7 February 2012
February 7, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Can Obama do better? We think he can, and we are asking Obama campaign volunteers and donors to pressure the president to fulfill his promises of increasing government transparency. Ask him to free the most important whistle-blower of our generation, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Pfc. Bradley Manning.
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General Linnington has announced all 22 charges against Bradley Manning will go to court martial. The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament has just nominated Bradley for the Nobel Peace Prize. Noam Chomsky was interviewed about his support for WL and Manning. U.S. Diplomatic Cables reveals modern oppression of indigenous peoples.
Read More » In: Activism, In the press, News February 4, 2012. Icelandic MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir. February 1st 2012 the entire parliamentary group of The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament nominated Private Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize for revealing war crimes and government corruption. Following is the reasoning we sent to the committee explaining why we felt compelled to nominate Private Bradley Manning for this important recognition of an individual effort to have an impact for peace in our world.
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February 3, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Military officials today formally referred all charges against PFC Bradley Manning to a full court martial. Today’s announcement by the General Court-Martial Convening Authority, Major General Michael S. Linnington, endorses the recommendations made last month by Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, who presided over the Article 32 hearing in December. Supporters of the accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower have condemned these proceedings as fundamentally unjust.
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February 2, 2012. Commentary by Nathan Fuller. Sgt. Gibbs, Sgt Wuterich, and the soldiers who followed their orders have confessed to the blood on their hands, and they will be granted plea deals and near-immunity. Defense Secretary Robert Gates declared that claims of damage done as a result of WikiLeaks’ releases were “significantly overwrought,” and yet Pfc. Manning could be sent to prison for life.
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The Bradley Manning Support Network has just learned that all charges against Bradley Manning — including the most odious charge of “aiding the enemy” — will be referred to a full military court-martial. While trial dates have not yet been announced, we know the trial will take place within 120 days of today’s court martial…
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