NSA power doubles every 4 years – Assange. Julian Assange: On the First Day of the Manning Trial. As I type these lines, on June 3, 2013, Private First Class Bradley Edward Manning is being tried in a sequestered room at Fort Meade, Maryland, for the alleged crime of telling the truth.
The court martial of the most prominent political prisoner in modern US history has now, finally, begun. It has been three years. Bradley Manning, then 22 years old, was arrested in Baghdad on May 26, 2010. He was shipped to Kuwait, placed into a cage, and kept in the sweltering heat of Camp Arifjan. "For me, I stopped keeping track," he told the court last November. After protests from his lawyers, Bradley Manning was then transferred to a brig at a US Marine Corps Base in Quantico, VA, where - infamously - he was subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment at the hands of his captors - a formal finding by the UN. "Brad's treatment at Quantico will forever be etched, I believe, in our nation's history, as a disgraceful moment in time" said his lawyer, David Coombs. But of course. » Update 9/12/12: Understanding whistle-blowing, a WikiLeaks movie, and why this is a bipartisan issue Bradley Manning Support Network.
Understanding whistle-blowing and why the government wants to preclude that argument from the court.
Nick Lyell, a reporter/blogger in Washington D.C., brings us another analysis via the Media Watchdogg blog. He describes three possible theories by which whistle-blowing can be viewed, one describing the view of the people currently in power, one from the perspective of those who wish to strengthen government and would encourage more traditional whistle-blowing, and another representing the wider democratic views of WikiLeaks and its supporters. He concludes with regards to Bradley Manning’s case: That the court will not permit evidence on the consequences of the leaks is dangerous. Any serious attempt at successful public policy, let alone justice, demands context, and difficult and complex as it is, this context includes the content, the intent, and the unforeseen consequences of the leaks. Submit your photo today at iam.bradleymanning.org! New movie describes motivation for WikiLeaks. Julian Assange a big winner for Channel Ten. Take a first look at the huge Channel Ten production that is set to be a massive Australian and global movie event.
The film has already been confirmed to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. To access our premium content,please subscribe or log in. It's quick and easy. Britain spending 11,000 pounds a day to keep WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holed up. PTI Oct 2, 2012, 02.15PM IST (It is costing a whopping…)
Julian Assange's room at the Ecuadorean embassy: a glimpse inside. Julian Assange's bedroom behaviour is still the subject of much debate, but at least we now know what his bedroom looks like.
In a sort of budget version of MTV Cribs, Assange has given the Mail on Sunday a tour of his garret inside the Ecuadorean embassy in west London, where he fled in June to escape allegations of rape. So what have we learned? The secrets of his pinkish tan, for one. When he emerged blinking into the light for a speech in August, he looked surprisingly ruddy for a man who had spent the previous two months indoors. That, we learn, was thanks in part to a blue floor-light that makes the ceiling look like the sky. What else? Quite where he finds the room is unclear. Assange claims he works a 17-hour day – but he still finds a suspicious amount of time for watching films. And how does Assange make his own bed, a single mattress lying on the floor? But it's not all fun and games. Revealed: Canberra shared intel on Assange with Washington.
Julian Assange Photo: AP WikiLeaks and Julian Assange have been the subject of intelligence exchanges between Australia and the United States for more than two years, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has revealed.
The WikiLeaks publisher was also the subject of Australian intelligence reporting from Washington shortly before he sought political asylum in Ecuador's London embassy. In a freedom of information decision yesterday, Foreign Affairs confirmed to Fairfax Media the existence of an intelligence report concerning WikiLeaks and Mr Assange cabled to Canberra from Australia's Washington embassy on June 1. Mr Assange, who had been unsuccessful in his legal fight to avoid extradition from the United Kingdom to Sweden to face questioning about sexual assault allegations, sought political asylum in Ecuador's London embassy 18 days later.
Advertisement. Sovereign Aboriginal nations consider sanctuary for Julian Assange. Friday, September 14, 2012 The Indigenous Social Justice Association released the statement below on September 14.
Several sovereign Aboriginal nations are considering giving Julian Assange refuge and sanctuary in their nations. It was argued that as Julian is an Australian citizen he should be allowed to seek sanctuary in one of the sovereign Aboriginal nations in the lands known as Australia. Whilst the federal government is held in thrall to the dictates of the US, we are not and are therefore quite free to support Julian in every way we possibly can. Offering safe refuge is but one way. An Excerpt From 'This Machine Kills Secrets': The Education Of Julian Assange. In with Assange. Michael Moore And Oliver Stone Join Forces To Defend Julian Assange In New York Times Op-Ed.
"We have spent our careers as filmmakers making the case that the news media in the United States often fail to inform Americans about the uglier actions of our own government," Moore and Stone wrote in the op-ed, which can be read here in its entirety.
"We therefore have been deeply grateful for the accomplishments of WikiLeaks, and applaud Ecuador's decision to grant diplomatic asylum to its founder, Julian Assange, who is now living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. " Assange's WikiLeaks project, which mostly publishes secret cable communications provided by anonymous sources, is viewed with disdain by countries including the United States and United Kingdom who say the website poses risks to national security and have labeled Assange a "terrorist. " In the op-ed, Moore and Stone defended WikiLeaks and touted what the directors viewed as its achievements. Stone and Moore strongly advised the United States government from charging Assange, arguing it would set a dangerous precedent. US must own WikiLeaks fiasco: ex MI5 boss. THE former head of Britain's MI5 security service says it's the US government's fault top secret documents and diplomatic cables were obtained by WikiLeaks.
But Stella Rimington, a former MI5 director-general, has also criticised WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for releasing the documents. The author of At Risk: a Novel says Mr Assange's "naive" actions will only make governments more secretive. Dame Stella has told an international archiving conference in Brisbane that governments must be open and transparent, and only keep documents secret if security is a concern.
She said Mr Assange's approach had put lives at risk. "What is not tolerated or healthy, in my opinion, is the indiscriminate pouring out into the public domain of streams of leaked documents by Julian Assange and his Wikileaks organisation," she told the conference. WikiLeaks founder challenges U.S. London -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on the United States on Sunday to end its "war on whistle-blowers" and demanded the release of Bradley Manning, the American soldier suspected of passing thousands of classified documents to Assange's secret-spilling website.
Assange made the appeal from the balcony of the Ecuadoran Embassy in London, where he has been holed up for two months to avoid extradition to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault. It was the Australian's first public appearance since seeking refuge inside the embassy June 19. He was careful to remain on embassy property and out of reach of British police. By international convention, embassies are the sovereign territory of the countries they represent. Assange thanked Ecuador for granting him political asylum Thursday. 'UK threat to storm our embassy still in force' – Ecuador FM Patino to RT (EXCLUSIVE) Julian Assange's The World Tomorrow: Surviving Guantanamo. Julian Assange's right to asylum. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has taken refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters If one asks current or former WikiLeaks associates what their greatest fear is, almost none cites prosecution by their own country.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ordered to present himself to police. Over 10,000 Messages Back Assange Ecuador Assylum Bid. Posted by Three Men On a Boat on June 27th, 2012. Assange Gets Hand-Delivered Invitation to Extradition. London police dropped off a note at Ecuador's tiny apartment-sized London embassy Thursday addressed to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who's been holed up there for over a week, telling him to show up for his scheduled date with extradition on Friday.
The cops said the "surrender notice" was standard practice. Assange is reportedly supposed to turn up at a neighborhood police station at 11:30 Friday morning. According to the BBC a police spokesman said, "He remains in breach of his bail conditions and failure to surrender would be a further breach of those conditions and he is liable to arrest.
" UK police demand Assange leave Ecuador embassy. UK court rejects appeal — Assange to be extradited to Sweden. Julian Assange's extradition stayed thanks to quick legal footwork. It was all going so well. Lord Phillips, soon to retire as president of the supreme court, was explaining the judges' reasoning in clear English suitable for a world-wide live television audience. By a majority of five to two, the supreme court had agreed with the lower courts that the Swedish prosecutor qualified as a "judicial authority" and could therefore issue an European arrest warrant for Julian Assange. It looked as if he had lost his final appeal against extradition. Two burly security guards ensured that not a peep was heard from Assange's supporters in court. The judges had been warned that Dinah Rose QC, his fearless counsel, wanted to address the court.
That was largely their own fault. Wed 30 May: Call Out for Solidarity – Julian Assange Supreme Court Verdict Due. Join the solidarity vigil outside the Supreme Court 30 May from 8am Map here. Julian is appearing at the Supreme Court in London on 30 May 2012. The verdict on Julian’s appeal against extradition to Sweden is due to be handed down in the morning. London Catholic Worker & Veterans for Peace UK are co-ordinating a vigil outside the court. UK Supreme Court to Give Assange Judgment May 30. إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية. Julian Assange's 'The World Tomorrow': Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah. LaPaglia Reunites with Connolly for Julian Assange Biopic Undreground. Although TV movies are not on our radar, this one is worthy of your attention. Rachel Griffiths and Anthony LaPaglia have been cast in the forthcoming TV movie Underground, based on the early life of Julian Assange as a teenage hacker in Melbourne, Australia.
Newcomer Alex Williams has been cast as one of the biggest international political figures in recent times, Wikileaks founder Assange. He will play the younger Assange with Griffiths who will star as Assange’s mother, Christine, and LaPaglia will be playing a detective on her son’s trail. LaPaglia will reteam with writer-director Robert Connolly, after they worked together on 2009 Australian feature Balibo. Julian Assange Gets Movie Based On His Life.