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Bradley Manning to Request Pardon from Obama Over 35-Year Jail Sentence
The sentence was more severe than many observers expected, and is much longer than any punishment given to previous U.S. government officials who have leaked information to the media.
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"Total Abuse of Power": How David Miranda Was Detained and Interrogated Under the Terrorism Act
David Miranda, the partner of the Guardian journalist who broke stories of mass surveillance by the NSA, has accused Britain of a "total abuse of power" for interrogating him for almost nine hours at Heathrow Airport under the Terrorism Act.
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Protect Journalists and Whistleblowers: Amend or Repeal the Espionage Act
To treat government employees or contractors who leak classified information to the media in the public interest as foreign spies is a deep stain on our democracy. And it's high time to permanently remove this stain.
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Memo from Oslo: If Peace Is Prized, a Nobel for Bradley Manning
Opening heart and mind to moral responsibility, Bradley Manning lifted a shroud and illuminated terrible actions of America's warfare state.
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Blowing the Whistle on Factory Farm Abuse — And Getting Gagged For Doing It
Considering that 94 percent of Americans believe animals raised for food should be free from abuse and cruelty, the modern meat industry has good reasons to fear the public finding out that Old MacDonald's farm isn't so happy these days.
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After Crashing Bear Stearns, Mortgage Executives Have Plum Jobs on Wall Street
The executives in charge of mortgage securities at the failed investment house are now at JPMorgan, Goldman and Bank of America.
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Obama's Abuse of the Espionage Act is Modern-Day McCarthyism
Is it justice when the U.S. president prosecutes whistleblowers with a legal relic, while administration officials leak with impunity?
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Manning Verdict Risks Freedom of the Press If the People Do Not Act
For a whistleblower who exposed war crimes and unethical government behavior to face a lengthy prison term while the people exposed are not even investigated shows how confused the United States has become.
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Manning Conviction Under Espionage Act Is Blatant Threat to Civil Liberties
Tuesday's verdict convicting Bradley Manning on 20 counts represents the first time under the Obama administration that any leaker of official secrets has been convicted under the 1917 Espionage Act.
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Edward Snowden Is Not the Story — the Fate of the Internet Is
The mainstream media's focus on Edward Snowden has trumped the real story — which is what the NSA revelations tell us about how our networked world actually works and the direction in which it is heading.
