Chelsea Manning

Weekend Of Action For Chelsea Manning!

May 7, 2014 Carrie Hathorn, www.chelseamanning.org Resist! Chelsea Manning, Protest

WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning is gearing up for a historic appeals process and we need you to take action to support her this weekend! As our government cracks down on freedom of information, overclassified millions of documents each year and pursues rampant whistleblower prosecutions using the outdated Espionage Act of 1917, it’s become increasingly clear that a mass movement is needed to reclaim the democratic principles on which the U.S. was founded. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning did a brave and selfless thing when she showed the public the truth about our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Show support for Chelsea this weekend, May 10-11th, by joining our transgender teach-in and protest in Washington D.C.!

Chelsea’s Statement On Judge Approving Her Name Change

April 23, 2014 Chelsea Manning, www.chelseamanning.org Create! Chelsea Manning

In both mail and in-person, I’ve often been asked, “Why are you changing your name?” The answer couldn’t be simpler: because it’s a far better, richer, and more honest reflection of who I am and always have been –a woman named Chelsea. But there is another question I’ve been asked nearly as much, “why are you making this request of the Leavenworth district court?” This is a more complicated question, but the short answer is simple: because I have to. Unfortunately, the trans* community faces three major obstacles to living a normal life in America: identity documentation, gender segregated institutions, and access to healthcare. And I’ve only just jumped through the first one of these hurdles.

Chelsea Manning Lawyers Interviewed In Depth On Appeal

April 21, 2014 The Real News, www.therealnews.com Resist! Chelsea Manning, Journalism, Whistleblowers

The case of Chelsea Manning is back in the spotlight. Last week, a U.S. Army general rejected Manning's request for clemency, thereby upholding her 35-year prison sentence.As you might remember, last year a military judge found Chelsea Manning, then known as Bradley Manning, guilty of 20 offenses. Despite being acquitted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, which carried with it a life sentence, Manning's 35-year sentence is the longest imposed on any American for leaking information to the media. One of Manning's new attorneys, Vincent Ward, says that Chelsea is ready for the long uphill battle to appeal the court's sentence. She's one of those rare people that found that it was her moral and ethical responsibility to inform the public about information that she thought was wrong and bad acts by the government.Is it proper for the government to punish somebody like Chelsea for 35 years, to put her in jail for 35 years, which, given her age, you know, it's not a life sentence, but she is going to be in jail for a really long time. And I think that the instinct of many is that the punishment doesn't fit the crime.

Chelsea Manning’s Lawyers Will Challenge ‘Frightening’ Espionage Act On Appeal

April 14, 2014 Kevin Gosztola, www.dissenter.firedoglake.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, Criminal Justice and Prisons, Espionage Act, Whistleblowers

The “misuse of the Espionage Act,” the over-classification of information, the selective prosecution of individuals by the government for leaks, “unlawful command influence,” “unlawful pretrial punishment,” and violations of “speedy trial rights” will all be issues raised during the appeal. Hollander said Manning’s convictions for violating the Espionage Act set a “dangerous precedent.” She added, “If this case stands, along with some other recent cases, whoever leaks a single page of classified information or even non-classified information runs the risk of prosecution under this act.” Manning was found guilty of five Espionage Act offenses, which is quite significant in the war on leaks and whistleblowers that has been waged by President Barack Obama’s administration.

How Chelsea Sees Herself; SF Pride Rectifies 2013 Error

April 11, 2014 Emma Cape, www.chelseamanning.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, LGBTQ

Today, April 11th, the nation’s largest Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration Committee announced on its website that WikiLeaks whistle-blower Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning has been chosen to represent the event as an Honorary 2014 Grand Marshal. Manning thanked the San Francisco Pride Committee from Fort Leavenworth military prison. Chelsea has been working with artist Alicia Neal to illustrate how she sees herself, and wishes to look after receiving treatment for gender dysphoria at Fort Leavenworth military prison. The initial sketch for the portrait is being shared publicly for the first time today to coincide with the SF Pride announcement. Her portrait of Chelsea is above. The annual SF Pride celebration is the largest of its kind in the country, attracting up to 1.8 million people from around the world.

Most Important Event Since Chelsea Manning’s Trial

April 11, 2014 Staff, www.chelseamanning.org Resist! Chelsea Manning, Criminal Justice and Prisons, Whistleblowers

You're invited to witness the most important event since WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning's trial last summer! Chelsea Manning's new defense team is preparing for a rigorous appeals process that could go as far as the Supreme Court, forever changing how the U.S. treats whistleblowers. On Sunday, April 13th they'll be joined by prominent FBI whistleblower Mike German and NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, as together they discuss the future of American government accountability, democratic information sharing, and whistleblowing. Join us to learn how you can make a difference!

NSA Uses Corporate News To Spread Propaganda And Silence Dissent

April 7, 2014 Donald Kaufman, www.truthdig.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, NSA, Whistleblowers

Investigative reporter Glenn Greenwald published an expose this week detailing how the NSA has been feeding “propaganda” to various news publications, which have happily played along. The propaganda isn’t limited just to schlock networks like Fox News, but is promulgated also by widely trusted newspapers, including The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. The message NSA and other officials send to the public every time a whistle-blower and journalist step forward to expose an inconvenient truth is, “You’re all going to die because of these leakers and the journalists who publish their disclosures!” Greenwald writes. This encourages a fervor of fear that has led some legislators and “journalists” to openly call for the assassination of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for disclosures made through his site. The “danger” of these leaks is the general reason given for convicting Chelsea Manning, who exposed war crimes committed under the name of Americans. (Manning’s failure to expose what she witnessed would have been a violation of the Nuremberg Laws.) Of course, this justification was never subjected to scrutiny during Manning’s trial and never criticized in the corporate media.

Critical Moment In The Defense Of Chelsea Manning

April 5, 2014 Emma Cape, www.chelseamanning.org Resist! Chelsea Manning, Criminal Justice and Prisons, Wars and Militarism, Whistleblowers

We're at a crucial turning point in our campaign to support WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Chelsea's future hangs in the balance, and your support can make a huge difference! Last week, Chelesa's trial attorney, David Coombs, released a statement with an insider's view of the injustices of the court martial proceedings and the excessive 35-year sentence. He warned: I have fought to ensure that she received a fair trial and a just result. Unfortunately, I do not believe that she received either... The government-wide crackdown on whistleblowers and the extension of this crackdown to journalists threatens to stifle the very freedoms that we [the United States] have fought so hard to ensure

The Conscience And Courage Of Chelsea Manning

April 5, 2014 Nozomi Hayase, www.roarmag.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, Wars and Militarism, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks

Four years have passed since WikiLeaks’ sensational release of the classified US military video titled Collateral Murder. On April 5, 2010, the raw footage was published depicting airstrikes by a US Army helicopter gunship in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad. The soldiers attacked Iraqis, killing about a dozen men wandering down a street, including two Reuters staffers, Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh in the first of three reckless attacks involving civilians...Before anyone talks about the laws of armed conflict and whether the rules of engagement were broken or not, we need to ask why these armed crews were even there in the first place. We should be examining the legality of the Iraq War itself. Speaking in defense of the disclosure of classified US military documents on the Iraq War, Assange pointed out how “most wars that are started by democracies involve lying,” and noted how “the start of the Iraq war involved very serious lies that were repeated and amplified by some parts of the press.”

April 5th: The Fourth Anniversary Of Manning’s Collateral Murder Video Leak

April 4, 2014 Deb Vanpoolen, www.debvanpoolen.com Organize! Chelsea Manning, Wars and Militarism, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks

April 5 is the fourth anniversary of Chelsea Manning's leak of the Collateral Murder video of footage from an Apache helicopter which shows trigger-happy soldiers killing twelve civilians. Manning, former US intelligence officer, also leaked massive troves of documents which include details about war crimes committed by US army personnel, such as the condoning of torture and killing of innocent civilians in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Four years after the releases, not one of the people implicated of war crimes in those documents or in the Collateral Murder video has been prosecuted...every time Chelsea has been given the chance to speak, she shares her thoughts about the power of true information in the public’s possession. Manning stated in a pre-trial hearing: “I believed that if the general public, especially the American public, had access to the information contained within the [Iraq and Afghan War Logs] this could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general, as well as it related to Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Manning’s Lawyer: Response To Leaks ‘Hysterical,’ Unjust

March 27, 2014 David Coombs, www.popularresistance.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, Criminal Justice and Prisons, Whistleblowers

Yesterday, I filed PFC Manning's clemency matters. This filing marks the end of my representation of PFC Manning for her court-martial. Since being retained to represent her on July 16, 2010, I have fought to ensure that she received a fair trial and a just result. Unfortunately, I do not believe that she received either. Under the current administration, any unauthorized leak to the media of classified information is viewed as tantamount to aiding the enemy of the United States. The prosecution in this case admitted as much when it stated that it would not make a difference if PFC Manning had given the disclosed information to the Washington Post or the New York Times. The government-wide crackdown on whistleblowers and the extension of this crackdown to journalists threatens to stifle the very freedoms that we have fought so hard to ensure.

Messages From Chelsea Manning And Attorney Nancy Hollander

March 21, 2014 Chelsea Manning, Nancy Hollander, Jeff Paterson, www.privatemanning.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, Criminal Justice and Prisons

In preparing for the appeals phase of my legal proceedings, I have worked with Courage to Resist and the Chelsea Manning Support Network to hire excellent civilian defense council, Nancy Hollander and Vincent Ward of the law firm Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward of Albuquerque, New Mexico. I’ve spoken a few times with both Ms. Hollander and Mr. Ward over the phone and I met them in person last month and I feel they are a perfect fit for doing this case, and we’re all excited about working together. Both Ms. Hollander and Mr. Ward have achieved successes in complex, high profile, civil and criminal cases in the past, fighting to protect the U.S. Constitution, civil liberties, and social justice through work on Guantanamo, the Gulf Coast Oil Spill, and more. They are eager to represent me before the military court, federal court, and perhaps even the Supreme Court.

Manning: Security State Is Undermining The US Constitution

February 23, 2014 Chelsea Manning via Aaron Kirkhouse, www.privatemanning.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, Government, Human Rights, NSA, Surveillance, US Constitution

It is becoming increasingly clear to me that the dangers of withholding documents, legal interpretations, and court jurisprudence from the public that pertain to the right to “life, liberty, and property” of a state’s citizens is as fundamental and important to protecting against such human rights abuses. When the public lacks the ability to access what its government is doing, it ceases to be involved in the governing process. There is a distinct difference between citizens, in which people are entitled to rights and privileges protected by and from the state, and subjects, in which people are placed under the absolute authority and control of the state. In essence, this is the difference between tyranny and freedom. To echo a maxim from Milton and Foes Friedman: a society that puts secrecy – in the sense of state secrecy – ahead of transparency and accountability will end up neither secure nor free.

Snowden Honors Chelsea Manning, Criticizes Increasing Secrets

February 20, 2014 Staff, www.rt.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, NSA, Overclassification, Whistleblowers

Imprisoned US army whistleblower Chelsea Manning - formerly known as Bradley - was on Wednesday honored in absentia for revelations of US war crimes. Manning was awarded the 2014 Sam Adams Prize for Integrity in Intelligence at a ceremony held by the Oxford University's prestigious Oxford Union Society. The event included a video address by Edward Snowden, last year’s Sam Adams Award winner, who praised Manning for bringing to spotlight a very important issue of “over-classification” – unjustified withholding from the public of information that’s not related to national security. “In the last year the White House told us that 95 million records have been created classified and withheld from the public in the year 2012. That’s more than any other year on record and shows a trend where the government is withholding more secrets than ever,” Snowden said.

Chelsea Manning Awarded Sam Adams Integrity Prize For 2014

January 16, 2014 David Swanson, www.warisacrime.org/ Create! Chelsea Manning, Human Rights, Whistleblowers

The Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) have voted overwhelmingly to present the 2014 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence to Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning. A Nobel Peace Prize nominee, U.S. Army Pvt. Manning is the 25 year-old intelligence analyst who in 2010 provided to WikiLeaks the "Collateral Murder" video – gun barrel footage from a U.S. Apache helicopter, exposing the reckless murder of 12 unarmed civilians, including two Reuters journalists, during the “surge” in Iraq. The Pentagon had repeatedly denied the existence of the "Collateral Murder" video and declined to release it despite a request under the Freedom of Information Act by Reuters, which had sought clarity on the circumstances of its journalists' deaths. Release of this video and other documents sparked a worldwide dialogue about the importance of government accountability for human rights abuses as well as the dangers of excessive secrecy and over-classification of documents. On February 19, 2014 Pvt. Manning - currently incarcerated at Leavenworth Prison - will be recognized at a ceremony in absentia at Oxford University's prestigious Oxford Union Society for casting much-needed daylight on the true toll and cause of civilian casualties in Iraq; human rights abuses by U.S. and “coalition” forces, mercenaries, and contractors; and the roles that spying and bribery play in international diplomacy.

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