Bradley Manning Treatment Reveals Continued Government Complicity in Torture

By Marjorie Cohn Mar 26, 2011 Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is facing court-martial for allegedly leaking military reports and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, is being held in solitary confinement in Quantico brig in Virginia. Each night, he is forced to strip naked and sleep in a gown made of coarse material. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

No Laws, No Secrets: The Anarchist Creed of Julian Assange

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Mar 22, 2011 About the only intelligent thing the US government has said to date about Julian Assange is that the man is an “anarchist” What they don’t seem to get is that he is channeling Thomas Paine”. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: P.J. Crowley

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2011 This week we give a nod to former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley, who had the audacity to publicly criticize the Defense Department's treatment of alleged WikiLeaks accomplice Pfc. Bradley Manning and was obliged to step down Sunday as a result. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Manning’s Treatment Assailed

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2011 “Ridiculous counterproductive stupid" Those are the words chosen by US State Department spokesman PJ Crowley to describe the country’s treatment of Pfc Bradley Manning, the alleged WikiLeaker being held in solitary confinement in a military jail Crowley to describe the country’s treatment of Pfc Bradley Manning. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Glenn Greenwald

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2011 This week, we salute fellow journalist Glenn Greenwald for lending his voice to the cause of Pfc Bradley Manning, the alleged WikiLeaks source whose life may well be on the line if the US Army's newest and most severe charges play out against him in court Bradley Manning. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Democracy Now!’: Rowley on Afghanistan; Greenwald on Manning

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2011 Thursday's edition of "Democracy Now!" featured two prominent journalists (well, three, including host Amy Goodman), Rick Rowley and Glenn Greenwald, commenting on two timely and pressing news stories By way of a preview, here's a quote from Rowley . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Manning Might Face the Death Penalty

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2011 Pfc Bradley Manning was allegedly the conduit through which WikiLeaks received a great deal of information that the US military and government didn't want the public to know, and on Wednesday the Army slapped him with . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Other Way Out

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 28, 2011 We will not stop the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, we will not end this slaughter of innocents, unless we are willing to rise up as have state workers in Wisconsin and citizens on the streets of Arab capitals.Our political system is as broken and dysfunctional as that once presided over in Egypt by Hosni Mubarak. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Kucinich Demands a Visit With Pfc. Manning

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2011 In a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich has demanded an opportunity to meet with Bradley Manning, the Army private who allegedly passed documents to WikiLeaks, over concerns that Manning has been abused while in government custody. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: The Egyptian Protesters

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2011 This week we acknowledge the thousands who have been marching against tyranny in the 30th year of President Hosni Mubarak's dictatorial rule. (Honorable mentions after the jump.) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Condemns Tyranny While Torturing Bradley Manning

BLANK Jan 25, 2011 Juan Cole examines the psychological torture of accused whistle-blower Bradley Manning in light of the collapse of Tunisia's brutal regime. The "monarchical national security state" created by George W. Bush and his cohort can abuse, torment and punish the unconvicted with the best of them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Twitter Subpoenaed Over WikiLeaks

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2011 New drama over WikiLeaks has come to light. The U.S. government has subpoenaed Twitter to secretly hand over details of five accounts on its site thought to be related to leaked classified information, suggesting a wide-ranging trawl for other evidence online. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )