All these systems are overlapping, and they’re suffocating people, deliberately and methodically, over decades. And this has been a continuing—you know, like people have been building this whirling death machine of power for decades now.
All these systems are overlapping, and they’re suffocating people, deliberately and methodically, over decades. And this has been a continuing—you know, like people have been building this whirling death machine of power for decades now.
Snowden: "Chelsea Manning is the first American to be sentenced to decades of prison for revealing truthful information to the press. Her conviction — under a law even the ACLU says violates the constitution — is not just an injustice, it’s a threat to journalism." Courage Foundation May 27, 2016 Six years ago today, WikiLeaks whistleblower More
In the 209-page legal brief made public on Thursday, lawyers for Manning questioned the testimony of military officials at her trial, arguing that their claims of harm were “speculative” and “provided no indication” of actual harm, which they said had a “highly prejudicial” effect on the trial.
Manning: After 9/11, a dedicated office of lawyers specializing in novel applications of law for national security issues, the National Security Division (NSD), was created and now, with a small caseload and an enormous amount of resources, this division of the Department of Justice has been waging a quiet war against the media, their sources and the right to free speech and a free press, using the growing national security and surveillance apparatus to prosecute various cases and, occasionally, target the media.
[youtube=http://youtu.be/0KgNjsoJCtM] Published on Apr 16, 2014 WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning's new legal defense council is preparing for an appeals process that may go up to the Supreme Court. On Sunday, April 13th at 7:30pm, defense council Nancy Hollander and Vincent Ward will be joined by prominent FBI whistleblower Mike German and NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake to More
Photo typischich.at An interview with Alexa O'Brien, who documented and researched, as an independent journalist, the entire Bradley (Chelsea) Manning trial and its wider context of a US inter-agency prosecution of WikiLeaks. Metahaven 2013. Produced in collaboration with Bureau Europa. Editor's Comment: This video, recorded August 21, 2013, is full of information about the trial More
Photo typischich.at An interview with Alexa O'Brien, who documented and researched, as an independent journalist, the entire Bradley (Chelsea) Manning trial and its wider context of a US inter-agency prosecution of WikiLeaks. Metahaven 2013. Produced in collaboration with Bureau Europa. Editor's Comment: This video, recorded August 21, 2013, is full of information about the trial More
Discussing press freedoms with Julian Assange, David Coombs, Alexa O'Brien and others. Glenn Greenwald Thursday 19 September 2013 06.49 EDT theguardian.com I'm working on several stories, so posting this week will be difficult. Until then, below is the video of the 90-minute event I did this week at the Sydney Opera House on the More
Discussing press freedoms with Julian Assange, David Coombs, Alexa O'Brien and others. Glenn Greenwald Thursday 19 September 2013 06.49 EDT theguardian.com I'm working on several stories, so posting this week will be difficult. Until then, below is the video of the 90-minute event I did this week at the Sydney Opera House on the More
To stop attack on Syria, we must support whistleblowers. By Norman Solomon August 28, 2013 opednews.com Source: AlterNet Without whistleblowers, the mainline media outlets are more transfixed than ever with telling the official story. And at a time like this, the official story is all about spinning for war on Syria. Every president who wants to launch More
http://youtu.be/74YEv0GUaDk Peter Kennard is a well known British visual artist. This is a poem by him, on United States whistleblower Bradley Manning: Private First Class by Peter Kennard Claw over the parapet Voice raised Is voice gagged. The world as in fact it is, Isn’t. In a Democracy of liars Is a lock-up for facts. Three blows of a More
