23 February, 2012
Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement And Occupy 4 Prisoners
By Bill Quigley
Today US Army Private Bradley Manning is to be formally charged with numerous crimes at Fort Meade, Maryland. The Manning prosecution is a tragic miscarriage of justice. US officials are highly embarrassed by what Manning exposed and are shooting the messenger
08 July, 2011
Bradley Manning, American Hero
By Chase Madar
Four Reasons Why Pfc. Bradley Manning Deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Not a Prison Cell
05 July, 2011
The Motives Of Bradley Manning
By Glenn Greenwald
What Fishman's article actually does is bolster the previous view of Manning's alleged leaks as motivated by noble and understandable horror at what the U.S. was doing in Iraq specifically and that region generally, and a resulting desire to take action to shed light on what he was seeing and to do what he could to stop it
05 May, 2011
Unprecedented Campaign Ends Torturous
Pre-Trial Treatment Of Bradley Manning
By Kevin Zeese
Hundreds of thousands of individuals globally celebrate today the confirmation that their efforts to end the torturous pre-trial confinement conditions inflicted upon US Army PFC Bradley Manning have been successful. Manning's lead defense attorney, David E. Coombs of Rhode Island, has personally verified that Manning is indeed being held in Medium Custody confinement
A Typical Day For PFC Bradley Manning
At Fort Leavenworth
By David E. Coombs
Unlike at Quantico, PFC Manning cell has a large window that provides adequate natural light. His cell also has a desk, a bed, and a toilet. The cell is approximately 80 square feet. He is provided with a normal mattress, sheets and a pillow. None of his clothing is taken away from him at night. PFC Manning is able to have all of his personal items in his cell, which include his clothing, his legal materials, books and letters from family and friends. He is also able to have a pen and paper at all times in his cell, and is able to write whenever he chooses
31 March, 2011
Denying Bradley Manning Exercise:
A Ploy To Weaken His Mind
By Sherwood Ross
The object of denying Bradley exercise is to weaken both his body and his mind so that if the Army ever decides to bring his case to trial, it will be trying a human vegetable, perhaps a distraught man even incapable of understanding the charges against him, incapable of assisting his lawyers in his defense
18 March, 2011
Torturing Bradley Manning
By Stephen Lendman
Manning is being emotionally destroyed, assuring his inability to defend himself properly at trial. The Pentagon plans it, besides extracting vengeance and warning other whistleblowers what they'll face if they dare emulate him. Obama very much concurs, showing he's as lawless as Bush
15 March, 2011
The Abusive Detention Of Bradley Manning
By Kevin Zeese
The Appeal of His Virtual Solitary Confinement Makes the Case of Inhuman Treatment by the Quantico Brig
11 March, 2011
Bradley Manning Tells Of Prison Ordeal
By Ed Pilkington
Bradley Manning speaks out for first time about his experience in prison
The Abusive Detention Of Bradley Manning
By Kevin Zeese
Bradley Manning's appeal of the refusal to relax his conditions of confinement makes a strong case that he has been a model prisoner who is being unjustly abused. His inhumane treatment violates his due process rights and is cruel and unusual punishment
08 March, 2011
Bradley Manning Is Punished For Seeking
A More Perfect Union
By Kevin Zeese
Reports that Bradley Manning is being held nude every night at the Quantico Brig, then forced to stand naked in the hallway while he waits for his clothes, shows the inconsistency of the treatment of Manning with basic American values of due process, fair trial and human dignity
05 March, 2011
Bradley Manning's Forced Nudity To Occur Daily
By Glenn Greenwald
Brig officials now confirm to The New York Times that Manning will be forced to be nude every night from now on for the indefinite future -- not only when he sleeps, but also when he stands outside his cell for morning inspection along with the other brig detainees. They claim that it is being done "as a 'precautionary measure' to prevent him from injuring himself."
Criminalizing The Truth Tellers
By Dr. Lawrence Davidson
There is no doubt that Julian Assange, the head of the Wikileaks organization, and Bradley Manning are being singled out and made examples of by the Obama administration. Their suffering constitutes a message which goes like this: if you inform the public of what the United States government is doing, no matter how illegal and disgusting it might be, our police and intelligence agencies will track you down and turn your life into hell
04 March, 2011
Bradley Manning Stripped Naked Again
By David E. Coombs
PFC Manning was forced to strip naked in his cell again last night. As with the previous evening, Quantico Brig guards required him to surrender all of his clothing. PFC Manning then walked back to his bed, and spent the next seven hours in humiliation
Is Bradley Manning Being Treated Like
A Guantanamo Detainee?
By WikiLeaks
Since being put in the brig, the military has sought to break the spirit of Manning. David House, a close friend and frequent visitor at Quantico, described visiting Manning and how in the last months he has gone from someone who could carry a conversation to a person who is in an utterly catatonic state
03 March, 2011
US Army Charges Bradley Manning
With Capital Offense
By Barry Grey
The United States Army late Wednesday notified Bradley Manning that it was filing an additional 22 charges against him. The new charges in Manning’s court martial process include “aiding the enemy,” a capital offense
Bradley Manning Could Face Death: For What?
By Glenn Greenwald
American political leaders responsible for grave atrocities are treated like peace-loving statesmen and honored dignitaries, while those who heroically risk their lives to expose and end that wrongdoing (Manning, and Ellsberg before him) are thrown into a cage, threatened with death, and scorned by All Decent People
19 February, 2011
They Only Lock Up Heroes At Quantico
By David Swanson
If Bradley Manning turns out to be the hero he appears to be, he will not be the first "detained" at Quantico
02 February, 2011
David House Visits Bradley Manning In Prison
By Jane Hamsher
Bradley Manning's punitive psychiatric status remains, but hopeful about youth uprising in Tunisia and Egypt
31 January, 2011
British Papers Falsely Incriminate Bradley Manning
By WikiLeaks
The Telegraph this evening ran a story on tomorrow's Wikileaks book by the Guardian editors David Leigh and Luke Harding - just one of several books in a publishing run by Wikileaks' media partners. Among the revelations forthcoming in that volume is the rather stale information that Bradley Manning is alleged to be Wikileaks' anonymous source for Cablegate and the War Log releases
27 January, 2011
PFC Bradley Manning Is Not Being Treated Like Every Other Detainee
By David E. Coombs
Despite the assertion of Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell, PFC Bradley Manning is not being treated like every other detainee at the Quantico brig. PFC Manning is being treated differently. He is the only detainee being held in Maximum (MAX) custody and under Prevention of Injury (POI) watch. Every other detainee is being held in Medium Detention In (MDI) and without POI watch restrictions. What is the difference?
23 January, 2011
The National Security State, Secrecy,
And The Miss America Pageant
By Jay Clark
If Pvt. Manning is the only man of conscience and the solitary defender of constitutional principles in this whole affair, as I believe he is, then he is not a traitor but a patriot and hero—unless of course things have digressed so far that, with the help of the official press, murderers and liars have now become our new “American heroes.”
21 January, 2011
Former Commander Of Headquarters Company
At Quantico Objects To Treatment Of
Bradley Manning
By David C. MacMichael
As a former regular Marine Corps captain, a Korean War combat veteran, now retired on Veterans Administration disability due to wounds suffered during that conflict, I write you to protest and express concern about the confinement in the Quantico Marine Corps Base brig of US Army Pfc. Bradley Manning
15 January, 2011
Lawyer Protests Brutal Treatment Of
Bradley Manning
By Tom Eley
The lawyer representing Army Private Bradley Manning, who is accused of turning over classified military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks, has demanded a mitigation of the harsh conditions under which he is being held at a military prison or his outright release from custody
How Is Bradley Manning Really Being Treated?
By David Swanson
If you are as concerned about Bradley Manning's condition as he is about his jailers', you can join in a demonstration outside the brig where he is held on Monday, Martin Luther King Day, January 17th in Quantico, Va. Our demand will be a simple one: Free Bradley Manning!
25 December, 2010
Bradley Manning Speaks About His Conditions
By David House
David House is one of the few people allowed to visit Bradley Manning while he is detained in the Quantico brig. Here he speaks to Manning about the condition of his detention in Quantico and bares open the Pentagon spin
UN Probing Bradley Manning’s Mistreatment
By Jason Ditz
The United Nations office for torture issues confirmed today that they have received a complaint regarding the mistreatment of Pfc. Bradley Manning in detention by the US military, and that the matter is under investigation
20 December, 2010
A Typical Day For PFC Bradley Manning
By Armycourtmartialdefense.info
Bradley Manning's a day in prison
19 December, 2010
Manning Within His Rights
To Give Secrets To Wikileaks
By Sherwood Ross
If the U.S. is an aggressor state, as Germany was when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939, doesn't that change everything? America under President George W. Bush attacked two small nations that posed no threat to it
Bradley Manning's Prison Hell
By Denver Nicks
Bradley Manning, who allegedly leaked hundreds of thousands of secret government documents to Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks, turned 23 in jail Friday. The Daily Beast’s Denver Nicks, in an exclusive interview with Manning’s attorney, reports on his solitary confinement, what he’s reading (from George W. Bush to Howard Zinn), and his legal strategy
Forgetting Bradley Manning
By Laura Flanders
Assange is out of jail. But let's not forget that without Bradley Manning and many others like him, Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and all our new-found public information would be as in the dark as Manning is right now
Joe Biden v. Joe Biden On WikiLeaks
By Glenn Greenwald
In one day, Biden went from giddily declaring that "I don't think there's any damage" to gravely warning that "it has done damage."
17 December, 2010
Getting To Assange Through Manning
By Glenn Greenwald
Federal investigators "are looking for evidence of any collusion" between WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning -- "trying to find out whether Mr. Assange encouraged or even helped" the Army Private leak the documents -- and then "charge him as a conspirator in the leak, not just as a passive recipient of the documents who then published them." To achieve this, it is particularly important to "persuade Private Manning to testify against Mr. Assange." I want to make two points about this. This raises several questions about investigative journalism
15 December, 2010
The Inhumane Conditions Of
Bradley Manning's Detention
By Glenn Greenwald
Interviews with several people directly familiar with the conditions of Manning's detention, ultimately including a Quantico brig official (Lt. Brian Villiard) who confirmed much of what they conveyed, establishes that the accused leaker is subjected to detention conditions likely to create long-term psychological injuries
25 October, 2010
Private Manning And The Making Of Wikileaks
By Denver Nicks
The incredible journey of a young man who became the greatest whistle blower in military history
20 September, 2010
A Campaign To Free Bradley Manning
By Ann Wright
When I joined the U.S. military I, like Bradley Manning, took an oath to protect the Constitution and the American people. This led me to resign my position when the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003. Protecting the Constitution outweighs following orders and Manning should be lauded for choosing to do the right thing
14 September, 2010
Bradley Manning Case: Why We Can’t Have A Secret Trial
By Charles Langley
A secret government that holds secret trials is government by the few and for the few. If this isn’t the America you want to live in, then do the patriotic thing – demand a fair trial
27 August, 2010
Whistle Blowing Is Not A Crime
By Tommi Avicolli-Mecca
Formally charged by the military, Manning now faces a court martial and a possible 52 years in prison. The soldiers who murdered the 11 innocent people in the video are facing no charges
19 August, 2010
10 Ways You Can Help Save Bradley Manning
By Bradleymanning.org
I’m just one person, what can I do to help save Bradley Manning? Our network is made up of people as well as organizations. Even if you are all on your own, there are many ways you can reach out in your community and beyond. Here are 10 ways people can get involved
10 August, 2010
Please Don’t Shoot The Messenger
By Charlotte
If Bradley Manning did leak anything, which we do not yet know, he certainly did not enlist and go overseas to do so. More likely, what he saw while he was there changed who and what he trusted. It did not, however, change what he believed in – which was still truth and justice
08 August, 2010
Bradley Manning: An American Hero
By Stephen Lendman
On Sunday, August 8, a public rally will be held outside the Quantico, VA Marine base, supporting Manning. War criminals remain free uncharged. Manning, an American hero, faces 52 years in prison for exposing their crimes
06 August, 2010
US War Criminals Threaten WikiLeaks, Private Manning
By Patrick Martin
The most strident rhetoric has come from the ultra-right. Republican Congressman Mike Rogers of Michigan, a former FBI agent who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, told a local radio station Monday that he thought the death penalty would be appropriate punishment for Manning if he is convicted on charges of leaking classified military documents to WikiLeaks
31 July, 2010
The Heroism Of PFC Bradley Manning
By Evan Knappenberger
As far as the courageous PFC Manning goes, he is my new military intelligence hero. Thanks, Brad. And shame on you, media, for being out-reported by a twenty-two year-old kid with a laptop. But most of all, shame on you, US Army, for forcing a kid to be the one to finally expose the truth about your costly and deadly wars
Bradley Manning ‘On Suicide Watch’
By Jason Ditz
Having been held in Kuwait since his arrest on allegations of mishandling classified data, Pfc. Bradley Manning was returned to the United States today, and placed in a Marine Corps Brig in Quantico, Virginia. He is now said to be “on suicide watch.”
30 July, 2010
Military Transfers Manning To Quantico, VA
Military Press Release
U.S. Army officials transferred PFC Bradley Manning from the Confinement Facility in Kuwait to the Marine Corps Base Quantico Brig in Quantico, Virginia, on July 29
Pentagon Retaliates Against
WikiLeaks, Pvt. Manning
By Bill Van Auken
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, used a Pentagon press conference Thursday to vilify WikiLeaks and its editor, Julian Assange, while vowing to crack down on anyone involved in making public the documents comprising the so-called Afghan War Diary posted by the organization
29 July, 2010
The Significance Of The ‘Support Bradley Manning’ Campaign
By Katharine Dawn
Noting how when there’s “one man in chains, none are free”, a friend comments: “Bradley represents the truth-sayer in us all – if we leave him there, we abandon our own inner calling for truth”
Legal Fund Established To Fight Imprisonment of
Accused WikiLeaks Whistleblower
By Bradley Manning Support Network
Bradley Manning Support Network is accepting online donations for the legal defense of Private First Class Bradley Manning. The Network, a grassroots initiative formed to defend and support accused whistleblower Pfc. Bradley Manning, has partnered with Courage to Resist, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting military objectors
Petition Campaign
28 July, 2010
Wikileaks, Resistance, Genuine Heroes,
And Breaking The Goddamned Rules
By Arthur Silber
Bradley Manning is a remarkable hero, but most of us will not acknowledge the heroes who appear in our lives. The deeply admirable Mike Gogulski is not "most of us." He has set up a site for donations to Bradley Manning's legal defense fund, and for support of other kinds. Go there right now. Donate as much as you can, as often as you can