March 29, 2012. By the Bradley Manning Support Network. David House, Support Network co-founder, is suing the U.S. for unlawfully seizing and searching his laptop and other electronic equipment. A federal judge has just ruled that House has standing on claims of First and Fourth Amendment violations, rejecting the U.S. motion to dismiss.
Read More »March 24, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bradley Manning’s next appearance in court will take place April 24-26 at Ft. Meade, MD. We are calling for conscientious citizens everywhere to organize in support of Bradley Manning during his next hearing. Ideas for local events include: town square vigils, community forums, concerts, and house party fundraisers.
Read More »By Nathan Fuller. March 24, 2012. Fearing protests, and just when calls for transparency in his case grow louder, the military kept Bradley’s current location hidden from the public. Update, March 29, 2012: Coombs says Manning is back in Ft. Leavenworth until his next hearing, but the military continues to obfuscate.
Read More »March 21, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Another top ranking official in PFC Bradley Manning’s chain of command has declared him guilty well before his court martial has even begun, in another judicial step backward for a courageous whistle-blower who shouldn’t be on trial in the first place. General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to the press last week in Hawaii. Asked for his thoughts on Bradley Manning, Dempsey said, “We’re a nation of laws. He did violate the law.”
Read More »March 20, 2012. Kevin Zeese. ‘From pretrial abuse through prosecutors not living up to discovery obligations and commanders declaring Manning guilty it seems like the government is trying to send a message — blow the whistle on war crimes and we will incarcerate and torture you, prosecute you in a kangaroo court and put you away for life.’
Read More »March 19, 2012. Nathan Fuller, Bradley Manning Support Network. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, unlawfully influenced Manning’s trial by declaring him guilty, mimicking President Obama’s words. How can we expect Manning to get a fair trial? Will Dempsey and Obama be held to account?
Read More »March 16, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Ethan McCord appears in the “Collateral Murder” video released by WikiLeaks–the subject of the 2012 Academy Award nominated short documentary “Incident in New Baghdad.” Bradley Manning, who is accused of providing WikiLeaks with the video, sits before a hearing this morning at Fort Meade (near Washington DC) that will determine the time line for his upcoming court martial.
Read More »March 15, 2012. Nathan Fuller, Bradley Manning Support Network. Bradley’s attorney insists all charges must be dismissed after the government’s refusal to provide vast amounts of evidence and key witnesses. Criticizing “gamesmanship,” David Coombs said the prosecution “has so hopelessly confused discovery in this case so as to prejudice my client.”
Read More »March 15th is the date of PFC Bradley Manning’s next appearance at Ft. Meade, MD. During this motion hearing, the dates of Bradley’s future hearings and court martial will be determined. We are holding a vigil outside Ft, Meade’s main gate to protest the “kangaroo court,” and are asking supporters to organize solidarity actions in their own community,
Read More »March 12, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. A broad coalition of media outlets sent a letter of protest to top Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson today, complaining that “the overwhelming majority of court records filed in [PFC Bradley] Manning’s court-martial have remained shielded from public view.” They say that the U.S. military’s “unnecessary degree of secrecy” has prevented journalists from adequately covering issues of considerable public interest.
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