Tag Archives: Bradley Manning

**UPDATE: Bradley Manning discusses Egypt, whither Kucinich, and an emerging legal strategy?

Posted on February 6, 2011 by jreid

UPDATE: Same sources quoted (House, Coombs…) same basic storyline, but per the UK Independent, glimpses of an emerging strategy: the allegations of torture are going to form a basis for Bradley Manning’s defense.

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The war over Bradley Manning

Posted on February 2, 2011 by jreid

The Washington Post today reports that Bradley Manning, the Army private who is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of cables and other classified material to Wikileaks, had been deemed by doctors to be unfit for deployment to Iraq. He … Continue reading →

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Wednesday clicks: Vick v. Grass, Wired v. Greenwald, Christie v. World, Sarah v. Alaska **UPDATE**

Posted on December 29, 2010 by jreid

On the Philly to-do list: check the offensive line for dog lovers, because Mike Vick got no protection in that horrendous game against the Vikings Tuesday night. Despite the lackluster performance that saw him out-played by Vikings back-up QB Joe … Continue reading →

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Friday clicks: and the winner is …

Posted on December 17, 2010 by jreid

… according to Charles Krauthammer, the winner is Barack Hussein Obama, who the conservative columnist now dubs the new “comeback kid.” Go figure… Among Krauthammer’s points is that Republicans look stupid killing the omnibus spending bill over $8 billion in … Continue reading →

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