Warning–NSFW/NSFK The Government is has rested their principal case in US v Manning. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/state-department-cables-remain-focus-as-gis-trial-in-wikileaks-case-enters-5th-week/2013/07/01/6ee00d90-e21f-11e2-8657-fdff0c195a79_story.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/02/bradley-manning-wikileaks-trial-government-rests I don’t know if the Defense will start to present their case tomorrow, or if they’ll wait until Monday or if there will be a session on Friday. MAJ Nidal Hassan’s capital Court-Martial is set to start soon. He will …
Chelsea Manning
Mid-day ephemera
Unofficial Manning case trail transcripts are available here. Military courts-martial do not release daily transcripts. They only release documents on FOIA requests. The fine people at the linked site are paying a qualified court reporter to sit in the gallery and take transcription, and the Military Judge is allowing this. If you value this service, …
on impure vessels and public discourse
I’m up with insomnia. Happens every so often. So here’s a thought- Most of the recent revelations’ good AND bad regarding our government’s covert activities’ legal or not, good or bad, have come to us via “impure vessels.” Bradley Manning isn’t anyone’s idea of a good Soldier. This other guy has some issues too, or …
Mid-day Open Thread
The Manning Court-Martial is currently ongoing. The SCOTUS has denied certoriari in Behenna v US. You can read the CAAF ruling in US v Behenna here. SSG Robert Bales has plead guilty to all charges, save one charge of Obstruction of Justice in the murder of 16 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children in their …
Movie Night: “We Steal Secrets”
Comments now enabled — FYWP! The new review at Mother Jones reminded me I’m looking forward to seeing this, once it goes “on demand”. NYMag‘s movie reviewer, David Edelstein: Before I saw Alex Gibney’s documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, I figured Gibney would be kicking the same government hornet’s nest already inflamed …
Busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest
The house is nearing completion, the work is going like gangbusters with an IG inspection looming, I’m applying for a couple of higher positions, one of which would be virtualized and work at home about 75% of the time, Mother’s Day and the son’s birthday are looming, the son is graduating from high school in …
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Manning Update and Open Thread
There was a hearing last week in the pending Court-Martial of PFC Bradley Manning. I was going to write it up, but then…well. There were two developments that were interesting. The main take-aways from the hearing are that Judge Lind (COL, JA) has instructed the Trial Counsel that they will have to prove that PFC …