Hollywood icons support Bradley Manning in a new video

Top Hollywood icons appear in a video production to show support to the army whistleblower who is currently undergoing trial at Fort Meade, Maryland.

The clip, called “I Am Bradley Manning,” features cameos from Maggie Gyllenhaal, Wallace Shawn, Peter Sarsgaard, Tom Morello and Roger Waters and is part of a solidarity campaign on behalf of Manning.

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Short third week of Bradley Manning’s trial

Bradley Manning’s court-martial was already in weekend recess as of midday Tuesday, marking the third consecutive week the court has finished far ahead of schedule. Since the court-martial began, the court’s week has never gone later than Wednesday afternoon.

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The trend of blowing the whistle in America!

Guardian’s Gary young writes about the seemingly growing trend of whistle-blowing among young American’s who seem to be more conscience of the wrongdoing of their government than the older generation. Gary Young writes “Forced to choose between allegiance to the flag and uniform, and loyalty to the ideals the flag is supposed to represent and the uniform is supposed to defend, they chose the latter. Their defiance stems from the fact that, in acting as they have, they don’t believe they’ve let down America. They believe they had to act because America was letting itself down.”

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