Bradley Manning
Hey Conservatives, There's Nothing "Delusional" About Being Trans
The National Review apparently believes that trans people are mentally ill and need to be "cured." Maybe they should stop being such fucking intolerant bigots?
The Government Wants the Media to Stop Covering Barrett Brown
Barrett Brown has been sitting in prison, without trial, for almost a year. In case you haven’t followed his case, the 31-year-old journalist is facing a century of prison time for sharing a link that contained, within an archive of 5 million emails...
Three Whistleblowers Talk About Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning
The US government's pursuit of those who break rank to expose its secrets has emerged as the dominant narrative of this decade's war for information. I thought I'd speak to a trio of high-profile whistleblowers who know all about the repercussions of...
How the Espionage Act of 1917 Became a Law Against Whistleblowing
With Bradley Manning convicted of espionage and Edward Snowden still moldering in a Moscow airport, it's worth looking at the law that streamlines America's prosecution of whistleblowers.
Bradley Manning Was Convicted of Espionage, and We Protested at the White House
Bradley Manning has already been tortured while kept in isolation, and after Tuesday’s verdict he is officially—in the eyes of the American justice system—a bona fide spy several times over. For sharing sensitive files with the antisecrecy site...
The US Military Recruited at San Francisco Gay Pride
In the past two years, we’ve seen a rapid increase in the military's awareness of the LGBTQ community, amid an obviously understandable animosity. Could they recruit from the very same group they’ve spent countless generations undermining?
Julian Assange Isn't WikiLeaks
With Julian Assange consigned to ambling between his lounge chair and his speaking balcony at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, the fight for free information had gone a little quiet until Edward Snowden appeared and shook it all up again. Now, Assange...
This Is a Defining Year for WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is now established as the go-to organization for those who have something secret they want the world to know or who hear the footsteps of intelligence agencies behind them. What does its future look like?
Bradley Manning's Court Testimony—Leaked
I was not the only one weighing whether or not it was worth risking my career, my reputation, and a possible military reprimand by recording the Bradley Manning's testimony: this morning, audio of his guilty plea was leaked to the web by an anonymous...
Bradley Manning Pleaded Guilty Yesterday: 'I Did It'
For voluntarily admitting his crimes yesterday, Bradley Manning stands to face up to 20 years in prison. After his case is formally court-martialed beginning in June, though, he could be sent away for life. The government says he helped aid anti...
Aaron Swartz and Bradley Manning: How the US Government Contains Those Who Would Free Information
Swartz and Manning's crimes were that they individually sought to liberate the information our government didn't want us to see. This government is just creating martyrs. And history shows us that martyrs have a way of catalyzing change.