickr
Veterans protest at Obama's campaign headquarters in Oakland, Ca. Video screen capture
Veterans protest at Obama's campaign headquarters in Oakland, Ca. Video screen capture
WikiLeaks representative Birgitta Jonsdottir hosted an event in New York on the 3rd anniversary of the release of the Collateral Murder video. Bradleymanning.org
A protest letter over Pvt Bradley Manning's "torture" at Quantico Brig has been signed by the leading US legal scholars, including President Obama's teacher at Harvard's law school, who is also a former legal adviser to the president. mar is sea Y/Wikimedia Commons
Free Bradley Manning sign. mar is sea Y/flickr
Protest and rally by veterans at Obama's Campaign office in Oakland, Ca bradleymanning.org
Protest at Fort McNair in support of Pfc. Bradley Manning. Bradley Manning Support Network
Bradley Manning supporters march in the 2012 SF Pride parade. Bradley Manning Support Network
Whistleblower Daniel Elsberg "I was Bradley Manning" YouTube
Award-winning journalist Chris Hedges "I am Bradley Manning" YouTube
U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, convicted of espionage charges, but acquitted of aiding the enemy CBC
U.S. soldier Bradley (Chelsea) Manning, convicted of espionage charges, but acquitted of aiding the enemy CBC
The "I am Bradley Manning" Campaign trailer. YouTube
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