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February 3, 2012
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
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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January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012. The Bradley Manning Support Network has just been notified that the recommendations made last week by Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, who presided over last month’s Article 32 hearing, have been passed up the chain of command by Col. Carl R. Coffman Jr. We need you and everyone you know to call General Linnington right now at 202-685-2807. Tell him to drop the charge of ‘aiding the enemy’.
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In: Activism, Featured
January 12, 2012
January 12, 2012. Bradley Manning Support Network. Military officers orchestrating proceedings against PFC Bradley Manning have referred all charges that were considered during last month’s Article 32 proceedings to a general court martial. Investigating officer Lt. Col. Paul Almanza rejected a request from lead defense counsel David Coombs to consolidate the 22 charges into three charges, expressing concerns that the military is over-charging PFC Manning.
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January 6, 2012
January 6, 2012. Kevin Gosztola of FDL. While the prosecution accused Bradley of aiding Al Qaeda, Bradley’s attorney David Coombs struck back with a strongly political defense. “[A] hallmark of our democracy is the ability of our government to be open with its public,” Coombs stated. “History will ultimately judge my client.”
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January 5, 2012
January 5, 2011. Nathan Fuller. PFC Bradley Manning’s defense attorney said that the information released is all out in the public, and yet it hasn’t caused any harm. “If anything, it’s helped.” This is because most of the documents WikiLeaks released should not have been classified in the first place. In his closing words, Coombs implored the military to “give the government a reality check,” and to live up to its own professed standards of openness and accountability.
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December 21, 2011
December 20, 2011. Bradley Manning Support Network. Day six of our in depth notes from the courtroom series. Proceedings began at 9am sharp with David Coombs calling Sgt. Daniel Padgett to the stand.
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December 19, 2011
December 19, 2011. Bradley Manning Support Network. Shortly before 6:00 PM on the third day of Bradley Manning’s Article 32 pre-trial hearing, Lt. Colonel Paul Almanza, the investigating officer presiding over the hearing, permitted the government’s request to remove journalists and the public from hearings set for today. An objection by PFC Manning’s lead attorney, David Coombs, was noted in the record without any further action.
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December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011. Bradley Manning Support Network. Hundreds of supporters of accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower Bradley Manning will demonstrate outside the gates of Fort Meade, Maryland, as his pre-trial hearings begin Friday, December 16.
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December 14, 2011
December 14, 2011. Bradley Manning Support Network. Rock and roll hall of famer Graham Nash and James Raymond have released a new song and video, “Almost Gone (The Ballad of Bradley Manning)”, in support of accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower Bradley Manning. The video release comes just in time to help raise awareness about Bradley Manning’s upcoming December 17th pretrial hearing – which is also Bradley’s birthday.
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