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Government Accountability Project
National Security and Human Rights Director at the Government Accountability Project, a whistle-blower protection and advocacy organization; author of Traitor: The Whistleblower and the "American Taliban"
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Jesselyn Radack
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FROM Jesselyn Radack
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Bradley Manning Not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy After Pfc. Bradley Manning confessed to releasing 700,000 classified documents, he was charged with “aiding the enemy.” Today, a military court judge found him not guilty of that crime but guilty of espionage. What are the consequences for Bradley Manning, government secrecy and investigative reporting?
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National Security, Government 'Spin' and the First Amendment Last Friday, the Associated Press learned that the Justice Department had obtained records for more than 20 separate telephone lines" for reporters' office phones, home phones and cell phones. Despite regulations that require negotiations to protect First Amendment rights, the records were seized in secret. Politicians of both parties have jumped to defend the free press, and President Obama has renewed talk of a reporters’ shield law . Attorney General Eric Holder justified the seizure because "it put the American people at risk and that is not hyperbole." Was it really a case of national security or "spin" to control a story about the CIA infiltrating al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula? Did the Obama administration intrude on a free press? Will the news media be able to protect the next "Deep Throat" in the digital age?
Which Way, L.A.?
Bradley Manning: Hero or Criminal? The pre-trial hearing is almost over in the biggest leak of classified documents in American history. Pfc. Bradley Manning is accused of giving a massive trove of information to WikiLeaks, which published some on line. Was US security damaged? If Manning was the leaker, did he betray his country or tell the public what it needed to know? If a court martial convicts him should he get life in prison? And there’s a broader question. Since much of the information released was inconsequential, why was it classified at all?
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Bradley Manning and Government Secrecy The pre-trial hearing is almost over in the biggest leak of classified documents in American history. Pfc. Bradley Manning is accused of giving a massive trove of information to WikiLeaks, which published some on line. Was US security damaged? If Manning was the leaker, did he betray his country or tell the public what it needed to know? If a court martial convicts him should he get life in prison? And there’s a broader question. Since much of the information released was inconsequential, why was it classified at all?
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