Showing posts with label Bradley Manning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bradley Manning. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Obama commutes sentence of Chelsea Manning, who leaked Army documents and is serving 35 yrs, and more...





















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Monday, July 27, 2015

Claim: China hack 'biggest' in U.S. history, worse than Snowden, Manning

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

WIKILEAKER GUILTY ON 20 CHARGES, NOT AIDING THE ENEMY

◼ Bradley Manning trial verdict: Acquitted of aiding the enemy, convicted on lesser charges - Politico
◼ Private First Class Bradley Manning, the former Army intelligence officer charged with leaking 700,000 classified military and diplomatic files through WikiLeaks, has been found not guilty of aiding the enemy. - Human Events
◼ Bradley Manning could still die in jail despite being found NOT GUILTY of Aiding the Enemy - as military judge rules army private is guilty of 20 charges for passing 700,000 secret files to WikiLeaks - Daily Mail

Not Guilty of Aiding Enemy...
Guilty in slew of lesser charges...
Still faces lengthy prison term...
Largest leak in US history...
ASSANGE: 'Hero'...
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Friday, July 26, 2013

Assange: Journalism Doomed if Manning Convicted of Aiding Enemy

◼ During a Friday conference call with reporters WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg sketched an apocalyptic vision of journalism's future if Pfc. Bradley Manning is convicted of aiding the enemy. - US News & World Report

...Manning's conviction would "forever change the ability of journalists to reveal the most important crimes of the state," Assange said. "It is an attempt to redefine how journalism is done."

...Assange says President Barack Obama is deliberately seeking to expand the use of the Espionage Act to cover journalists reporting on leaked material.

"There's a harmonization of approach to get up this new legal theory regarding the Espionage Act," he said, referencing the involvement of Fox News reporter James Rosen and New York Times reporter James Risen in criminal leak probes as part of "an extremely worrying path the Obama administration has gone down."

The Australian-born secret-spiller predicted the U.S. Supreme Court may ultimately invalidate parts of the Espionage Act.

Using the Espionage Act, Obama is "effectively rewriting the Constitution," Assange said. The First Amendment, he noted, has "no exception for an embarrassed military or an embarrassed White House. What part of 'no' does President Barack Obama not understand?"
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Sunday, June 23, 2013

President Barack Obama’s unprecedented initiative, known as the Insider Threat Program, is sweeping in its reach

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◼ Obama’s crackdown views leaks as aiding enemies of U.S. - mcclatchydc

...“Leaks related to national security can put people at risk,” Obama said on May 16 in defending criminal investigations into leaks. “They can put men and women in uniform that I’ve sent into the battlefield at risk. They can put some of our intelligence officers, who are in various, dangerous situations that are easily compromised, at risk. . . . So I make no apologies, and I don’t think the American people would expect me as commander in chief not to be concerned about information that might compromise their missions or might get them killed.”

As part of the initiative, Obama ordered greater protection for whistleblowers who use the proper internal channels to report official waste, fraud and abuse, but that’s hardly comforting to some national security experts and current and former U.S. officials. They worry that the Insider Threat Program won’t just discourage whistleblowing but will have other grave consequences for the public’s right to know and national security.

The program could make it easier for the government to stifle the flow of unclassified and potentially vital information to the public, while creating toxic work environments poisoned by unfounded suspicions and spurious investigations of loyal Americans, according to these current and former officials and experts. Some non-intelligence agencies already are urging employees to watch their co-workers for “indicators” that include stress, divorce and financial problems.

“It was just a matter of time before the Department of Agriculture or the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) started implementing, ‘Hey, let’s get people to snitch on their friends.’ The only thing they haven’t done here is reward it,” said Kel McClanahan, a Washington lawyer who specializes in national security law. “I’m waiting for the time when you turn in a friend and you get a $50 reward....”

“It’s about people’s profiles, their approach to work, how they interact with management. Are they cheery? Are they looking at Salon.com or The Onion during their lunch break? This is about ‘The Stepford Wives,’” said a second senior Pentagon official, referring to online publications and a 1975 movie about robotically docile housewives. The official said he wanted to remain anonymous to avoid being punished for criticizing the program.

The emphasis on certain behaviors reminded Greenstein of her employee orientation with the CIA, when she was told to be suspicious of unhappy co-workers. “If someone was having a bad day, the message was watch out for them,” she said....

◼ Damn, @DavidGregory makes @GGreenwald look good - Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion

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