Lieutenant Daniel Choi says "I am Bradley Manning"
Our latest featured member of the "I am Bradley" photo petition, Army Lt Daniel Choi, is speaking out for Bradley Manning. You can join him here.
A soldier with a conscience, Lt. Choi is one of the most visible opponents of the Military's Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy, after being kicked out of the Army for coming out on the Rachael Maddow show. He recently declared at Netroots Nation:
"I am Proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with Bradley Manning...From the things that I’ve heard [Bradley] signed up because he believed in this country and when he saw things that were unbelievable and were being perpetrated by this country, he wasn’t attacking this country. He was trying to teach this country what this mandate of service really was." You can watch the video of his speech
here.
Many have been wondering why Bradley's issue hasn't been taken up en mass by the LGBT community, but
Dan Choi's statement marks increasing support for Bradley Manning from the Gay Rights Activists, both in The US and Europe.
Bradley Manning contingents graced almost every major Pride parade this weekend, from New York to San Francisco and Chicago.
Read More here.
Hillary's shocking remarks about Bradley Manning
For those who don't believe that
Bradley's personal life and sexuality may be used against him, this gem of information was presented in a recent
Vanity Fair article about
Hillary Clinton, while on tour in the Middle East:
“Hillary told staff that she could not fathom how an army private, Bradley Manning, with psychological problems and a drag-queen boyfriend could single-handedly cause the United States unprecedented embarrassment just by labeling massive downloads as Lady Gaga songs.”
Were those comments verbatim, or just the ill-chosen words of the author? We may never know, but one thing is for sure, they were published in a major pop-culture outlet, and there is no taking them back. Here is a good take-down of the allegation that Manning had “psychological problems.” As for Hillary's comments about Bradley's sexuality, well, we’ll let you be the judge of their appropriateness.
David House refuses to testify to WikiLeaks Grand Jury 
In case you missed it, David House, one of the founding members of the Bradley Manning Support Network, recently refused to testify before the Wikileaks grand jury in Virginia.
House was among several Boston area residents who were ordered to testify before the grand jury, which is investigating WikiLeaks, and faced persistent questions about Bradley Manning and the Support Network. He invoked his Fifth Amendment right,
later telling the New York Times that the Justice Department is
“creating a climate of fear around WikiLeaks and the Bradley Manning support network.”
on
MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Show, House said:
"WikiLeaks has been cast as a breach of national security because the US Government has been embarrassed by the disclosures. I don't want to wake up every morning and just read how glorious the US Government is."
If the prosecution grants him immunity, he will face jail time if he continues to remain silent. Read his full statement and watch video
here.
Please help us keep up the work by Donating to Bradley Manning's defense fund. Read our recent letter to supporters here.
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