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First, and in a class by himself, is Bradley
Manning:
Andy Worthington has spent many years now documenting
U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, even as the Obama administration moved
"forward" past its promise to close Guantanamo. His work is unique and
invaluable. We hope we can get him to the U.S. again next month for the 11th
anniversary of Guantanamo. See 
Bush
regime went crazy with the USA PATRIOT Act. She went on to form the No
Guantanamos Project, bringing the challenge directly to U.S. communities to take
released prisoners from the prison, if they could not be released to their home
countries. Without her weekly newsletter, (
Communism Today
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Saturday, December 8th, acclaimed author, political scientist, and Occupy
theorist Jodi Dean spoke in us in Boston on ideas found in her new book The
Communist Horizon (published by Verso Press), the talk was followed by a
discussion on the need for a rejuvenation of the idea and the project of
communism to meet the challenges and the crisis conditions of the 21st century.
The event was co-sponsored by Red Horzion, Encuentro Cinco, as well as The
Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series.
Jodi Dean on the Communist Horizon: Video 1 of
2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI4Y9KNZ87A
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December 14, 2012 VFP Issues Position Statement on SyriaVeterans For Peace urgently calls on the United States and NATO to cease all military activity in Syria, halt all U.S. and NATO shipments of weapons, and abandon all threats to further escalate the violence under which the people of Syria are suffering.NATO troops and missiles should be withdrawn from Turkey and other surrounding nations. U.S. ships should exit the Mediterranean. Veterans For Peace is an organization of veterans who draw upon their military experiences in working for the abolition of war. We have not entered into this work without consideration of many situations similar to the current one in Syria. <Full statement> Back to Top | |||
2012 Was the Year of the Drone in Afghanistan
- By Spencer Ackerman
- 12.06.12
- 12:24 PM
An armed MQ-9 Reaper drone taxis on an Afghanistan
runway, November 2007. The drones have been busier in Afghanistan in 2012 than
ever before. Photo: U.S. Air Force
The soldiers and marines are packing their bags. The pilots are sitting on the tarmac. But the armed robotic planes are busier than they’ve ever been: Revised U.S. military statistics show a much, much larger drone war in Afghanistan than anyone suspected.
Last month, military stats revealed that the U.S. had launched some 333 drone strikes in Afghanistan thus far in 2012. That made Afghanistan the epicenter of U.S. drone attacks — not Pakistan, not Yemen, not Somalia. But it turns out those stats were off, according to revised ones released by the Air Force on Thursday morning. There have actually been 447 drone strikes in Afghanistan this year. That means drone strikes represent 11.5 percent of the entire air war — up from about 5 percent last year.
Never before in Afghanistan have there been so many drone strikes. For the past three years, the strikes have never topped 300 annually, even during the height of the surge. Never mind 2014, when U.S. troops are supposed to take a diminished role in the war and focus largely on counterterrorism. Afghanistan’s past year, heavy on insurgent-hunting robots, shows that the war’s future has already been on display.
It’s not just that the drone war in Afghanistan is so big. It’s that the broader air war is winding down. As the chart above shows, the Air Force flew fewer intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in 2012 than it did in 2011, although the number of spy missions in 2012 is still greater than in 2010 or 2009. This year has seen over 1,000 fewer aerial attacks, by manned and remotely piloted aircraft alike, than there were during the surge years of 2010 and 2011. Total sorties are even lower than their 2009 levels. The only exception to the downward slope: drone strikes.
That suggests a pattern that may endure through the next two years of troop reductions. As the humans leave, the robots take up the slack.
The U.S. and Afghanistan have begun negotiations on what a residual troop presence is supposed to look like. So far, it’s believed that the Pentagon wants to leave behind between 5,000 and 10,000 troops, to continue to train the Afghan military, hunt terrorists and generally ensure Afghanistan doesn’t collapse. And before the New Year, Gen. John Allen, the outgoing commander of the war, is supposed to recommend to President Obama how fast next year’s troop drawdowns ought to proceed. Pentagon officials insist nothing’s etched in stone.
But we might not have to wait for 2014 to see the future of the Afghanistan war. “We may well see the development of counterterrorism become more important as time goes on,” Allen told the Senate last year. This year proved Allen wasn’t blowing smoke. U.S. special operations forces underwent a major command overhaul and now operate out of a private base run by the company formerly known as Blackwater. Super-sizing the drone war is fully in line with that broader shift. This may have been the year of the drone in Afghanistan, but the drones aren’t going home any time soon.
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Breaking: Just Released FBI Documents Reveal Secret Nationwide Occup
Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:45 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"smedleyvfp@massvfp.org"
Partnership
for Civil Justice
<http://www2.justiceonline.org/site/R?i=HYZ3hShZQgFk_sL-M7zYcw>
FBI documents just obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
(PCJF) pursuant to the PCJF's Freedom of Information Act demands reveal
that from its inception, the FBI treated the Occupy movement as a
potential criminal and terrorist threat even though the agency
acknowledges in documents that organizers explicitly called for peaceful
protest and did "not condone the use of violence" at occupy protests.
The PCJF has obtained heavily redacted documents showing that FBI
offices and agents around the country were in high gear conducting
surveillance against the movement even as early as August 2011, a month
prior to the establishment of the OWS encampment in Zuccotti Park and
other Occupy actions around the country.
"This production, which we believe is just the tip of the iceberg, is a
window into the nationwide scope of the FBI's surveillance, monitoring,
and reporting on peaceful protestors organizing with the Occupy
movement," stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF). "These documents show that
the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are treating protests
against the corporate and banking structure of America as potential
criminal and terrorist activity. These documents also show these
federal agencies functioning as a de facto intelligence arm of Wall
Street and Corporate America."
"The documents are heavily redacted, and it is clear from the production
that the FBI is withholding far more material. We are filing an appeal
challenging this response and demanding full disclosure to the public of
the records of this operation," stated Heather Benno, staff attorney
with the PCJF.
* As early as August 19, 2011, the FBI in New York was meeting with
the New York Stock Exchange to discuss the Occupy Wall Street
protests that wouldn't start for another month. By September, prior
to the start of the OWS, the FBI was notifying businesses that they
might be the focus of an OWS protest.
* The FBI's Indianapolis division released a "Potential Criminal
Activity Alert" on September 15, 2011, even though they acknowledged
that no specific protest date had been scheduled in Indiana. The
documents show that the Indianapolis division of the FBI was
coordinating with "All Indiana State and Local Law Enforcement
Agencies," as well as the "Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center," the
FBI "Directorate of Intelligence" and other national FBI
coordinating mechanisms.
* Documents show the spying abuses of the FBI's "Campus Liaison
Program" in which the FBI in Albany and the Syracuse Joint Terrorism
Task Force disseminated information to "sixteen (16) different
campus police officials," and then "six (6) additional campus police
officials." Campus officials were in contact with the FBI for
information on OWS. A representative of the State University of New
York at Oswego contacted the FBI for information on the OWS protests
and reported to the FBI on the SUNY-Oswego Occupy encampment made up
of students and professors.
* Documents released show coordination between the FBI, Department of
Homeland Security and corporate America. They include a report by
the Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC), described by the
federal government as "a strategic partnership between the FBI, the
Department of Homeland Security and the private sector," discussing
the OWS protests at the West Coast ports to "raise awareness
concerning this type of criminal activity." The DSAC report shows
the nature of secret collaboration between American intelligence
agencies and their corporate clients - the document contains a
"handling notice" that the information is "meant for use primarily
within the corporate security community. Such messages shall not be
released in either written or oral form to the media, the general
public or other personnel..." (The DSAC document was also obtained
by the Northern California ACLU which has sought local FBI
surveillance files.)
* Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) reported to the DSAC on
the relationship between OWS and organized labor for the port
actions. The NCIS describes itself as "an elite worldwide federal
law enforcement organization" whose "mission is to investigate and
defeat criminal, terrorist, and foreign intelligence threats to the
United States Navy and Marine Corps ashore, afloat and in
cyberspace." The NCIS also assists with the transport of Guantanamo
prisoners.
* DSAC issued several tips to its corporate clients on "civil unrest"
which it defines as ranging from "small, organized rallies to
large-scale demonstrations and rioting." It advised to dress
conservatively, avoid political discussions and "avoid all large
gatherings related to civil issues. Even seemingly peaceful rallies
can spur violent activity or be met with resistance by security
forces. Bystanders may be arrested or harmed by security forces
using water cannons, tear gas or other measures to control crowds."
* The FBI in Anchorage reported from a Joint Terrorism Task Force
meeting of November 3, 2011, about Occupy activities in Anchorage.
* A port Facility Security Officer in Anchorage coordinated with the
FBI to attend the meeting of protestors and gain intelligence on the
planning of the port actions. He was advised to request the presence
of an Anchorage Police Department official to also attend the event.
The FBI Special Agent told the undercover private operative that he
would notify the Joint Terrorism Task Force and that he would
provide a point of contact at the Anchorage Police Department.
* The Jacksonville, Florida FBI prepared a Domestic Terrorism briefing
on the "spread of the Occupy Wall Street Movement" in October 2011.
The intelligence meeting discussed Occupy venues identifying
"Daytona, Gainesville and Ocala Resident Agency territories as
portions ...where some of the highest unemployment rates in Florida
continue to exist."
* The Tampa, Florida FBI "Domestic Terrorism" liaison participated
with the Tampa Police Department's monthly intelligence meeting in
which Occupy Lakeland, Occupy Polk County and Occupy St. Petersburg
were discussed. They reported on an individual "leading the Occupy
Tampa" and plans for travel to Gainesville for a protest planning
meeting, as well as on Veterans for Peace plans to protest at
MacDill Air Force Base.
* The Federal Reserve in Richmond appears to have had personnel
surveilling OWS planning. They were in contact with the FBI in
Richmond to "pass on information regarding the movement known as
occupy Wall Street." There were repeated communications "to pass on
updates of the events and decisions made during the small rallies
and the following information received from the Capital Police
Intelligence Unit through JTTF (Joint Terrorism Task Force)."
* The Virginia FBI was collecting intelligence on the OWS movement for
dissemination to the Virginia Fusion Center and other Intelligence
divisions.
* The Milwaukee division of the FBI was coordinating with the
Ashwaubenon Public Safety division in Green Bay Wisconsin regarding
Occupy.
* The Memphis FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force met to discuss
"domestic terrorism" threats, including, "Aryan Nations, Occupy Wall
Street, and Anonymous."
* The Birmingham, AL division of the FBI sent communications to HAZMAT
teams regarding the Occupy Wall Street movement.
* The Jackson, Mississippi division of the FBI attended a meeting of
the Bank Security Group in Biloxi, MS with multiple private banks
and the Biloxi Police Department, in which they discussed an
announced protest for "National Bad Bank Sit-In-Day" on December 7,
2011.
* The Denver, CO FBI and its Bank Fraud Working Group met and were
briefed on Occupy Wall Street in November 2011. Members of the
Working Group include private financial institutions and local area
law enforcement.
* Jackson, MS Joint Terrorism Task Force issued a "Counterterrorism
Preparedness" alert. This heavily redacted document includes the
description, "To document...the Occupy Wall Street Movement."
You can read the FBI - OWS documents here where we have uploaded them in
searchable format for public viewing.
<http://www2.justiceonline.org/site/R?i=yXNu2hggkS1sWlN28nAhCg>
The PCJF filed Freedom of Information Act demands with multiple federal
law enforcement agencies in the fall of 2011 as the Occupy crackdown
began. The FBI initially attempted to limit its search to only one
limited record keeping index. Recognizing this as a common tactic used
by the FBI to conduct an inadequate search, the PCJF pressed forward
demanding searches be performed of the FBI headquarters as well as FBI
field offices nationwide.
The PCJF will continue to push for public disclosure of the government's
spy files and will release documents as they are obtained.
<http://www2.justiceonline.org/site/R?i=HYZ3hShZQgFk_sL-M7zYcw>
FBI documents just obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
(PCJF) pursuant to the PCJF's Freedom of Information Act demands reveal
that from its inception, the FBI treated the Occupy movement as a
potential criminal and terrorist threat even though the agency
acknowledges in documents that organizers explicitly called for peaceful
protest and did "not condone the use of violence" at occupy protests.
The PCJF has obtained heavily redacted documents showing that FBI
offices and agents around the country were in high gear conducting
surveillance against the movement even as early as August 2011, a month
prior to the establishment of the OWS encampment in Zuccotti Park and
other Occupy actions around the country.
"This production, which we believe is just the tip of the iceberg, is a
window into the nationwide scope of the FBI's surveillance, monitoring,
and reporting on peaceful protestors organizing with the Occupy
movement," stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF). "These documents show that
the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are treating protests
against the corporate and banking structure of America as potential
criminal and terrorist activity. These documents also show these
federal agencies functioning as a de facto intelligence arm of Wall
Street and Corporate America."
"The documents are heavily redacted, and it is clear from the production
that the FBI is withholding far more material. We are filing an appeal
challenging this response and demanding full disclosure to the public of
the records of this operation," stated Heather Benno, staff attorney
with the PCJF.
* As early as August 19, 2011, the FBI in New York was meeting with
the New York Stock Exchange to discuss the Occupy Wall Street
protests that wouldn't start for another month. By September, prior
to the start of the OWS, the FBI was notifying businesses that they
might be the focus of an OWS protest.
* The FBI's Indianapolis division released a "Potential Criminal
Activity Alert" on September 15, 2011, even though they acknowledged
that no specific protest date had been scheduled in Indiana. The
documents show that the Indianapolis division of the FBI was
coordinating with "All Indiana State and Local Law Enforcement
Agencies," as well as the "Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center," the
FBI "Directorate of Intelligence" and other national FBI
coordinating mechanisms.
* Documents show the spying abuses of the FBI's "Campus Liaison
Program" in which the FBI in Albany and the Syracuse Joint Terrorism
Task Force disseminated information to "sixteen (16) different
campus police officials," and then "six (6) additional campus police
officials." Campus officials were in contact with the FBI for
information on OWS. A representative of the State University of New
York at Oswego contacted the FBI for information on the OWS protests
and reported to the FBI on the SUNY-Oswego Occupy encampment made up
of students and professors.
* Documents released show coordination between the FBI, Department of
Homeland Security and corporate America. They include a report by
the Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC), described by the
federal government as "a strategic partnership between the FBI, the
Department of Homeland Security and the private sector," discussing
the OWS protests at the West Coast ports to "raise awareness
concerning this type of criminal activity." The DSAC report shows
the nature of secret collaboration between American intelligence
agencies and their corporate clients - the document contains a
"handling notice" that the information is "meant for use primarily
within the corporate security community. Such messages shall not be
released in either written or oral form to the media, the general
public or other personnel..." (The DSAC document was also obtained
by the Northern California ACLU which has sought local FBI
surveillance files.)
* Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) reported to the DSAC on
the relationship between OWS and organized labor for the port
actions. The NCIS describes itself as "an elite worldwide federal
law enforcement organization" whose "mission is to investigate and
defeat criminal, terrorist, and foreign intelligence threats to the
United States Navy and Marine Corps ashore, afloat and in
cyberspace." The NCIS also assists with the transport of Guantanamo
prisoners.
* DSAC issued several tips to its corporate clients on "civil unrest"
which it defines as ranging from "small, organized rallies to
large-scale demonstrations and rioting." It advised to dress
conservatively, avoid political discussions and "avoid all large
gatherings related to civil issues. Even seemingly peaceful rallies
can spur violent activity or be met with resistance by security
forces. Bystanders may be arrested or harmed by security forces
using water cannons, tear gas or other measures to control crowds."
* The FBI in Anchorage reported from a Joint Terrorism Task Force
meeting of November 3, 2011, about Occupy activities in Anchorage.
* A port Facility Security Officer in Anchorage coordinated with the
FBI to attend the meeting of protestors and gain intelligence on the
planning of the port actions. He was advised to request the presence
of an Anchorage Police Department official to also attend the event.
The FBI Special Agent told the undercover private operative that he
would notify the Joint Terrorism Task Force and that he would
provide a point of contact at the Anchorage Police Department.
* The Jacksonville, Florida FBI prepared a Domestic Terrorism briefing
on the "spread of the Occupy Wall Street Movement" in October 2011.
The intelligence meeting discussed Occupy venues identifying
"Daytona, Gainesville and Ocala Resident Agency territories as
portions ...where some of the highest unemployment rates in Florida
continue to exist."
* The Tampa, Florida FBI "Domestic Terrorism" liaison participated
with the Tampa Police Department's monthly intelligence meeting in
which Occupy Lakeland, Occupy Polk County and Occupy St. Petersburg
were discussed. They reported on an individual "leading the Occupy
Tampa" and plans for travel to Gainesville for a protest planning
meeting, as well as on Veterans for Peace plans to protest at
MacDill Air Force Base.
* The Federal Reserve in Richmond appears to have had personnel
surveilling OWS planning. They were in contact with the FBI in
Richmond to "pass on information regarding the movement known as
occupy Wall Street." There were repeated communications "to pass on
updates of the events and decisions made during the small rallies
and the following information received from the Capital Police
Intelligence Unit through JTTF (Joint Terrorism Task Force)."
* The Virginia FBI was collecting intelligence on the OWS movement for
dissemination to the Virginia Fusion Center and other Intelligence
divisions.
* The Milwaukee division of the FBI was coordinating with the
Ashwaubenon Public Safety division in Green Bay Wisconsin regarding
Occupy.
* The Memphis FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force met to discuss
"domestic terrorism" threats, including, "Aryan Nations, Occupy Wall
Street, and Anonymous."
* The Birmingham, AL division of the FBI sent communications to HAZMAT
teams regarding the Occupy Wall Street movement.
* The Jackson, Mississippi division of the FBI attended a meeting of
the Bank Security Group in Biloxi, MS with multiple private banks
and the Biloxi Police Department, in which they discussed an
announced protest for "National Bad Bank Sit-In-Day" on December 7,
2011.
* The Denver, CO FBI and its Bank Fraud Working Group met and were
briefed on Occupy Wall Street in November 2011. Members of the
Working Group include private financial institutions and local area
law enforcement.
* Jackson, MS Joint Terrorism Task Force issued a "Counterterrorism
Preparedness" alert. This heavily redacted document includes the
description, "To document...the Occupy Wall Street Movement."
You can read the FBI - OWS documents here where we have uploaded them in
searchable format for public viewing.
<http://www2.justiceonline.org/site/R?i=yXNu2hggkS1sWlN28nAhCg>
The PCJF filed Freedom of Information Act demands with multiple federal
law enforcement agencies in the fall of 2011 as the Occupy crackdown
began. The FBI initially attempted to limit its search to only one
limited record keeping index. Recognizing this as a common tactic used
by the FBI to conduct an inadequate search, the PCJF pressed forward
demanding searches be performed of the FBI headquarters as well as FBI
field offices nationwide.
The PCJF will continue to push for public disclosure of the government's
spy files and will release documents as they are obtained.
Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:28 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"waterwebb@aol.com"
It
might be important to consider putting the Peace Movement under the same
lens you are looking through in relation to the organizations you mention.
It is a stretch to fault Ghandi for the current state of India. Just as it
is a stretch to fault the Founding fathers for the current state of the
United States.
The conduct of an organization or government is a direct reflection of the
actions of the people in the organization or government and the actions of
the people they serve at the time and place they are being judged.
Respectfully,
Webb Nichols
lens you are looking through in relation to the organizations you mention.
It is a stretch to fault Ghandi for the current state of India. Just as it
is a stretch to fault the Founding fathers for the current state of the
United States.
The conduct of an organization or government is a direct reflection of the
actions of the people in the organization or government and the actions of
the people they serve at the time and place they are being judged.
Respectfully,
Webb Nichols
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When The Blues Was Dues- Blind Willie McTell’s “Rollin’ Mama Blues”
…They called her Magnolia May(although he later found out, after he had gone to hell and back with her, had done every hellish thing to and with her, and had gone to heaven with her too he wanted everybody to know, her real name was Anna Sue Barkin), the highest yella gal in Ma Stover’s negro whorehouse over on Blanchard Street (although Ma kept a few off-hand just off farm white girls, all corn-fed and dewy, dope-heads by the time Ma got them , just to mix things up but you had to know Ma, or special request those girls, and Ma kept them on a separate floor, a separate floor from the high yella girls that Ma was known far and wide for), the girl every guy, especially those foolish college boys from over at State University craved when their monthly daddy checks came in. And Jackson Barr, Junior was no different, no different once one of his frat brothers clued him in to Ma’s, to high yella girls, and to the best way to spent that daddy check walking daddy right over to Ma’s. Right over to Ma’s after stopping at Mr. Henry’s in town for some fine old whiskey, scotch and rye, store bought, and some, uh, cocaine, not store bought, although legal, not store bought since other drugstore establishments insisted on a genuine prescription from a genuine doctor. Mr. Henry had no such scruples.
And so Jackson Barr headed (with other frat brothers but they don’t count in this story so we will move on) over to Ma’s one hot Saturday night in early June just before the semester was over at State, entered her establishment, took out some walking daddy money, all green and pure, handed his liquors to the man servant and declared to Ma, declared calmly but forthrightly, that he wanted the highest yella girl in her fine establishment. Hence Magnolia May.
And hence seven kinds of hell and heaven once they had gone up to her room for the very first thing she did was to drop down her dress to show off her high yella fine wares, all curves and cuddles in the right places, and boldly, not whore boldly although that was her professional, but hey daddy you are in for a treat boldly, asked Jackson Barr, Junior just exactly how did he want his rolling done (what kind of sex, no rough stuff to mar her body, did he want for the clueless). After a finger of scotch and two fingers of coke which he invited her to share with him they jumped on her big fluffy bed and she gave him some head, spitting his jimson into her handkerchief after he exploded in her mouth.
Two weeks and five hundred miles later Jackson Barr, Senior, Ma Stover, seventeen officials from State, the Texas Rangers, and who knows what else, found Jackson Barr, Junior and Magnolia May in the Imperial Hotel in Austin, Texas after about a million odd-ball incidents, a million liquor drinks, many bindles of dope, and after about twenty pages from the Karma Sutra the ways that Jackson Barr, Junior wanted his rolling done. They hushed it all up by agreement, and gave Magnolia May a one- way ticket to Chicago, or else. But always after, even with his wife, all curves and cuddles, all white curves and cuddles, sleeping right beside and willing to do some rolling of her own, he kept thinking of that June time, and about maybe heading to Chicago on business some time.
Blind Willie McTell Rollin' Mama Blues Lyrics
Now tell me baby
How do you want your rollin' done?
Now tell me baby
How do you want your rollin' done?
I want you to start in the mornin' baby
And roll me with the settin' of the sun
Oh, roll me on my belly baby
Feed me with your chocolate drop
Oh, roll me on my belly baby
Feed me with your chocolate drop
I want you to keep it all for your daddy
And don't give nobody none
Want you to roll me baby
Like the baker rolls his dough
Want you to roll me baby
Like the baker rolls his dough
And if you get some of my lovin'
You won't want your rider no more
Oh, reel and rock me baby
Honey, if it's all night long
Oh, reel and rock me baby
Honey, if it's all night long
You don't have to worry about your lovin'
I'm a deep sea diver and I don't go wrong
Won't you come back baby?
You got me all confused
Won't you come back baby?
You got me all confused
That's why I'm singin'
These barrel house woman blues
Bradley Manning takes stand, puts military captors on trial
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By Nathan Fuller, December 23, 2012.
Spanning nearly three weeks and comprising more than a dozen witnesses, the Article 13 hearing on the defense’s motion to dismiss based on unlawful punishment was PFC Bradley Manning’s longest pretrial hearing yet. The defense has moved to throw out all charges against the WikiLeaks whistleblower, arguing that the military has violated the UCMJ’s Article 13, which prohibits pretrial punishment. Through testimony from prison guards, high-ranking military officials, and Bradley himself, defense lawyer David Coombs chronicled Bradley’s eleven months in solitary confinement, focusing on the nine months in the Quantico Marine brig, from July 29, 2010, through April 20, 2011.
Earlier in July, three-star General George Flynn emailed the Quantico chain of command, notifying officials of Bradley’s impending arrival and explaining that he believed Bradley was a suicide risk. When Manning got to the brig, he was evaluated and determined to be need only medium security. But the Duty Brig Supervisor, likely influenced by Gen. Flynn’s directive, overrode that determination and placed Manning on Suicide Risk (SR) watch. From then on, Manning was on SR or Prevention of Injury (POI) watch throughout his entire imprisonment at Quantico. Gen. Flynn was updated weekly on Manning’s treatment.
At Quantico Bradley was in a 6×8 ft cell for 23 hours a day, got only 20 minutes of sunshine daily for his first six months, had to eat alone in his cell, wore metal shackles on his arms and legs whenever he left it, couldn’t talk to other detainees, was monitored verbally every few minutes and visually around the clock, and had to ask guards to use books, soap, or even toilet paper.
Coombs described the impact of these conditions in his only public appearance, on December 3: “Brad’s treatment at Quantico will forever be etched into our nation’s history as a disgraceful moment in time.”
Bradley details abusive confinement
We finally heard the young Army private we’ve been supporting for two and a half years, who turned out to be articulate, intelligent, and remarkably poised for someone who survived nearly a year of solitary confinement. On the stand for several hours over two days, Bradley chronicled his experience since arrest, from his harrowing trauma in Kuwait, to his exhaustive efforts to end his restrictive conditions in Quantico, to his much-improved status in Fort Leavenworth.
In Kuwait, Bradley was isolated in a tiny metal cell, which made him feel disoriented and “trapped.” He couldn’t talk to anyone else, and no one explained what was happening to him. Forced to sleep during the day and work at night, and placed in a “shark attack environment” by guards, in which they give conflicting orders so that everything he did was wrong, Bradley had an anxiety attack and passed out.
“I had pretty much given up,” he said. “I thought I was going to die in this 8×8 animal cage.”
Guards said they found two nooses in his cell, only one of which Bradley vaguely remembered making. He said he’d known a noose was futile, as he had no place to hang it. When he boarded a plan to leave Kuwait, he prayed he was going to Germany but expected to land in Guantanamo.
When he got to the Marine brig in Virginia, the psychiatrist at the time, Captain William Hocter, recommended Bradley be placed on SR for his first week, to monitor his acclimation. He then advised reducing his status to POI on August 6, 2010, but brig commander and Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) James Averhart didn’t reduce it until August 11. CWO Abel Galaviz, head of Marine corrections, later testified that this delay was a violation of Navy regulations.
Bradley was then placed on POI, so he endured nearly all of the restrictions imposed on suicidal detainees – the only discernable difference being that Suicide Risk required the psychiatrists’ approval. Still a maximum-security detainee, he remained on lockdown, with metal shackles for his 20 minutes of daylight, and as a “self-harm risk” he still had to ask for the most basic personal items.
A fluorescent light blared into Bradley’s cell at all times, but at night he wasn’t allowed to cover his face. If guards couldn’t see his face, they’d wake him up – often multiple times a night.
Quantico ignored mental health professionals
Nearly every single week, brig psychiatrists implored top officials to remove Bradley from these conditions, avowing both that there was no psychiatric need for his isolation and that his treatment was worsening his mental health. Yet Quantico’s brig commanders – first Chief Warrant Officer James Averhart, then CWO Denise Barnes – kept him on SR or POI, both maximum-security classifications, for his entire time in the brig.
In mid-January, Cpt. Hocter pressed Quantico’s Battalion Commander, Col. Oltman, on the matter, saying Bradley had no mental-health reason to remain on POI and that he’d never been ignored like this before. Col. Oltman told him to make his recommendation and that Bradley would be kept on POI regardless. Testimony on his wording varies, but Cpt. Hocter recalls Col. Oltman saying that Bradley would be kept on POI “indefinitely.”
CWOs Averhart and Barnes cited Bradley’s trauma in Kuwait, “poor” communication with brig staff, “erratic” behaviors in his cell, and the severity of his charges to justify keeping him on POI. But these issues were all examined, reviewed, and cleared by mental health professionals. Guards said his behaviors were normal for a bored prisoner, and doctors said he wasn’t at risk to himself.
In countering the defense’s motion, government prosecutors focused almost solely on Bradley’s physical health – noting that Bradley did make it to his court-martial alive, and at one point asking Quantico guards, “Did he get three hot meals a day?” – evincing serious negligence of Bradley’s psychological well-being.
This negligence echoed that of Quantico officials. Guards monitored every Bradley’s move, but did they ever care how isolation affected him? Didn’t they realize that forcing him to ask for toilet paper was dehumanizing.
In his closing argument, Coombs said, “If the Quantico brig could have put him in a straightjacket in a padded room and not had anybody complain, they would have.”
CWO Barnes said that if something happened to Bradley, she wouldn’t have retirement options to fall back on. GYSGT Blenis said that if Bradley hurt himself, it’d be Blenis facing a court-martial.
“They were more concerned with how [their actions] would appear to the Marine Corps and Quantico than if Manning was at risk of self-harm,” Coombs said.
This negligence of Bradley’s mental health is tantamount to punishment. Bradley endured nine months of solitary confinement, weeks of that including forced nudity at night, regardless of the guards’ intentions. If Judge Denise Lind recognizes this punishment, she’ll have to dismiss Manning’s charges, or at least give him credit for sentencing.
Bradley Manning in court, with the suicide blanket he was forced to use. Sketch by Clark Stoeckley.
Earlier in July, three-star General George Flynn emailed the Quantico chain of command, notifying officials of Bradley’s impending arrival and explaining that he believed Bradley was a suicide risk. When Manning got to the brig, he was evaluated and determined to be need only medium security. But the Duty Brig Supervisor, likely influenced by Gen. Flynn’s directive, overrode that determination and placed Manning on Suicide Risk (SR) watch. From then on, Manning was on SR or Prevention of Injury (POI) watch throughout his entire imprisonment at Quantico. Gen. Flynn was updated weekly on Manning’s treatment.
At Quantico Bradley was in a 6×8 ft cell for 23 hours a day, got only 20 minutes of sunshine daily for his first six months, had to eat alone in his cell, wore metal shackles on his arms and legs whenever he left it, couldn’t talk to other detainees, was monitored verbally every few minutes and visually around the clock, and had to ask guards to use books, soap, or even toilet paper.
Coombs described the impact of these conditions in his only public appearance, on December 3: “Brad’s treatment at Quantico will forever be etched into our nation’s history as a disgraceful moment in time.”
Bradley details abusive confinement
We finally heard the young Army private we’ve been supporting for two and a half years, who turned out to be articulate, intelligent, and remarkably poised for someone who survived nearly a year of solitary confinement. On the stand for several hours over two days, Bradley chronicled his experience since arrest, from his harrowing trauma in Kuwait, to his exhaustive efforts to end his restrictive conditions in Quantico, to his much-improved status in Fort Leavenworth.
In Kuwait, Bradley was isolated in a tiny metal cell, which made him feel disoriented and “trapped.” He couldn’t talk to anyone else, and no one explained what was happening to him. Forced to sleep during the day and work at night, and placed in a “shark attack environment” by guards, in which they give conflicting orders so that everything he did was wrong, Bradley had an anxiety attack and passed out.
“I had pretty much given up,” he said. “I thought I was going to die in this 8×8 animal cage.”
Guards said they found two nooses in his cell, only one of which Bradley vaguely remembered making. He said he’d known a noose was futile, as he had no place to hang it. When he boarded a plan to leave Kuwait, he prayed he was going to Germany but expected to land in Guantanamo.
When he got to the Marine brig in Virginia, the psychiatrist at the time, Captain William Hocter, recommended Bradley be placed on SR for his first week, to monitor his acclimation. He then advised reducing his status to POI on August 6, 2010, but brig commander and Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) James Averhart didn’t reduce it until August 11. CWO Abel Galaviz, head of Marine corrections, later testified that this delay was a violation of Navy regulations.
Bradley was then placed on POI, so he endured nearly all of the restrictions imposed on suicidal detainees – the only discernable difference being that Suicide Risk required the psychiatrists’ approval. Still a maximum-security detainee, he remained on lockdown, with metal shackles for his 20 minutes of daylight, and as a “self-harm risk” he still had to ask for the most basic personal items.
A fluorescent light blared into Bradley’s cell at all times, but at night he wasn’t allowed to cover his face. If guards couldn’t see his face, they’d wake him up – often multiple times a night.
Quantico ignored mental health professionals
Nearly every single week, brig psychiatrists implored top officials to remove Bradley from these conditions, avowing both that there was no psychiatric need for his isolation and that his treatment was worsening his mental health. Yet Quantico’s brig commanders – first Chief Warrant Officer James Averhart, then CWO Denise Barnes – kept him on SR or POI, both maximum-security classifications, for his entire time in the brig.
In mid-January, Cpt. Hocter pressed Quantico’s Battalion Commander, Col. Oltman, on the matter, saying Bradley had no mental-health reason to remain on POI and that he’d never been ignored like this before. Col. Oltman told him to make his recommendation and that Bradley would be kept on POI regardless. Testimony on his wording varies, but Cpt. Hocter recalls Col. Oltman saying that Bradley would be kept on POI “indefinitely.”
CWOs Averhart and Barnes cited Bradley’s trauma in Kuwait, “poor” communication with brig staff, “erratic” behaviors in his cell, and the severity of his charges to justify keeping him on POI. But these issues were all examined, reviewed, and cleared by mental health professionals. Guards said his behaviors were normal for a bored prisoner, and doctors said he wasn’t at risk to himself.
In countering the defense’s motion, government prosecutors focused almost solely on Bradley’s physical health – noting that Bradley did make it to his court-martial alive, and at one point asking Quantico guards, “Did he get three hot meals a day?” – evincing serious negligence of Bradley’s psychological well-being.
This negligence echoed that of Quantico officials. Guards monitored every Bradley’s move, but did they ever care how isolation affected him? Didn’t they realize that forcing him to ask for toilet paper was dehumanizing.
In his closing argument, Coombs said, “If the Quantico brig could have put him in a straightjacket in a padded room and not had anybody complain, they would have.”
CWO Barnes said that if something happened to Bradley, she wouldn’t have retirement options to fall back on. GYSGT Blenis said that if Bradley hurt himself, it’d be Blenis facing a court-martial.
“They were more concerned with how [their actions] would appear to the Marine Corps and Quantico than if Manning was at risk of self-harm,” Coombs said.
This negligence of Bradley’s mental health is tantamount to punishment. Bradley endured nine months of solitary confinement, weeks of that including forced nudity at night, regardless of the guards’ intentions. If Judge Denise Lind recognizes this punishment, she’ll have to dismiss Manning’s charges, or at least give him credit for sentencing.
From The Pen Of Joshua Lawrence Breslin- New Year’s Eve, 1977
… He looked out from the ancient smudged sooted back window (showing frigid glass crack slivers breakable and some rotten pane wood ) of his fourth floor single room sad sack, no elevator, long gone downhill from prosperous Victorian mayfair swells times brownstone ready for the wrecker’s’ ball, down the street, down Joy Street, down Beacon Hill Boston Joy Street, ironically named , as the late afternoon crowd of government workers clinging to their annual New Year’s holiday early release (at the discretion of their supervisors, although they, the supervisors. were long gone at noontime, if the day’s work was done) strolled by, ditto post-Christmas shoppers who had wisely waited until after black Christmas day to bring back to Jordan’s or Filene’s those unwanted ties, toys, and bric-a-brac that inevitable arrived at that time each year, and watched wistfully as an early returning college student or two, bulging cloth book bags over their shoulders, trying to catch up on some recess-delayed study, headed a few streets over to school as the town prepared for its first First Night, an officially sanctioned chamber of commerce-style city booster event complete with usually reserved for the Fourth of July shout-out fireworks to welcome in the new year, 1977.
Closer at hand he also observed across narrow Joy Street Steve and Billy, two wine-soaked winos, wine-soaked by this hour if he was any judge,across from his smudged sooted brownstone window view appearing, as always, to be arguing over something from the sound of their voices that could be heard all the way up to his fourth floor digs. That argument would before long wind up on the floor below his where this pair, when not homeless street-bound, when not too far in rent arrears (like he was at the moment), kept a shabby flop, a flop not unlike his, single bed, mattress sagging from too many years of faithful addicted service (addicted, drugs, gambling, liquor, although not seemingly the new addiction fad, sex, for, as far as he knew and he knew for certain in his own case, no women crossed the brownstone front door threshold, not that he had seen anyway, nor given the single-minded nature of the listed addictions matched to listed tenants was that likely, a woman, a woman’s wanting habits, were too distracting to trump such devotions), a left behind rumbled hard hospital pillow, pillow-cased (by him), probably gathered by some previous tenant from one of the about seventeen local hospitals that started just the other side of Cambridge Street, Joy Street downstream river flow into Cambridge Street, sheets, rumpled and he provided as well, a bureau, a cockroach-friendly cheap bureau until he stamped out every one of the veiled bastards, for his small personal wardrobe, a couple of changes of this and that, maybe three, along with the usual stash of undergarments, a small table for bric-a-brac (which he used for occasional writing) and toilet articles, no cooking facilities (thankfully, thinking about the Steve and Billy voices moving in on him), no frig, nothing personal on the walls, a common bathroom complete with some Victorian-era tub for the four residents of each floor, and done.
As he heard the rough-hewn gravel hoarse voices of Steve and Billy making their way up the stairs he threw on his best short- sleeved shirt (simple logic-usable all seasons, heat or cold), dark green plaid like what was fashionable about 1960 and mother–bought for the first day of school, fresh from the Sally (Salvation Army) bin over on Berkeley Street, his mauve sweater (also purchased at Sally’s but earlier in the winter backing up that short-sleeved shirt decision), his waist-length denim jean jacket, not Sally-bought but bought when he was in the clover after hitting the perfecta at Suffolk a couple of months before and deciding, deciding against all gambler’s reason, that he should buy it against the coming winter colds, threw his keys in his pants’ pocket and headed down the stairs, waving and shouting happy new year to Steve and Billy, who embroiled in some argument about who was to buy the night’s Thunderbird, let his remark pass without comment, and out the door to investigate the first night officially-sanctioned activity. And to figure out how, with eight dollars in his pocket and the tracks closed for the season until after the new year, he was going to come up with a week’s twenty-two dollar rent due in a couple of days to keep the super from his door for a while.
As he walked up Cambridge Street pass City Hall where it veered into Tremont toward the Common he suddenly had an idea, hell, why hadn’t he thought of it before, constantly studying those racing forms up in that fourth floor cold water flat, hell not even cold water, not in the room anyway, he thought must had finally gotten the better of him. What better night to work the pan-handle, the pan-handle that a few years back he had worked into an art form of sorts before the chilly winds of the 70s, his own hubristic addictions, Susie, and , hell, just some plain bad luck, had forced him into a few years of work, work doing a little of this and a little of that, before he got tired of that little of this and little of that, and focused all his energies on his “system,” his absolutely fool-proof system of beating the ponies, the dogs, or whatever other animal wanted to run like hell for the paying customers, the guys, the guys like him, who all had their own sure-fire beat-down systems and who could live, like him, on easy street on the profits. Just now though he had to work on his approach, his new year’s festive crowd approach since he knew his act would be rusty starting out.
Funny, he thought, most civilians, most people who have never been on the wrong side of the bum, think pan-handling is just pan-handling, put out your hat or hand kind of polite, kind of “sorry to bother you,” and pitch for spare change, and mainly keep moving along playing the percentages by covering a lot of ground fast, or just staying put, maybe on the ground looking like some third world refugee with all your worldly possessions about you. Jesus. Forget all that, that was strictly for winos and losers. It might have worked in about 1926 or 27 when people actually looked at a person, any person, when something was spoken to them, even by a ragamuffin stranger, or actually took the time and looked down at the ground and thought poor guy. Today a guy needed an angle, a reason for a passer-by to stop. And that is where his old friend’s advice, his hobo road friend Black River Whitey, told around a jungle camp fire one night out in Indio, out in the California desert near the old Southern Pacific railroad tracks, about the tricks of the trade came in handy.
Black River Whitey simply said this- shout at or do some fake (maybe not fake when you get into it) mental flip out when asking for dough. Nothing over the edge, way over the edge, but firm. See the idea Whitey said was that those couple of dollars (hey, not quarters or chump change like that) they practically threw at you to get you out of their faces was far easier for them to do than to guess at what your next move will be, especially a guy with his girl and he thinking of later in the night thoughts and maybe scoring and not wanting to go mano y mano with some half-hobo and, and, losing. Beautiful. But he thought as he walked toward the Common and his night’s work past a couple of half-frozen stoop winos spread out down on the ground, cup in front, across from Park Street Station any fool could see where winos and other lamos best stick with that cup in front of them and be glad of the few quarters that trickle their way.
Of course, Whitey also mentioned, if you had time and had some dough to get some half-decent clothes, clothes like he had on now (only half-decent you don’t want to pitch hard luck stuff in a Brooks Brothers suit, not on the mean streets anyway), you could work “the down on your luck” angle, needing an angel angle that worked with private social welfare organizations and single women especially. He knew the score on that one because he had, young enough, just gentile shabby enough, just “rehab-able ” enough, and just civilized enough to pull it off made many dollars in tough times the last time they came his way a few years back (and a couple of friendly one night stands with some lonely women too, and not bad looking either, as a bonus). But that was day time magic, lunch time, and took precious time and that night with frozen temperatures in the air and distracted fast-moving people going from place to place the shout-out was his strategy of choice by default.
And his night of work, after a few off-hand rusty stumbles and a bunch of brush-off, worked, worked to the tune of thirty-two dollars, about six packs worth of cigarettes of all kinds (oh yah, Black River Whitey always said if they pleaded no dough ask for cigarettes, or something, but keep asking), a least six belts of high shelf booze from no dough pleaders to keep the chill off, a couple of joints (to be saved for cooler, maybe a stray woman, times) from lingering 1960s freak-types, and he thought, an offer to stay at some woman’s house for the night, although the booze might have been taking his head over by then. (Besides he was still half-pining for Susie, Susie who had up and left him with her wanting habits intact, when he decided he would rather do a little of this and that than work the nine to five numbness.) Now if he could only keep that dough ready for the rent and not bet on some foolish new year’s college football game or something before then he might be able to work on that sure-fire system of his in the comfortof him room and really be on easy street.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Boston First Night- Copley Square New Year’s Eve Pardon Private Manning Stand-Out
Stand In Solidarity With
Private Manning In Copley Square As We Celebrate The New Year, The Year Of
Bradley’s Freedom. (This spot is now the traditional First Night spot for all those
who want to stand against current wars, impeding wars, and for national
liberation struggles so we will be among kindred spirits as people gather to
watch the First Night parade that starts in the area later in the evening.)
Let’s Redouble Our Efforts To
Free Private Bradley Manning-President Obama Pardon Bradley Manning -Make Every
Town Square In America (And The World) A Bradley Manning Square From Boston’s
Copley Square To Berkeley to Berlin-Join Us In Copley Square (at the Boston
Public Library, corner of Dartmouth and Boylston Streets ), Boston , Ma. For A
Stand-Out For Bradley- First Night, Monday December 31st From 3:00-5:00 PM
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The Private Bradley Manning
case is headed toward a late - winter trial now scheduled for March 2013. The
recent news on his case has centered on the many (since last April) pre-trial
motions hearings including defense motions to dismiss for lack of speedy trial
(Private Manning’s pre-trial confinement is now at 900 plus days), dismissal as
a matter of freedom of speech and minimal effect on alleged national security
issues (issues for us to know what the hell the government is doing either in
front of us, or behind our backs) and dismissal based on serious allegations of
torturous behavior by the military authorities extending far up the chain of
command while Private Manning was detained in Kuwait and at the Quantico Marine
brig for about a year ending in April 2011. In December Private Manning himself,
as well as others including senior military mental health workers, took the
stand to detail those abuses.
Some more important recent news
from the November 2012 pre-trail sessions is the offer by the defense to plead
guilty to lesser charges (wrongful, unauthorized use of the Internet, etc.) in
order to clear the deck and have the major (with a possibility of a life
sentence) espionage /aiding the enemy issue solely before the court-martial
judge (a single military judge, the one who has been hearing the pre-trial
motions, not a lifer-stacked panel). Other news includes the increased media attention
by mainstream outlets around the case,
as well as an important statement by three Nobel Peace Laureates (including Bishop Tutu from South Africa) calling
on their fellow laureate, United States President Barack Obama, to free Private
Manning from his jails.
Since September 2011, in
order to publicize Private Manning’ case, there have been weekly stand-outs (as
well as other more ad hoc and sporadic
events) in various locations in the Greater Boston area starting in Somerville across
from the Davis Square Redline MBTA stop (renamed Pardon Bradley Manning Square
for the stand-out’s duration) in Somerville on Friday afternoons and later on
Wednesdays. Lately this stand-out has been held on each week on Wednesdays from
5:00 to 6:00 PM in order to continue to broaden our outreach at Central Square,
Cambridge, Ma. (Small Park at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Prospect
Street just outside the Redline MBTA stop, also rename Manning Square for the
duration.) Join us. President Obama
Pardon Private Manning Now!
Año First Night Boston Copley Square-Nuevo Manning Eva Perdón privado stand-out
Año First Night Boston Copley Square-Nuevo Manning Eva Perdón privado
stand-out
En
solidaridad con Manning privada Copley Square Al celebrar el Año Nuevo, el Año
de la Libertad de Bradley. (Este lugar es ahora el lugar tradicional First
Night para todos aquellos que quieren estar en contra de las guerras, las
guerras actuales que impiden, por la liberación nacional y las luchas por lo
que será uno de almas gemelas como las personas se reúnen para ver el desfile
primera noche que comienza en la zona tarde en la noche.)
Vamos a
redoblar nuestros esfuerzos para liberar privado Bradley Manning-Presidente
Perdón Obama Bradley Manning-Hacer todo Plaza de la Ciudad en América (y el
mundo) A Bradley Manning Square De Copley de Boston Square a Berkeley para
nosotros Berlin-Join In Copley Square (en la Biblioteca Pública de Boston
Biblioteca, esquina de las calles Boylston y Dartmouth), Boston, MA. Para un
stand-out Por Bradley-First Night, lunes 31 de diciembre de 3:00-5:00 pm
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The Private Bradley Manning caso se dirige hacia una tarde - juicio programado para el invierno ahora marzo de 2013. Las recientes noticias sobre su caso se ha centrado en los muchos (desde el pasado mes de abril) mociones previas al juicio audiencias, incluyendo peticiones de la defensa para desestimar por falta de juicio rápido (Private Manning prisión preventiva está ahora a 900 más dÃas), el despido como una cuestión de la libertad de expresión y un efecto mÃnimo sobre presuntos problemas de seguridad nacionales (cuestiones para nosotros saber qué demonios está haciendo el gobierno, ya sea en frente de nosotros, o detrás de la espalda) y el despido basado en las graves denuncias de comportamiento tortuoso por las autoridades militares se extienden lejos de la cadena de mando mientras soldado Manning fue detenido en Kuwait y en el bergantÃn Quantico Marine alrededor de un año que terminó en abril de 2011. En diciembre del mismo Manning privado, asà como de otras personas, incluyendo altos militares de los trabajadores de salud mental, subió al estrado al detalle esos abusos.
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The Private Bradley Manning caso se dirige hacia una tarde - juicio programado para el invierno ahora marzo de 2013. Las recientes noticias sobre su caso se ha centrado en los muchos (desde el pasado mes de abril) mociones previas al juicio audiencias, incluyendo peticiones de la defensa para desestimar por falta de juicio rápido (Private Manning prisión preventiva está ahora a 900 más dÃas), el despido como una cuestión de la libertad de expresión y un efecto mÃnimo sobre presuntos problemas de seguridad nacionales (cuestiones para nosotros saber qué demonios está haciendo el gobierno, ya sea en frente de nosotros, o detrás de la espalda) y el despido basado en las graves denuncias de comportamiento tortuoso por las autoridades militares se extienden lejos de la cadena de mando mientras soldado Manning fue detenido en Kuwait y en el bergantÃn Quantico Marine alrededor de un año que terminó en abril de 2011. En diciembre del mismo Manning privado, asà como de otras personas, incluyendo altos militares de los trabajadores de salud mental, subió al estrado al detalle esos abusos.
Algunas
noticias recientes más importantes de los 11 2012 preventiva de sesiones es el
ofrecimiento de la defensa de declararse culpable de cargos menores (uso
indebido, no autorizado de Internet, etc) con el fin de limpiar la cubierta y
tiene la mayor (con un posibilidad de una sentencia de cadena perpetua)
espionaje / ayudar al enemigo cuestión únicamente ante el juez de la corte
marcial (un solo juez militar, el que ha estado escuchando las mociones previas
al juicio, no un grupo condenado a cadena perpetua en fichas). Otras noticias
incluye la mayor atención de los medios por los medios de la corriente
principal en torno al caso, asà como una declaración importante por tres
Premios Nobel de la Paz (incluido el obispo Tutu de Sudáfrica) pidiendo a su
laureado compañero, el presidente estadounidense Barack Obama, al soldado
Manning libre de sus cárceles.
Desde
septiembre de 2011, a fin de dar a conocer el caso Manning privada ', ha habido
semanal stand-outs (asà como otro anuncio más hoc y eventos esporádicos) en
varios lugares en el área metropolitana de Boston a partir de Somerville al
otro lado de la Davis Square Redline MBTA detener (rebautizada Perdón Bradley
Manning Square durante la duración del stand-out 's) en Somerville viernes por
la tarde y más tarde de los miércoles. Últimamente esta posición de salida ha
tenido lugar en cada semana los miércoles 5:00-18:00 con el fin de seguir
ampliando nuestro alcance en Central Square, Cambridge, MA. (Pequeño parque en
la esquina de Massachusetts Avenue y Prospect Street justo fuera de la parada
de Redline MBTA, también cambia el nombre de Plaza de Manning para el resto.)
Únase a nosotros. Presidente Obama Manning Perdón PRIVADAS ahora mismo!
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