Category: Bradley/Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning released from jail, subpoenaed again
Chelsea Manning was freed on Thursday after two months in an Alexandria, Virginia jail for refusing to testify to a grand jury. That grand jury’s term expired but prosecutors immediately convened a new grand jury and sent a new subpoena…
Julian Assange has been forcibly removed from Ecuador’s embassy
At 9:15 this morning, London’s Metropolitan Police entered the Ecuador embassy where they arrested, handcuffed and forcibly removed WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange at the invitation of Ecuador’s president, Lenin Moreno. Police transported Assange to a London court where District judge Michael…
Chelsea Manning jailed “in defense of a free press”
Chelsea Manning, the Army whistleblower, is again in jail less than two years after her release from prison on a grant of clemency from President Obama. US District Court judge Claude Hilton ordered Manning to be taken into custody for after she…
Chelsea Manning freed from prison
Chelsea Manning left Ft. Leavenworth prison today at 2 a.m. Central Time. She had served seven years of an extreme 35-year sentence for whistleblowing, a sentence President Obama commuted just before leaving office. In prison, the Army private, formerly known as Bradley Manning,…
Double standard for leaking endangers the nation
Reportedly, investigators have recommended indictment of disgraced former Central Intelligence Agency Director, David Petraeus on charges of leaking classified information.
Bradley Manning receives 35-year prison sentence, dishonorable discharge
This morning, at Fort Meade, Maryland, a military court sentenced Army Private Bradley Manning for releasing classified documents to the website Wikileaks. The 25-year-old soldier said he disclosed the information to blow the whistle on US government abuses that included the brutal killing of…
Manning to hear sentence on Wednesday
Today, Army Col. Denise Lind postponed announcing the sentence for Pfc. Bradley Manning’s until Wednesday, at 10 a.m. (WJLA) The charges against Manning carry penalties that could imprison him for as much as 90 years. Government prosecutors have asked the…
Judge expected to sentence Bradley Manning on Tuesday
The sentencing phase of the Bradley Manning case continued last week, with the court issuing a “special findings” report. The Defense has requested the Court to issue special findings regarding the offenses for which the Court found PFC Manning guilty.…
Colbert: Who was Bradley Manning spying for?
This week, a judge declared Army whistleblower Bradley Manning “not guilty” this week of “aiding the enemy,” the most serious charge against him. But, the judge also found Manning “guilty” of violating that Espionage Act. Comedian Stephen Colbert analyzes the…