by Frida Berrigan Hard to believe it was seven years ago this week that 20 or so friends and I were fasting and vigiling outside of the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo…
Judge Rules Torture Testimony at Guantanamo Military Commission Can Be Censored
by Kevin Gosztola A military judge has ruled that statements made by defendants on trial for their involvement in the September 11th attacks could be censored if they make statements about how…
Zero Dark Thirty: new torture-glorifying film wins raves
by Glenn Greenwald Can a movie that relies on fabrications to generate support for war crimes still be considered great? Earlier this year, the film “Zero Dark Thirty“, which purports to dramatize…
Obama’s Murder Memos
by Jeff Schauer When its critics looked to define everything they saw as wrong with the Bush Administration, they frequently turned to the so-called “Torture Memos”. Penned by John Yoo, now unaccountably…
Murder by Drone
by Larry Everest Early in the morning on December 6, two missiles, fired without warning from an unmanned U.S. drone, struck a house in the small village of Mubarak Shahi in northwest…
Will Guantánamo Ever Be Closed?
by Andy Worthington Nearly eleven years after the Bush administration’s “war on terror” prison opened on the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, its much-mooted closure seems as remote as ever….
New York Times Finally Covers Bradley Manning Proceedings (And Their Story Is Sloppy)
by Kevin Gosztola Amidst growing criticism, including an editorial from the newspaper’s public editor, the New York Times sent reporter Scott Shane to cover military court proceedings in the case of Pfc….
Bradley Manning: a Tale of Liberty Lost in America
by Glenn Greenwald Over the past two and a half years, all of which he has spent in a military prison, much has been said about Bradley Manning, but nothing has been…
Bradley Manning Testifies on His Torture and Abuse by U.S. Military
from Revolution Newspaper “I remember thinking, ‘I’m going to die’… I’m stuck inside this cage. I just thought I was going to die in that cage. And that’s how I saw it:…
First Ever Presentation by Bradley Manning’s Lawyer, David Coombs
Monday December 3, 2012 6 pm door opens — 7pm event All Souls Church Unitarian 1500 Harvard Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009 On December 3, 2012, Army PFC Bradley Manning’s civilian…