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Bradley Manning Awaits Verdict After Trial Ends With Prosecution “Smears” & Harsh Gov’t Secrecy Closing arguments have wrapped in the nearly two month military trial of Army Private Bradley Manning. The presiding judge, Col. Denise Lind, is now deliberating on 21 charges, including "aiding…
July 29, 2013 | Story -
Global Protests Back Bradley Manning as Court-Martial Ends Closing arguments have wrapped in the military trial of Army Private Bradley Manning after nearly two months. The presiding judge, Colonel Denise Lind, is now deliberating on 21 charges, including…
July 29, 2013 | Headline -
Prosecutors: Manning a “Traitor” with “Evil Intent” Closing statements are underway in the military trial of Army Private Bradley Manning for the disclosure of government information to WikiLeaks. On Thursday, the lead military prosecutor accused Manning…
July 26, 2013 | Headline -
Yemeni Reporter Who Exposed U.S. Drone Strike Freed from Prison After Jailing at Obama’s Request Prominent Yemeni journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye has been released from prison after being held for three years on terrorism-related charges at the request of President Obama. Shaye helped expose…
July 25, 2013 | Story -
First Leaked Pakistani Report on U.S. Drone War Undermines Claims of Low Civilian Toll A leaked Pakistani government report has bolstered claims that civilian casualties from U.S. drone strikes are far higher than the Obama administration has been willing to admit. The Bureau of Investigative…
July 23, 2013 | Story -
Cornel West: Obama’s Response to Trayvon Martin Case Belies Failure to Challenge “New Jim Crow” For a response to President Obama’s comments on the acquittal of George Zimmerman and racism in the United States, we’re joined by Dr. Cornel West, professor at Union Theological Seminary…
July 22, 2013 | Story -
Judge Upholds “Aiding the Enemy” Charge Against Bradley Manning The military judge presiding over the court-martial of U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning has upheld the most serious charge against him — that he knowingly aided the enemy by giving hundreds…
July 19, 2013 | Headline -
Kevin Gosztola: Behind the Scenes of the Bradley Manning Trial Ignored by Corporate Media The judge in the Bradley Manning case says she will decide Thursday on his lawyers’ request to dismiss seven of the charges he faces, including allegations that he aided the enemy when he provided…
July 16, 2013 | Story -
Bradley Manning Defense Argues for Dismissal of Charges Defense lawyers for U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning argued Monday that seven of the charges against him should be thrown out, including the charge of aiding the enemy, which could carry a life…
July 16, 2013 | Headline -
“The Jailers Should Be Jailed”: Sharif Abdel Kouddous on the Embrace of Egypt’s Military Post-Morsi](“The Jailers Should Be Jailed”: Sharif Abdel Kouddous on the Embrace of Egypt’s Military Post-Morsi | Democracy Now!) After a week of relative quiet, new clashes have erupted in Egypt in the ongoing conflict over the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi. At least seven people were killed and more than 260 wounded in…
July 16, 2013 | Story -
As Hunger Strike Continues, Ex-Chief Guantánamo Prosecutor Says “No Good Reason” To Keep Prison Open More than 150 days in their hunger strike, at least 45 Guantánamo prisoners are being force-fed through tubes. "It’s regrettable that it’s taking them putting their lives at risk…
July 11, 2013 | Blog Post -
Bradley Manning Defense Rests with Challenge to “Aiding the Enemy” Claims Defense attorneys for Army whistleblower Bradley Manning have rested their case after calling three witnesses over 10 days. The defense’s final witness, Harvard Law Professor Yochai Benkler,…
July 11, 2013 | Headline -
Jailed Journalist Barrett Brown Faces 105 Years For Reporting on Hacked Private Intelligence Firms Journalist Barrett Brown spent his 300th day behind bars this week on a range of charges filed after he used information obtained by the hacker group Anonymous to report on the operations of private…
July 11, 2013 | Story -
Kevin Gosztola: Behind the Scenes of the Bradley Manning Trial Reporter and blogger Kevin Gosztola has been one of only a handful of journalists covering the Bradley Manning trial on a daily basis. He describes the first few weeks of the historic trial. We also…
July 10, 2013 | Blog Post -
Testifying for Bradley Manning’s Defense, Ex-Guantánamo Prosecutor Says Leaks Caused No Harm to U.S. Lawyers for accused Army whistleblower Bradley Manning have opened their defense at his military court-martial with a bid to dismiss a number of charges, including aiding the enemy. We’re joined…
July 10, 2013 | Story -
Senate Set to Confirm New FBI Head Who OK’d Waterboarding, Defends Mass Spying, Indefinite Detention At his confirmation hearing to head the FBI, former Bush administration Deputy Attorney General James Comey refused to criticize the broad, ongoing collection of the phone records of Americans and…
July 10, 2013 | Story -
Bradley Manning Defense Begins With Iraq Video, Request to Drop Charges Lawyers for accused Army whistleblower Bradley Manning have opened their defense at his military court-martial. On Monday, Manning’s attorneys began by playing the video he leaked of U.S. forces…
July 09, 2013 | Headline -
Glenn Greenwald: Snowden Encouraged by Global Outrage over NSA Spying, Support for His Plight In part two of our interview from Monday, Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald details his conversation with National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden over the weekend. Greenwald says he spoke at…
July 09, 2013 | Story -
Glenn Greenwald: Edward Snowden “Satisfied” by Global Outrage over U.S. Surveillance Operations In this web-only interview, Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald reveals he talked to NSA leaker Edward Snowden on Saturday. “He is doing very well in terms of his mindset, his demeanor,” Greenwald…
July 08, 2013 | Blog Post -
This Independence Day, Thank a Protester More than 160 years ago, the greatest abolitionist in U.S. history, the escaped slave Frederick Douglass, addressed the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society.
July 04, 2013 | Blog Post