3 Killed in Quantico Shooting (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 22, 2013 Three Marines are dead at a U.S. base in Virginia after a gunman opened fire on two others before shooting and killing himself. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bradley Manning for President in 2040?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 7, 2012 If a federal judge doesn’t sentence him to life in prison, Pfc. Bradley Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst accused of handing hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, may want to run for public office. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

For Bradley Manning

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Bradley Manning to Address the Court

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 28, 2012 The alleged source behind the largest leak of state secrets in U.S. history is expected to speak publicly for the first time since his arrest in May 2010 at a pretrial hearing Tuesday afternoon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Failed Formula for Worldwide War

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Oct 26, 2012 Several times this year, America's war chiefs have assembled at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico to conduct a futuristic war-game-meets-academic-seminar about the needs of the military in 2017. There, a giant map of the world, larger than a basketball court, was laid out so the Pentagon’s top brass could shuffle around the planet. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Rule of Law Trampled for Bradley Manning

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 15, 2012 In declaring that Pfc. Bradley Manning “broke the law” in allegedly handing classified military records to the international whistle-blowing group WikiLeaks, President Obama and Manning’s critics have unlawfully told the courts to find Manning guilty, a writer on the accused’s support team says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Convicting Private Manning

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2011 President Obama said in an impromptu interview that accused WikiLeaker Pfc. Bradley Manning "broke the law" by sharing classified documents. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 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 )

Accused WikiLeaker Bradley Manning’s Torture by Isolation

Staff / Truthdig Dec 16, 2010 Bradley Manning, the Army private accused of leaking sensitive material to WikiLeaks, has been held for seven months in what Glenn Greenwald reports are “inhumane, personality-erasing, soul-destroying, insanity-inducing conditions” (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Navy Chaplain Gets Two Years for Sex Abuse

Staff / Truthdig Dec 7, 2007 A 42-year-old Navy chaplain has been sentenced for a range of sexual crimes committed at the Quantico Marine base and the Naval Academy. In one episode, Lt. Cmdr. John Thomas Matthew Lee forced oral sex on a 20-year-old midshipman. So much for moral superiority. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )