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On October 26th in Santa Monica, CA, Graham Nash will play an intimate acoustic performance in support of alleged whistle-blower Bradley Manning. “The fundraiser will take place on October 26 at the Church in Ocean Park sanctuary in Santa Monica, California.  Graham will be accompanied by two members of Crosby, Stills & Nash‘s backing group — keyboardistJames Raymond and guitarist Shane Fontayne” reports ABC News Radio. Read more about the performance and buy tickets here.

Alexa O’Brien

Alexa O’Brien, a journalist actively covering the Bradley Manning trial, is interviewed by James Green for counterpunch.org,

“I’ve been researching and covering the Bradley Manning trial and the US investigations into WikiLeaks, Assange, Manning, and supporters. Manning’s been in pre-trial confinement for over 900 days. I’ve been transcribing that trial by hand, and when the Military District of Washington (MDW) allows the press to actually use computers – which they haven`t lately – I type them. There is no public docket for the trial. It is being conducted in de facto secrecy. So, I am trying to get as much information out as a journalist so that legal scholars, the public, and other press can scale off of the work that I do. I’ve researched the U.S. investigations into Wikileaks, Manning, supporters and the press and that`s available at usvwikileaks.org.”

O’Brien argues that the government is silencing journalists with the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows the military to indefinitely detain American citizens who are deemed to be “terrorist sympathizers” without any right to trial – under grounds of national security. She points to the case of a camera man who spent seven years in Guantanamo prison because the US wanted more information about the news network Al-Jazeera. (Read more…)

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