PayPal Cuts Service to Alleged WikiLeaks Whistle-blower Support Effort

Update: PayPal Backs Down, Reinstates Account for Supporters of Bradley Manning

The online payment provider PayPal has frozen the account of Courage to Resist, which in collaboration with the Bradley Manning Support Network is currently raising funds in support of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. PayPal was one way people–especially international residents–were able to contribute to the grassroots effort supporting the accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower.

Bradley Manning Support Network Praises New Advocacy Organization

The Bradley Manning Support Network is proud to support the newest addition to the movement to support accused WikiLeaks whistleblower Pfc. Bradley Manning. The Bradley Manning Advocacy Fund. “The Advocacy Fund serves a vital function in our movement, providing the public with truthful information about the case and combating the widespread misinformation about Manning. We’re happy to be working alongside the Advocacy Fund and promoting each others’ efforts,” said Mike Gogulski, founder and steering committee member of the Bradley Manning Support Network.

House, Mitnick discuss Manning’s confinement with Australian Broadcasting

In a recent segment of the Australian Broadcasting Network’s investigative television show “Four Corners,” David House, Kevin Mitnick and others were interviewed about the circumstances surrounding Bradley Manning’s case and current confinement at US MCB Quantico, Virginia. David House is a computer science researcher, friend of Manning’s, and member of the Bradley Manning Support Network….

Berkeley City Council to Weigh Resolution on Bradley Manning’s Deprivation of Human Rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA: Bob Meola Bradley Manning Support Network press@bradleymanning.org bobmeola@mindspring.com +1-510-644-1102 Berkeley City Council to weigh resolution on Bradley Manning’s deprivation of human rights in pre-trial confinement Manning still receiving cruel and unusual punishment By the Bradley Manning Support Network BERKELEY, California, 11 February 2011 — On Tuesday, February 15th, the Berkeley City…

Bradley spirits soar at mention of democratic uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt

February 2, 2011. David House, a friend of Bradley Manning and one of a limited number of visitors, reported that Bradley’s “mood and mind soared when I mentioned the democratic uprisings in Egypt.”

Military statements regarding Bradley Manning “patently false”

“Despite the assertion of Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell, PFC Bradley Manning is not being treated like every other detainee at the Quantico brig. Morrell stated during today’s Pentagon briefing that PFC Manning’s ‘confinement is not in the least different from the manner in which anyone else at the brig is being held.’ This statement is patently false,” notes Bradley Manning’s lawyer David Coombs on his blog. Coombs also explained that his client was the only detainee at Quantico held under the maximum custody regime or the highly-restrictive “prevention of injury watch” order.

RELEASE: Military steps up retaliation against accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower with arbitrary “suicide watch”, followed by detainment of approved visitor

Military officials at Marine Corps Base Quantico today increased the isolation of accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning by detaining Manning’s friend and regular visitor David House at the base entrance until visiting hours were over. House was accompanied by Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake.com, a website that has collected 42,000 signatures on a petition calling for improvements to the conditions of Manning’s detention, which constitute extreme and illegal pre-trial punishment.

Nadim Kobeissi interviews Kevin Zeese on military’s latest outrage toward Manning

Bradley Manning supporter Nadim Kobeissi interviewed Kevin Zeese today in an emergency installment of his CHOMP.FM internet broadcast. Have a listen here: http://chomp.fm/003/ . Some quick quotes: (4:00) Nadim: Did they have any ethical grounds for doing this? Did they have any legal grounds for doing this, even? Kevin: This is a bizarre action by…

Manning Supporters Detained by Quantico

February 6 update: David House was able to visit Bradley recently. Here is his account of the visit on MSNBC (YouTube) Quantico VA (January 23, 2011) – David House, supporter and personal friend of Bradley Manning, traveled to Quantico with journalist Jane Hamsher to visit Manning earlier today. Though House is an approved visitor, he…

Manning removed from two-day suicide watch; attorney files complaint, calls action punitive

Bradley Manning’s attorney, David Coombs, posted on his blog today that he has filed an Article 138 complaint with the Quantico Marine Corps base command alleging that the commanding officer of the brig where Manning is being held abused his discretion in placing Manning on suicide watch for two days this week.

The move to put Manning on suicide watch status came the day after some 150 people protested outside the gates of the Quantico base demanding Bradley’s freedom. Mr. Coombs was quoted in the Washington Post as saying, “The fact that they won’t articulate any basis for it leaves you with no other conclusion than it must be punitive.”