Liberties
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Video: Julian Assange Pt.1: Stratfor Hacker Jeremy Hammond Guilty Plea Part of Crackdown on Journalism, Activism
Jeremy Hammond of the hacktivist group Anonymous has pleaded guilty to hacking into the private intelligence firm Stratfor, the FBI and other institutions. Hammond says his goal was to shed light on how governments and corporations act behind close doors. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning / Wikileaks Newslinks 24 May 2013
24 May 2013 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning and the Damage Done—to Bradley Manning TakePart Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is one of the human faces in Alex Gibney’s latest film, ‘We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks.’ (Photo: Courtesy of Focus World). Failed negotiations for an interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange were incredibly … http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/05/23/wikileaks-bradley-manning-and-the-damage-done Continue reading
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Bradley Manning / Wikileaks Newslinks 23 May 2013
23 May 2013 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning emerges as the sympathetic star of WikiLeaks doc Washington Post But it was Army Pfc. Bradley Manning who provided those documents, and the 25-year-old emerges as the sympathetic star of the new documentary, “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,” which opens Friday — just weeks before Manning’s trial for… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning / Wikileaks Newslinks 22 May 2013
22 May 2013 — williambowles.info Parts of Bradley Manning trial to be closed to public Washington Post The judge in the court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning said Tuesday that she will close portions of the trial to the public to protect classified material, a ruling that is likely to frustrate civil liberties groups that… Continue reading
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Video: ‘Don’t interact, don’t talk, they are not humans’ – Gitmo guard’s basic orders
One of the methods used to extract information from Muslim inmates in Guantanamo was to apply sexual interrogation techniques, Terry Holdbrooks, former guard at the camp has told RT. Continue reading
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Video: ‘Don’t interact, don’t talk, they are not humans’ – Gitmo guard's basic orders
One of the methods used to extract information from Muslim inmates in Guantanamo was to apply sexual interrogation techniques, Terry Holdbrooks, former guard at the camp has told RT. Continue reading
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A Conspiracy To Commit Journalism: The Justice Dept’s Dangerous New Argument Threatens Basic Reporting
Secrecy expert Steven Aftergood wrote, the government’s argument “all but eliminates the traditional distinction in classified leak investigations between sources, who are bound by a non-disclosure agreement, and reporters, who are protected by the First Amendment as long as they do not commit a crime.” Continue reading
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‘Anonymous’ hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown on Guantanamo
The US military has restricted access to wireless internet at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp due to hacking threats said to be part of a protest over conditions at the facility where detainees have been engaged in a hunger strike for over 100 days. Continue reading
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Julian Assange exposes British eavesdropping agency’s correspondence
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange The UK government eavesdropping agency, GCHQ, is facing embarrassing revelations after its internal correspondence was made public by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Continue reading
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Military Says No Presidential Authorization Needed To Quell “Civil Disturbances” By Paul Joseph Watson
A recent Department of Defense instruction alters the US code applying to the military’s involvement in domestic law enforcement by allowing US troops to quell “civil disturbances” domestically without any Presidential authorization, greasing the skids for a de facto military coup in America along with the wholesale abolition of Posse Comitatus. Continue reading
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Military Says No Presidential Authorization Needed To Quell “Civil Disturbances” By Paul Joseph Watson
A recent Department of Defense instruction alters the US code applying to the military’s involvement in domestic law enforcement by allowing US troops to quell “civil disturbances” domestically without any Presidential authorization, greasing the skids for a de facto military coup in America along with the wholesale abolition of Posse Comitatus. Continue reading
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How the U.S. Turned Three Pacifists into Violent Terrorists
In just ten months, the United States managed to transform an 82 year-old Catholic nun and two pacifists from non-violent anti-nuclear peace protestors accused of misdemeanor trespassing into federal felons convicted of violent crimes of terrorism. Now in jail awaiting sentencing for their acts at an Oak Ridge, TN nuclear weapons production facility, their story… Continue reading
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Death is Preferable to Life at Obama’s Guantanamo By Marjorie Cohn
More than 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo are starving themselves to death. Twenty-three of them are being force-fed. “They strap you to a chair, tie up your wrists, your legs, your forehead and tightly around the waist,” Fayiz Al-Kandari told his lawyer, Lt. Col. Barry Wingard. Al-Kandari, a Kuwaiti held at Guantanamo for… Continue reading
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Photo Essay: Profit and Violence in the Name of Comprehensive Immigration Reform By Todd Miller
Arizona has been a hot-spot and laboratory for immigration enforcement for quite a while and would be significantly impacted by this proposed upsurge in border policing. This photo essay offers a glimpse into how this intensely border-controlled universe already looks in the Arizona borderlands, via two distinct perspectives. Continue reading
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Press and Public Denied Access to Documents in Bradley Manning Case
Today, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) rejected claims in a lawsuit by the Center for Constitutional Rights challenging government secrecy around the court martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning. The suit, bought on behalf of a group of journalists, asked the court to ensure members of the press and public have access… Continue reading
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Video: Wikileaks Releases Kissinger Cables and Two Decisions in Manning Trial
Michael Ratner: Kissinger files show important role Wikileaks continues to play revealing real history of US foreign policy; Judge makes one decision favorable to Manning, one not Continue reading
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Video: The Message of MLK, Bradley Manning and the Collateral Murder Video
10 April 2013 — The Real News Network Michael Ratner: Anniversary of King’s “Beyond Vietnam Speech” and release of Wikileaks “Collateral Murder” video – April 10, 13 Continue reading
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“Covert Justice” for Bradley Manning: Prosecution Witnesses to Testify Anonymously By Naomi Spencer
During a pre-trial hearing for Army private Bradley Manning Wednesday, a military judge ruled that government prosecutors can call witnesses to testify anonymously and in secret against the accused whistleblower. The ruling exposes the case for the frame-up that it is. Continue reading
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