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David Swanson: [17] European Parliamentarians Call for Bradley Manning’s Freedom, Condemn Equating Revelation of War Crimes with “Aiding the Enemy”

European Parliamentarians Call for Bradley Manning’s Freedom Seventeen Members of European Parliament have written a letter calling on U.S. President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to free WikiLeaks whistle-blower Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. The MEPs laud Manning for exposing “evidence of human rights abuses and apparent war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan” in accordance with …

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David Swanson: Bradley Manning Wins Sean MacBride Peace Award — Manning Also Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Manning Wins Peace Prize U.S. whistleblower and international hero Bradley Manning has just been awarded the 2013 Sean MacBride Peace Award by the International Peace Bureau, itself a former recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, for which Manning is a nominee this year. A petition supporting Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize has gathered 88,000 …

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Eagle: Matt Taibbi on Bradley Manning Trial — Should Be About War Crimes By Others, Not Whistle-Blowing By One

As Bradley Manning Trial Begins, Press Predictably Misses the Point By Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone: June 6, 2013 EXTRACT You get the press and the rest of America following that bouncing ball, and the game’s over. Almost no matter what the outcome of the trial is, if you can convince the American people that this …

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Berto Jongman: Julian Asange on Bush Jr. Library, Bradley Manning Trial

Interview: Julian Assange on George Bush’s Library and Bradley Manning’s Trial Medea Banjamin OpEdNews.com, 25 April 2013 I had an opportunity to interview WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been granted political asylum since June 2012. Assange is wanted for questioning in Sweden over sex allegations, although he …

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Greg Palast: BP Failure in Gulf Preceded by Identical Failure for Known Reasons in Caspiuan Sea — BP Covered It Up, US Department of State ALSO Covered It Up. Manning and Truth the Enemy, Crime by BP and Treason by State “Not” the Enemy. Say What?

Bradley Manning & The Deepwater Horizon By Greg Palast for  Vice Magazine Wednesday, 3. April 2013 Three years ago this month, on the 20th of April, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig blew itself to kingdom come. Soon thereafter, a message came in to our office’s chief of investigations, Ms Badpenny, from a person I dare …

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Eagle: Bradley Manning and True Cost of War; ACLU Investigating Police Militarization

Of note: Bradley Manning and “true cost” Video (30:01) For the first time, 25-year-old U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning has admitted to being the source behind the largest leak of state secrets in U.S. history. More than a thousand days after he was arrested, Manning testified Thursday before a military court. He said he leaked …

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Marcus Aurelius: PFC Bradley Manning Personal Statement — Insignt Into Army C4I Deficiencies

Pfc. Bradley E. Manning’s Statement for the Providence Inquiry Alexa O’Brien For more information on the lack of public and press access to United States v. Pfc. Manning, visit the Center for Constitutional Rights, which filed a petition requesting the Army Court of Criminal Appeals (ACCA) “to order the Judge to grant the public and …

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