Andrew Blake

  • Thousands Rally in DC to Urge the NSA to "Stop Watching Us"

    Outside of DC’s Union Station at noon on Saturday, about 2,000 people congregated to march through downtown and eventually protest in front of the Capitol to honor Edward Snowden and express disdain over government spying.

  • 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...

  • Bradley Manning's Trial Starts Today

    On Saturday, nearly 2,000 supporters of Army Private Bradley Manning drove or took the bus from all over the country to march in support of the soldier on the eve of what, in the best way possible, means the beginning of the end.

  • When Bradley Manning Spoke

    Manning has been imprisoned without trial for over 1,000 days. Only during yesterday's testimony, he owned up to his crimes, explaining to the world why he willingly released materials that have changed history—if not in the way he'd originally...

  • The Torture of Bradley Manning

    If there’s a bad time to discuss holiday shopping, it’s while waiting for someone to describe being tortured.

  • The Torture of Bradley Manning

    If there’s a bad time to discuss holiday shopping, it’s while waiting for someone to describe being tortured. I was soaking wet and still half asleep when our driver turned to the back seat of the press shuttle and said something so totally irrelevant...