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As a whistleblower Manning was held for nine months without being charged for a crime and starting Friday evening Occupy the Truth will kick off in Berkeley. Cindy Sheehan brings us the latest about Occupy the Truth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmI4y4FXIdw&feature=youtu.be



The Saga of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, and Wikileaks

By William Blum

If Manning had committed war crimes in Iraq instead of exposing them, he would be a free man today.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30726.htm



Obama s Persecution of the Peacemaker

By Chris Floyd

Bradley Manning will spend the rest of his life in a federal prison for the unforgiveable crime of telling the truth to people who don t want to hear it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30771.htm



Bradley Manning s treatment was cruel and inhuman, UN torture chief rules

UN special rapporteur on torture s findings likely to reignite criticism of US government s treatment of WikiLeaks suspect.

http://bit.ly/AFx5AV


From Information Clearing House

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UN official: WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning subject to ?cruel and degrading? treatment
http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/news.php?id=6978#newspost

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US Subjected Manning to Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading Treatment, UN Torture Chief Concludes

Jason Leopold, Truthout: ''The United States government subjected 24-year-old Pvt. Bradley Manning to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment following his arrest in May 2010 in Iraq on suspicion of leaking hundreds of thousands of secret State Department cables and other documents to WikiLeaks, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Torture concluded in a long-awaited report.''

http://www.truth-out.org/us-subjected-manning-cruel-inhuman-degrading-treatment-un-torture-chief-concludes/1331645560



Bradley Manning Prosecution Incurably Infected by Government Misconduct

Kevin Zeese, Bradley Manning Support Network: ''Last week I spent two days in court for a pretrial motions hearing in the court martial of Bradley Manning, the private accused of leaking documents to WikiLeaks that showed widespread unethical and illegal behavior by the Department of Defense and State Department. Manning has suffered the fate the Queen put on Alice when she was in Wonderland, 'Sentence first, verdict afterwards.' By the time his court martial is actually held he will have been incarcerated for more than two years, one of those years was spent in solitary confinement. But, that is only one of many obvious injustices Manning is being subjected to.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8039-bradley-manning-prosecution-incurably-infected-by-government-misconduct



How the Government Is Railroading Bradley Manning

Phil Fornaci and Jane Zara, Truthout: ''The WikiLeaks/Bradley Manning debacle provides us with a startling example of how brutally the US government treats those brave enough to provide even a glimpse of the machinations of its imperial assault on the rest of the world.... Manning and WikiLeaks are also credited with (and criminally accused of) release of the so-called 'Collateral Murder' video footage of the slaughter of Reuters reporters and other civilians by the US military in Baghdad. For his alleged role in this 'crime,' Manning is enduring one of the most aggressive legal prosecutions in American history.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8297-inside-a-military-court-hearing-how-the-government-is-railroading-bradley-manning

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The president versus human rights

C4SS Center for a Stateless Society
by Darian Worden

US President Barack Obama, who campaigned on change and offered transparency, bears direct responsibility for the abuse, and possibly the torture, of Manning. Not surprising: This is the same president who signed indefinite detention without trial officially into US law, and who claims the authority to order the murder of anyone anywhere on his personal assertion that they are 'enemy combatants...

http://c4ss.org/content/9908


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Robert Reich

The fundamental problem isn t the decline of American manufacturing, and reviving manufacturing won t solve it. The problem is the declining power of American workers to share in the gains of the American economy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30577.htm



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Lisa Demer and Richard Mauer, McClatchy Newspapers: "The U.S. House once again passed a bill to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, voting 237-187 Thursday on a measure expected to die in the Senate?. In addition to ANWR drilling, the bill would also open offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific and force the approval of TransCanada s controversial Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas. All those provisions have strong opposition among the Democrats who control the Senate.''

http://www.truth-out.org/us-house-oks-opening-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-oil-drilling/1329585494



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Stop warrantless wiretapping
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By Jill Schlesinger

The Financial Times is reporting that taxpayers will subsidize a large portion of the $25 billion mortgage settlement, which was broken down into two distinct pieces.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30567.htm



Foreclosure abuse rampant across U.S., experts say

The audit of almost 400 foreclosures in San Francisco found that 84 percent of them appeared to be illegal, according to the study released by the California city on Wednesday.

http://reut.rs/z2FTva



The 50-State Foreclosure Settlement

Why Hasn t Anyone Gone to Jail?

By Mike Whitney

Homeowners have lost $8 trillion in home equity (in the last 4 years) and 11 million people are currently underwater on their mortgages. All of this is unprecedented. All of this is the result of fraud.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30614.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Mortgage Settlement: 'We are Bailing Them Out Again!'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/17-0

Obama Sells Out Homeowners Again: Mortgage Settlement a Sad Joke
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/23-3

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Mortgage-Backed Securities Make a Comeback, Despite Similar Risks

Azam Ahmed, The New York Times News Service: ''Some Wall Street investors made money as the mortgage market boomed; others profited when it fell apart.... Mr. Lippmann is joined by other big-money investors, mutual funds like Fidelity as well as hedge funds, in riding a wave of interest in the same complex loan pools that nearly washed away the financial system.''

http://www.truth-out.org/mortgage-backed-securities-make-comeback-despite-similar-risks/1329673052



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By Stephanie Van Hook

Violence in opposition to the State relieves the State and the citizenry of any guilt for a brutal response to all protesters-and it refocuses from the nominal issue to the issue of violence by protesters.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30566.htm



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Homeland Security Dept. Pays General Dynamics to Scour Internet for Criticism of its Policies

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been paying a defense contractor $11.4 million to monitor social media websites and other Internet communications to find criticisms of the department s policies and actions.

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From Information Clearing House



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Susie Cagle, Truthout: ''Occupy Oakland has captured the nation and even the world s attention at times. But those times have not been for Occupy Oakland's thoughtful direct actions or peaceful marches, but instead for the brutality of its suppression by police. Occupy Oakland is far more than these street battles and mass arrests, but they are an important part of what shapes this movement.''

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-oakland-2/1329429672



Occupy Joins the Fight Against Private Prisons

Rania Khalek, Truthout: ''The National Prison Divestment Campaign was organized less than a year ago by Enlace, a coalition of US and Mexican low-wage worker centers and unions, to pressure corporations to divest from private prisons, whose chief investors include some of country s largest financial institutions such as Wells Fargo and Bank of America, both of which have provoked the ire of the Occupy movement for their role in tanking the economy, among other things.''

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-joins-fight-against-private-prisons/1329245021



How Does the 1 Percent Exploit America?

Find Out in One Minute

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation: ''Even in an Occupy world, most Americans don t know exactly how the 1% does what it does. The mainstream media hasn t explained it, and the 1% likes things that way.

http://www.truth-out.org/how-does-1-exploit-america-find-out-1-minute-video/1329436217

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The Occupy Chicago Arrests: Rahm Emanuel s 'Dry Run' for G8 and Nato?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/17-3

Progressive Democrats of America Joins the 99% Spring
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/02/17-0



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