The New Dark Age

1 January, 2011 — creative-i.info

In the defense of Pfc. Bradley Manning
Myanmar News
If there’s a soldier anywhere in the world who’s fought and suffered for my
freedom, it’s Pfc. Bradley Manning. Manning is frequently portrayed, …
www.myanmarnews.net/story/726106/ht/In-the-defense-of-Pfc-Bradley-Manning

Wired Accused of Protecting WikiLeaks Chief
Slate Magazine (blog)
… after refusing to release the chatlogs between former hacker Adrian
Lamo and Bradley Manning, the alleged leaker of the 250000 “Cablegate”
documents. …
slatest.slate.com/id/2279673/

Bradley Manning the man behind the Wikileaks controversy
Examiner.com
You cannot turn on the news or open a newspaper without seeing the name
Bradley Manning. The Wikileaks scandal has a lot of people disagreeing on
Manning’s …
www.examiner.com/environmental-news-in-charleston/bradley-manning-the-man-behind-the-controversy

Exposed! What Wikileaks Has Shown Us All
Firedoglake
Private Bradley Manning just turned 23 last week. Sadly, he did not have
the opportunity to do any of the things a 23 year old kid should on his
birthday. …
my.firedoglake.com/kellyjames/2010/12/30/exposed-what-wikileaks-has-shown-us-all/

Resolved: Act Like Bradley Manning
CounterPunch
By MISSY COMLEY BEATTIE I was in Kentucky, more than a week, visiting
family. “Get the paper,” my mother instructed, adding a “please. …
www.counterpunch.org/beattie12312010.html

Can Wikileaks Lead To Transparency In Diplomacy?
Sri Lankan News
The Independent pointed out that the role played by the young, low ranking
American soldier Bradley Manning has been under-appreciated and the world
has …
www.srilankannews.net/index.php?rid=41670900&ht=Can-Wikileaks-Lead-To-Transparency-In-Diplomacy

Unity in 2011
OpEdNews
The case of Bradley Manning is a perfect example of this. When the My Lai
Massacre came to light, the Army gave us formal classes on what was
expected of …
www.opednews.com/articles/Unity-in-2011-by-Timothy-Gatto-101231-16.html

Plugged in and tuned out
The Australian
BRADLEY Manning, who is accused of providing data to WikiLeaks, allegedly
did so while listening to Lady Gaga. Audio is a most seductive medium. …
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/executive-lifestyle/plugged-in-and-tuned-out/story-e6frg9zo-1225979377038

Today’s media stories from the papers
The Guardian
… soldier Pair with access to transcript of comments by Bradley Manning
deny they could help prosecution against Julian Assange BBC’s Mark Damazer
awarded …
www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/31/1

Our true allegiance shouldn’t rest with the powerful
St. George Daily Spectrum
Julian Assange and Bradley Manning of WikiLeaks fame are now feeling the
full brunt of the government’s punishing vengeance. Manning, an
intelligence …
www.thespectrum.com/article/20101231/OPINION/12310301

My 23-Year-Old Self Was Wrong About Salon.com. Like, Really Wrong.
TechCrunch
The publication reached another high point two weeks when Glenn Greenwald
wrote a searing critique of the treatment of PFC Bradley Manning in
Quantico. …
techcrunch.com/2010/12/31/my-23-year-old-self-was-wrong-about-salon-com-like-really-wrong/

Newsweek leaks images of Julian Assange’s nefarious holiday activities
Examiner.com
They include not just classified information allegedly leaked by Pfc.
Bradley Manning related to Iraq and Afghanistan, but also numerous
diplomatic cables …
www.examiner.com/technology-in-national/newsweek-leaks-images-of-julian-assange-s-nefarious-holiday-activities

AMERICA’S CREEPING REVOLUTION
NewsWithViews.com
… help from alleged “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” homosexual with a
security clearance in the Department of Defense whose name is Private
Bradley Manning. …
www.newswithviews.com/Betty/Freauf181.htm

Once Upon a Time
OpEdNews
Julian Assuage, Bradley Manning become nails of truth sticking up only to
be hammered down. Any and all that dare speak the truth can expect the same
…
www.opednews.com/articles/Once-Upon-a-Time-by-David-Glenn-Cox-101230-70.html

2011: A Brave New Dystopia
Center for Research on Globalization
And without the intervention of the state, Goldstein, like bin Laden, will
kill you The psychological torture of Pvt. Bradley Manning—who has now
been …
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22581

Ward: Heroes and villains of 2010
Toronto Star
Bradley Manning: If, as Washington charges, the detained US Army private
leaked military secrets via the Internet, he opened a window on
“collateral murder” …
www.thestar.com/news/world/article/914485—ward-heroes-and-villains-of-2010

Pentagon Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: Julian Assange is Not a Terrorist
Democracy Now
“I would be called not only a traitor—which I was then, which was false
and slanderous—but I would be called a terrorist… Assange and Bradley
Manning …
www.democracynow.org/seo/2010/12/31/pentagon_whistleblower_daniel_ellsberg_julian_assange

Top 10 foreign policy challenges facing Barack Obama in 2011
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
How Obama handles the affair and the expected trial of Private Bradley
Manning will count for a lot in terms of how he is viewed abroad.
blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100070057/top-10-foreign-policy-challenges-facing-barack-obama-in-2011/

Klobuchar among most popular senators
Minnesota Independent
Senator Amy Klobuchar is on the record as wanting WikiLeaks to take it’s
information off it’s site and that Bradley Manning should go to prison for
life. …
minnesotaindependent.com/75748/klobuchar-among-most-popular-senators/

Extraordinary Rendition: Assange & Extradition Chic
Gearfuse
We suggest an alternative: Ceci n’est pas un zeitgeist! Can you imagine a
fashion-plate treatment of the plight of Bradley Manning? No. You. Can’t.
www.gearfuse.com/extraordinary-rendition-assange-extradition-chic/

Wikileaks Busts The Myth Of Private Communication
CounterCurrents.org
The charges against Wikileaks’ director, Julian Assange – and against the
alleged leaker, Bradley Manning – are smoke and mirrors, distracting us
from the …
www.countercurrents.org/taylor311210.htm

US cables labelled obscure before WikiLeaks got them
Hindustan Times
The US investigators suspect that Bradley Manning, an army private
stationed in the Persian Gulf, downloaded the State Department cables from
a computer …
www.hindustantimes.com/US-cables-labelled-obscure-before-WikiLeaks-got-them/Article1-644949.aspx

THE WIKILEAKS NEWS & VIEWS BLOG, Special New Year’s Weekend Editiion
The Nation. (blog)
8:30 After long delay, NYT corrects that Charlie Savage story on the
Manning “chat logs” (it’s at bottom of piece). 7:50 Bradley Manning’s
attorney with new …
www.thenation.com/blog/157411/wikileaks-news-views-blog-special-new-years-weekend-editiion

Bradley Manning Support Network “ Archive “ Assange says Manning’s …
By Michelle Tackabery
Bradley Manning’s pre-trial confinement conditions designed to coerce him
into testifying, Assange says.
www.bradleymanning.org/15922/assange-says-mannings-quantico-conditions-designed-to-coerce-testimony/

Lynn Parramore: Tortured Until Proven Guilty: Bradley Manning and …
By Lynn Parramore
As we spend time and rejoice with our friends and family this New Year’s
Eve, let us pause for a moment to remember the thousands of people being
tortured in American prisons, including Bradley Manning.
www.huffingtonpost.com/lynn-parramore/tortured-until-proven-gui_b_803018.html

Bradley Manning: Tortured Until Proven Guilty | The Bilerico Project
By michaelinnorfolk@gmail.com (Michael Hamar)
A case in point is reportedly gay 22-year-old U.S. Army Private Bradley
Manning, accused leaker of classified documents to Wikileaks -documents
which among other things revealed U.S. military members recklessly killing
(murdering is a …
www.bilerico.com/2010/12/bradley_manning_tortured_until_proven_guilty.php

Bradley Manning: One Soldier Who Really Did ‘Defend Our Freedom …
By Kevin Carson
Kevin Carson on the hero Bradley Manning.
www.bastiatinstitute.org/2010/12/31/bradley-manning-one-soldier-who-really-did-%E2%80%98defend-our-freedom%E2%80%99/

A Flailing and Failing Glenn Greenwald Goes After Wired for …
By Dan Riehl
It’s ironic and a bit sad that Glenn Greenwald, who first gained notoriety
out here in 2006 for being exposed as a sock puppet and a liar, would be
ranting about Wired’s handling of the story of PFC Bradley Manning’s
arrest. …
bigpeace.com/driehl/2010/12/31/a-flailing-and-failing-glenn-greenwald-goes-after-wired-for-bradley-manning-arrest-story/

Bradley Manning: One Soldier Who Really Did “Defend Our Freedom …
Manning, like many young soldiers, joined up in the naive belief that he
was defending the freedom of his fellow Americans. When he got to Iraq, he
found himself working under orders “to round up and hand over Iraqi
civilians to …
thecl.posterous.com/bradley-manning-one-soldier-who-really-did-de

HAPPY NEW YEARS Y’ALL!!!
By Ed-M
For passing a bogus DADT Repeal which is anything BUT – and with the fake
Bradley Manning scandle, they’ll take years, if not decades, to get a round
tuit and lift DADT. And yes, the Bradley Manning scandle is utterly FAKE,
because all …
ifpeakoilwerenoobject.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-new-years-yall.html

FDL Manning-Lamo-Wikileaks Interview Transcripts Page Up Now | FDL …
By Jane Hamsher
Has Bradley Manning admitted anything? And isn’t he charged under Uniform
Code of Military Justice? UCMJ does not have the same rights as civilian
law. As a former Marine I remember my drill instructor saying to us
recruit… …
fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/12/31/fdl-manning-lamo-wikileaks-interview-transcripts-page-up-now/

January 2011 Accountability and Justice IOT News | Progressive …
By Bryan Buchan
Ø Rally Supporting Bradley Manning – A small group of people came out in
frigid wind chills for this cause, including. PDA West Virginia State
Coordinator, Malyka Knapp-Smith. Video and interviews from the Rally
Supporting Bradley …
blog.pdamerica.org/2010/12/january-2011-accountability-and-justice-iot-news/

Jane Hamsher: Private Manning Tortured? · NRS Wealth Management
By nrswealth.com
Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) filling in for Ed Schultz on MSNBC
speaks with Firedoglake.com founder Jane Hamsher on the mistreatment of
Private Bradley Manning who is in prison over his role with WikiLeaks. …
nrswealth.com/index.php/2011/01/jane-hamsher-private-manning-tortured/

LiberalPro: Unity in 2011
By Timothy V. Gatto
The case of Bradley Manning is a perfect example of this. When the My Lai
Massacre came to light, the Army gave us formal classes on what was
expected of every soldier. They taught us that it was not only immoral to
follow orders that …
liberalpro.blogspot.com/2010/12/unity-in-2011.html

Pentagon Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: Julian Assange is Not a …
By mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
“I would be called not only a traitor—which I was then, which was false
and slanderous—but I would be called a terrorist… Assange and Bradley
Manning are no more terrorists than I am.” [includes rush transcript]
www.democracynow.org/2010/12/31/pentagon_whistleblower_daniel_ellsberg_julian_assange

Half-formed thought on Wikileaks & Global Action “ Clay Shirky
By clay
In another difference with the Pentagon Papers case, Bradley Manning (or
the person who copied the cables from SIPRnet) has gotten very little
attention compared to Wikileaks, even though, in both law and practice, he
is clearly the …
www.shirky.com/weblog/2010/12/half-formed-thought-on-wikileaks-global-action/

UN Chief Fears Resumption of Civil War in Ivory Coast | FDL News Desk
By David Dayen
Private Bradley Manning Investigating the inhumane conditions of Private
Manning’s detention. Just Say Now Campaign to legalize marijuana.
Foreclosure Fraud Firedoglake uncovers foreclosure fraud across the nation
…
news.firedoglake.com/2010/12/31/un-chief-fears-resumption-of-civil-war-in-ivory-coast/

Dave Winer: America’s Tienanmen and Blogger of the Year 2010
By Dave Winer
Free Bradley Manning. garystartswithg: Free Bradley Manning. www.
huffingtonpost.com/social/garystartswithg/post_1513_b_803114_72398158.html.
Permalink | Share it · photo. HUFFPOST SUPER USER. Turukano 34 minutes ago
(3:44 AM) … Manning stuck his neck out much further. HE will soon be
forgotten. The reporter has friends. escobar: Agreed. Manning stuck his
neck out much further HE.
www.huffingtonpost.com/social/escobar/post_1513_b_803114_72393906.
html…

You Might Be a Progressive If . . . | Scotty Starnes’s Blog
By Scotty Starnes
You believe PFC Bradley Manning is a hero. You are a self loathing Jew who
believes it is the nation of Israel…ya know, the Israel the UN set up,
the wonderful, infallible UN, them…are the aggressors in the Middle East,
…
scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/you-might-be-a-progressive-if/

2nd Annual LCL Lefty Awards “ Left Coast Ledger
By leftcoastledger
Bradley Manning – Wikileaks traitor Bradley Manning is the case-in-point
poster boy for why gay men should stick to creative pursuits. When arrested
for handing over hundreds of thousands of our nations secrets to cyber
terrorist Julian …
leftcoastledger.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/2nd-annual-lcl-lefty-awards/

What WikiLeaks Revealed to the World in 2010 by Glenn Greenwald
The vast bulk of the outrage has been devoted not to the crimes that have
been exposed but rather to those who exposed them: WikiLeaks and
(allegedly) Bradley Manning. A consensus quickly emerged in the political
and media class that …
www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/what-wikileaks-revealed.html

8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media …
By DimensionalDetective
They gave out Bradley Manning’s identity! REALITY: Wikileaks is completely
secure. They didn’t know who Manning was, until he went and bragged, on a
totally separate website, about leaking the documents. …
www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread645577/pg1

Bradley Manning isolated & abused
On Dec. 17 Bradley Manning turned 23 in a cell at the Marine Corps base in
Quantico, Va. For him, it was just another day of isolation and abuse at
the …
www.workers.org/2010/us/bradley_manning_1230/

Pfc Bradley Manning, A Warning Writ Large
Pfc Bradley Manning, A Warning Writ Large, Liberals have adopted Private
First Class Bradley Manning as their hero because he is gay and he despises
America …
www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/31575