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8 Mar 2017

WikiLeaks Reignites Tensions Between Silicon Valley and Spy Agencies

Leaked documents appear to indicate that the C.I.A. was collecting cyberweapons that can break into smartphones and even internet-connected televisions.

Leaked documents appear to indicate that the C.I.A. was collecting cyberweapons that can break into smartphones and even...

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cia, corporations, silicon valley

Publisher: NY Times

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28 Oct 2013

Is Glenn Greenwald the Future of News

This is a great dialog between Greenwald and Keller (former editor of NY times) regarding the future of journalism with many details on the ethics and purpose of jounalism. Here is an excerpt "In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its unique ability to provide a truly adversarial check on those in power. Any unwritten rules that interfere with either of those two prongs are ones I see as antithetical to real journalism and ought to be disregarded. "

This is a great dialog between Greenwald and Keller (former editor of NY times) regarding the future of journalism with...

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jounalism, nsa, wikileaks

Publisher: NY Times

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21 Oct 2013

New Report of N.S.A. Spying Angers France

The National Security Agency has carried out extensive electronic surveillance in France, a French newspaper reported Monday, drawing an angry condemnation from an important American ally. The report, based on secret documents leaked by Edward J. Snowden, was published in Le Monde, the authoritative French newspaper, the day Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here for an official visit.

The National Security Agency has carried out extensive electronic surveillance in France, a French newspaper reported...

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france, nsa, snowden

Publisher: NY Times

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18 Oct 2013

Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files to Russia

Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, said in an extensive interview this month that he did not take any secret N.S.A. documents with him to Russia when he fled there in June, assuring that Russian intelligence officials could not get access to them.

Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, said in an extensive interview this month that he did...

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russia, snowden

Publisher: NY Times

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8 Oct 2013

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Founder, Has His Cinema Moment

It is a measure of our times, and perhaps Mr. Assange s appetite for renown, that a technology designed to enable anonymity for whistle-blowers became an engine of celebrity. He is, even absent the attentions of Hollywood, one of the more recognizable faces on earth.

It is a measure of our times, and perhaps Mr. Assange s appetite for renown, that a technology designed to enable...

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julian assange

Publisher: NY Times

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21 Aug 2013

Manning Sentenced to 35 Years for Leaking Government Secrets

A military judge on Wednesday sentenced Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for providing more than 700,000 government files to WikiLeaks, a gigantic leak that lifted the veil on military and diplomatic activities around the world. The sentence is the longest ever handed down in a case involving a leak of United States government information to be reported to the public. Private Manning will apparently be eligible for parole in slightly more than eight years.

A military judge on Wednesday sentenced Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for providing more than 700,000...

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bradley manning, sentencing

Publisher: NY Times

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19 Aug 2013

Britons Question Whether Detention of Reporter’s Partner Was Terror-Related

Demands grew on Monday for the British government to explain why it had used antiterrorism powers to detain the partner of a journalist who has written about surveillance programs based on leaks by the former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden.

Demands grew on Monday for the British government to explain why it had used antiterrorism powers to detain the partner...

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crackdown, nsa, snowden aftermath

Publisher: NY Times

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19 Aug 2013

Manning’s Lawyers Urge a Lenient Sentence

Pfc. Bradley Manning s defense lawyers on Monday made a last-minute personal plea to the military judge hearing his court-martial, asking her to be lenient in sentencing and allow Private Manning a chance to rehabilitate himself.

Pfc. Bradley Manning s defense lawyers on Monday made a last-minute personal plea to the military judge hearing his...

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bradley manning, sentencing

Publisher: NY Times

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9 Aug 2013

Obama Offers Plan Meant to Ease Concerns on Surveillance

President Obama on Friday sought to get his administration ahead of the roiling debate over National Security Agency surveillance, releasing new information about spying activities and calling for changes aimed at bolstering public confidence that the programs do not intrude too far into Americans privacy.

President Obama on Friday sought to get his administration ahead of the roiling debate over National Security Agency...

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nsa, obama, snowden

Publisher: NY Times

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3 Aug 2013

Court Rulings Blur the Line Between a Spy and a Leaker

The federal government is prosecuting leakers at a brisk clip and on novel theories. It is collecting information from and about journalists, calling one a criminal and threatening another with jail. In its failed effort to persuade Russia to return another leaker, Edward J. Snowden, it felt compelled to say that he would not be tortured or executed.

The federal government is prosecuting leakers at a brisk clip and on novel theories. It is collecting information from...

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bradley manning, press freedom, snowden, whistleblower, whistleblowers

Publisher: NY Times

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30 Jul 2013

Manning Is Acquitted of Aiding the Enemy

Pfc. Bradley Manning was convicted of multiple counts of violating the Espionage Act for leaking documents to the antisecrecy group WikiLeaks, but was found not guilty of the more serious charge of "aiding the enemy."

Pfc. Bradley Manning was convicted of multiple counts of violating the Espionage Act for leaking documents to the...

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bradley manning, trial

Publisher: NY Times

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26 Jul 2013

Manning Called ‘Naïve, but Good-Intentioned’

A defense lawyer for Pfc. Bradley Manning on Friday portrayed his client as "young, na ve, but good-intentioned" when he sent databases of secret documents about American military and diplomatic activities to WikiLeaks, and he urged the judge in his court-martial to be lenient when she decides his fate.

A defense lawyer for Pfc. Bradley Manning on Friday portrayed his client as "young, na ve, but good-intentioned" when he...

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bradley manning, closoing argument, trial

Publisher: NY Times

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25 Jul 2013

Prosecutor Calls Manning an Egotist Who Betrayed Nation’s Trust

A military prosecutor on Thursday portrayed Pfc. Bradley Manning as an egotist who betrayed the trust of the United States government when he leaked vast archives of secret documents to WikiLeaks, lifting a veil on American diplomatic and military activities.

A military prosecutor on Thursday portrayed Pfc. Bradley Manning as an egotist who betrayed the trust of the United...

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bradley manning, trial

Publisher: NY Times

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18 Jul 2013

Judge in Manning Case Allows Charge of Aiding the Enemy

The military judge in the trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning decided on Thursday not to drop a charge accusing Private Manning of "aiding the enemy." If found guilty, Private Manning could face life in prison plus an additional 154 years.

The military judge in the trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning decided on Thursday not to drop a charge accusing Private...

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bradley manning, trial

Publisher: NY Times

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12 Jul 2013

Snowden Is Said to Renew Plea for Asylum in Russia

Edward J. Snowden, the fugitive American intelligence contractor, met with representatives of international human rights organizations at his temporary Moscow airport refuge on Friday afternoon and appealed for their help in seeking asylum status in Russia until he can safely travel to Latin America.

Edward J. Snowden, the fugitive American intelligence contractor, met with representatives of international human rights...

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asylum, snowden

Publisher: NY Times

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3 Jun 2013

Trial Portrays Two Sides Private in WikiLeaks Case

The court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning, whose secret release of a vast archive of military and diplomatic materials put WikiLeaks into an international spotlight, opened here Monday with dueling portrayals of a traitor who endangered the lives of his fellow soldiers and of a principled protester motivated by a desire to help society who carefully selected which documents to release.

The court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning, whose secret release of a vast archive of military and diplomatic materials...

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bradley manning, trial

Publisher: NY Times

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17 Apr 2013

Court Declines to Rule in Wikileaks Complaint

A military appeals court on Wednesday declined to rule on a lawsuit seeking greater access for journalists to court filings and proceedings in the criminal case against Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has admitted to leaking 700,000 confidential government documents to WikiLeaks.

A military appeals court on Wednesday declined to rule on a lawsuit seeking greater access for journalists to court...

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bradley manning, media, trial

Publisher: NY Times

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10 Apr 2013

Army Judge Raises Burden in Bradley Manning Trial

The military prosecutors seeking to have Pfc. Bradley Manning convicted of violating the Espionage Act over his release of secret government files to WikiLeaks will face an additional burden at his court-martial under a ruling on Wednesday by a military judge.

The military prosecutors seeking to have Pfc. Bradley Manning convicted of violating the Espionage Act over his release...

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bradley manning, trial

Publisher: NY Times

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24 Mar 2013

In WikiLeaks Trial, a Theater of State Secrecy

Reporters covering the government s prosecution of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is being court-martialed for conveying secret information to WikiLeaks, have spent a year trying to pierce the veil of secrecy in what is supposed to be a public proceeding.

Reporters covering the government s prosecution of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is being court-martialed for conveying...

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bradley manning, media, transparency, trial

Publisher: NY Times

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13 Mar 2013

The Impact of the Bradley Manning Case

LAST month Pfc. Bradley Manning pleaded guilty to several offenses related to leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks in 2010, a plea that could land him in jail for 20 years. But Private Manning still faces trial on the most serious charges, including the potential capital offense of aiding the enemy - though the prosecution is not seeking the death penalty in this case, "only" a life sentence.

LAST month Pfc. Bradley Manning pleaded guilty to several offenses related to leaking hundreds of thousands of documents...

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bradley manning, legal battle, trial

Publisher: NY Times

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10 Mar 2013

Private Manning’s Confidant

What if he had succeeded in delivering his pilfered documents to The Times? What would be different, for Manning and the rest of us? First of all, I can say with some confidence that The Times would have done exactly what it did with the archive when it was supplied to us via WikiLeaks: assigned journalists to search for material of genuine public interest, taken pains to omit information that might get troops in the field or innocent informants killed, and published our reports with a flourish. The documents would have made news - big news.

What if he had succeeded in delivering his pilfered documents to The Times? What would be different, for Manning and the...

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julian assange, media, wikileaks

Publisher: NY Times

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1 Mar 2013

Army Private Admits Giving Military Files to WikiLeaks

Pfc. Bradley Manning on Thursday confessed in open court to providing vast archives of military and diplomatic files to the antisecrecy group WikiLeaks, saying that he wanted the information to become public "to make the world a better place."

Pfc. Bradley Manning on Thursday confessed in open court to providing vast archives of military and diplomatic files to...

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bradley manning, legal battle

Publisher: NY Times

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10 Jan 2013

New Evidence to Be Introduced Against Bradley Manning

Military prosecutors preparing to try Pfc. Bradley Manning said on Wednesday that they would introduce evidence that Osama bin Laden requested and received from a Qaeda member some of the State Department cables and military reports that Private Manning is accused of passing to WikiLeaks.

Military prosecutors preparing to try Pfc. Bradley Manning said on Wednesday that they would introduce evidence that...

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bradley manning, osama bin laden, trial

Publisher: NY Times

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12 Dec 2012

WikiLeaks Case Lawyer Chides Marine Jailers on Manning’s Treatment

Supervisors at the Marines Quantico brig imprisoned Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of secret government documents to WikiLeaks, in unduly harsh and restrictive conditions over nearly nine months for no legitimate nonpunitive reason, his lawyer argued on Tuesday at the conclusion of a pretrial hearing.

Supervisors at the Marines Quantico brig imprisoned Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is accused of leaking hundreds of...

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bradley manning, torture, trial

Publisher: NY Times

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30 Nov 2012

WikiLeaks Suspect, Manning, Describes Confinement

An Army private charged in the biggest leak of classified documents in United States history testified Thursday that he felt like a doomed, caged animal after he was arrested in Baghdad and accused of sending the military and diplomatic documents to the secret-spilling Web site WikiLeaks.

An Army private charged in the biggest leak of classified documents in United States history testified Thursday that he...

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bradley manning, torture

Publisher: NY Times

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15 Nov 2012

The Abuse of Private Manning

Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has been imprisoned for nine months on charges of handing government files to WikiLeaks, has not even been tried let alone convicted. Yet the military has been treating him abusively, in a way that conjures creepy memories of how the Bush administration used to treat terror suspects. Inexplicably, it appears to have President Obama s support to do so.

Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has been imprisoned for nine months on charges of handing government files to WikiLeaks, has...

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bradley manning, civil rights, torture

Publisher: NY Times

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10 Sep 2012

In Standoff Over Assange, Ecuadoreans Close Ranks

There have been a handful of small rallies in support of Mr. Assange s asylum and against Britain s bullying. Last Sunday, a half-dozen activists showed up at the main square in Quito, Independence Plaza, taking turns holding up a large banner that said Welcome Assange and another one calling for a ban on bullfighting. Felipe Ogaz, 34, one of the activists, said that he would gladly offer Mr. Assange the use of the couch in his two-room apartment, if he ever made it to Ecuador. "He is an icon who has made Ecuador be seen not just as a small country but as something important," said Patricio Melo, 26, a student who passed by and took a couple of posters of Mr. Assange.

There have been a handful of small rallies in support of Mr. Assange s asylum and against Britain s bullying. Last...

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asylum, ecuador, julian assange, uk

Publisher: NY Times

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19 Aug 2012

Assange Accuses U.S. of ‘Witch Hunt’ Against WikiLeaks

Beyond the reach of police officers waiting to arrest him and with hundreds of supporters looking on, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, took to the balcony of Ecuador s embassy here on Sunday to condemn the United States government and cast himself as one of the world s most persecuted whistle-blowers.

Beyond the reach of police officers waiting to arrest him and with hundreds of supporters looking on, Julian Assange,...

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bradley manning, extradition, julian assange

Publisher: NY Times

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13 Aug 2012

TrapWire Antiterrorist Software Leaks Set Off Web Furor

A new release of stolen corporate e-mails by WikiLeaks has set off a flurry of concern and speculation around the world about a counterterrorist software program called TrapWire, which analyzes images from surveillance cameras and other data to try to identify terrorists planning attacks

A new release of stolen corporate e-mails by WikiLeaks has set off a flurry of concern and speculation around the world...

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surveillance, trapwire

Publisher: NY Times

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5 Jul 2012

WikiLeaks Releasing Trove of Syria Documents

WikiLeaks, the online leak group, said Thursday that it would begin releasing a cache of more than 2.4 million e-mails between Syrian politicians, government officials and companies dating from 2006 until March of this year.

WikiLeaks, the online leak group, said Thursday that it would begin releasing a cache of more than 2.4 million e-mails...

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bashar al assad, syria

Publisher: NY Times

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30 May 2012

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Loses Another Bid to Halt Extradition to Sweden

Britain s highest court ruled on Wednesday that the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, should be deported to Sweden to face allegations of sexual abuse there, but Mr. Assange s lawyers won an immediate stay of at least two weeks before British officials can initiate the final steps to hand him over to Stockholm

Britain s highest court ruled on Wednesday that the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, should be deported to Sweden to...

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extradition, julian assange

Publisher: NY Times

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5 Mar 2012

The Bright Side of Being Hacked

Hackers operating under the banner Anonymous have been poking a finger in the eye of one private company after another for two years now. They steal files from inside corporate computer systems and occasionally, as in the case of Stratfor last week, dump company e-mail online for all to see. The Stratfor hack, in which Anonymous claimed to have joined forces with WikiLeaks, drove home a clear lesson about the era of ubiquitous "hactivism," or hacking as a form of protest.

Hackers operating under the banner Anonymous have been poking a finger in the eye of one private company after another...

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stratfor, wikileaks aftermath

Publisher: NY Times

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28 Feb 2012

WikiLeaks Publishes Intelligence Firm’s E-Mails

WikiLeaks said Monday that it had begun to expose e-mail correspondence from the global geopolitical analysis firm known as Stratfor, detailing the company's work for clients. WikiLeaks did not disclose how it had obtained the e-mails, but Stratfor acknowledged in December that its data servers had been breached by a group of hackers known as Anonymous. The loose-knit group publicly supports WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks said Monday that it had begun to expose e-mail correspondence from the global geopolitical analysis firm known...

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anonymous, stratfor

Publisher: NY Times

Author: Bill Keller

21 Feb 2012

WikiLeaks, a Postscript

It s amazing they keep inviting me to these things, since I m a bit of a spoilsport. My consistent answer to the ponderous question of how WikiLeaks transformed our world has been: really, not all that much. It was a hell of a story and a wild collaboration, but it did not herald, as the documentarians yearn to believe, some new digital age of transparency. In fact, if there is a larger point, it is quite the contrary

It s amazing they keep inviting me to these things, since I m a bit of a spoilsport. My consistent answer to the...

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wikileaks aftermath

Publisher: NY Times

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2 Feb 2012

Julian Assange Appeals Extradition at Britains Supreme Court

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, went before Britain s Supreme Court on Wednesday in the latest chapter of a long-running battle to avoid extradition to Sweden to answer accusations of sexual misconduct.

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, went before Britain s Supreme Court on Wednesday in the latest chapter of a...

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extradition, julian assange, legal battle

Publisher: NY Times

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8 Jan 2012

Iranian Leader Set to Visit Allies in Latin America

In 2008, the United States imposed sanctions aimed at shutting down a Venezuelan-based bank that it said was operating closely with an Iranian bank that helped finance Iran s weapons development program. That was followed by efforts to establish ties between a sanctioned Iranian bank and the Central Bank of Ecuador, according to news reports in that country and State Department cables revealed through WikiLeaks.

In 2008, the United States imposed sanctions aimed at shutting down a Venezuelan-based bank that it said was operating...

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iran, sanctions, south america

Publisher: NY Times

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17 Dec 2011

Manning Hearing Halted as Investigator Considers Recusal Request

A defense lawyer for Bradley Manning, the Army private accused in the most famous leak of government secrets since the Pentagon Papers, began a frontal attack during Private Manning s first court appearance here on Friday morning, claiming the Army s investigating officer at the evidentiary hearing was biased and should recuse himself from the case.

A defense lawyer for Bradley Manning, the Army private accused in the most famous leak of government secrets since the...

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bradley manning, trial

Publisher: NY Times

Author: The lede

4 Dec 2010

Ron paul defends wikileaks

In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble."

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freedom of information, ron paul

Publisher: NY Times

Author: The lede

4 Dec 2010

Julian Assange moves like a hunted man. In a noisy Ethiopian restaurant in London s rundown Paddington district, he pitches his voice barely above a whisper to foil the Western intelligence agencies he fears.

Julian Assange moves like a hunted man. In a noisy Ethiopian restaurant in London s rundown Paddington district, he...

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crackdown, julian assange

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