On the day that Chelsea Manning was to be awarded in absentia the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, supporters from Oxford and beyond gathered on Cornmarket for a couple of hours in the afternoon for a solidarity vigil. Read the entire article here.
Students at Glasgow University have elected American whistleblower Edward Snowden as their new rector. Read the full article here.
Former US Army soldier Chelsea Manning received the 2014 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence from ex-intelligence officials for providing WikiLeaks with classified documents chronicling the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan, in a ceremony held at the Oxford Union on Wednesday evening. Read the entire article by Silkie Carlo here.
Chelsea E. Manning 89289 1300 North Warehouse Road Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027-2304 2014.02.19 Statement thru Aaron Kirkhouse For Public Release The founders of America-fresh from a war of independence from King George lll-were particularly fearful of concentrating power. James Madison wrote that “the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, […]
Excerpt: Only one OATH Gellman: “It is commonly said of Snowden hat he broke an oath of secrecy, a turn of phrase that captures a sense of betrayal. NSA Director Keith B. Alexander and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, Jr., among many others, have used that formula.” [ Gellman interjects: “Snowden noted matter-of-factly […]
By Andy Greenberg, Forbes Staff Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/12/16/an-nsa-coworker-remembers-the-real-edward-snowden-a-genius-among-geniuses/
Speech by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman at MIT, Dec. 12, 2013 Freeman is one of the best and brightest. Link: http://warincontext.org/2013/12/15/chas-freeman-on-snowden-and-snooping/
From Russia With Love By Ray McGovern, October 15, 2013 Link: http://consortiumnews.com/2013/10/15/edward-snowdens-brave-integrity/
“These programs do not make us more safe.” With 4 U.S. whistleblowers in Moscow; October 9, 2013; 3 minutes Link: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/10/14/edward_snowden_speaks_out_against_nsa
By Ray McGovern; October 10, 2013 Link: http://consortiumnews.com/2013/10/10/snowden-accepts-whistleblower-award/