After 24 hours of rampant speculation, Julian Assange's attorney has come forward to announce that President Obama's commutation of Chelsea Manning's sentence did not meet the criteria set forth by the WikiLeaks head to proceed with extradition
The ground shifted in Washington and elsewhere with the news that Chelsea Manning's 35-year sentence had been commuted in the outgoing president's spasmodic burst of compassion.
• http://www.paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig Robert
I hope that President Obama commuted Manning's unjust sentence not as a sop to transgenders, but as a sign that a bit of humanity still remains in the outgoing war criminal president.
MOSCOW (WRC NEWS) -- Edward Snowden's lawyer has informed him that he is legally eligible to obtain permanent Russian citizenship, following the announcement that his asylum status has been extended by 3 years.
With barely 72 hours left in office, President Barack Obama Tuesday did an abrupt U-turn on his years-long assault on government leaks and showed leniency toward two military figures who'd helped make public highly sensitive secrets.
Houston, TX -- In May of 2015, Lt. Cody Waller sent a nonviolent inmate to the hospital after firing a tear gas canister at close range, into the center of his chest. Waller will not be fired and faced no charges. However, the Free Thought Project h
The gulf that exists between the Obama of the campaign trail and Obama's actions since taking office has been glaringly obvious since the very beginning of his presidency, From his promise to close Guantanamo to his promise not to employ lobbyists
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will agree to be extradited to the United States if President Barack Obama grants clemency to the former US soldier Chelsea Manning, jailed for leaking documents, the company said on Thursday.
There is an important decision President Obama may make in the coming days that could reverse some of the damage he has done--Chelsea Manning is officially on the "shortlist" of the persons who could have their sentences commuted by Obama before
Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich sent a letter this week to President Barack Obama requesting that Obama "grant the application for clemency submitted by Chelsea Manning and commute her sentence to time served." The result of Obama taking this action
Kuauhtemoc Rodriguez isn't just a whistleblower in the Veterans Affairs Administration. He happens to be the Chief of Specialty Care Clinics at the Phoenix VA Health Care System, the same system of VA hospitals which were at the center of the fires
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President Obama has put Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified material, on his short list for a possible commutation, a Justice Department source told NBC News.
Edward Jay Epstein has an op-ed in the Wall Street journal promoting his new book "How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft".
Legendary Pentagon analyst and whistleblower Chuck Spinney joins today's Liberty Report to explain the budget nightmares a President Trump will face at the Pentagon. Why do these weapons systems cost so much and perform so badly? Chuck knows...and te
We live in a time and within a culture where the best amongst us are thrown in jail, demonized or destroyed, while the worst are celebrated, promoted and enriched.
After spending three years investigating the NSA whistleblower and spending millions of dollars, the House Intelligence Committee produced a report "rifled with obvious falsehoods".
Hero cop Dominick Izzo witnessed such expansive corruption in his department, he shattered the notorious Blue Wall of Silence to blow the whistle, but -- like nearly all officers who break ranks attempting to hold bad cops accountable -- found hims
So Now He's Being Fired. What do a wrongfully convicted baby killer, the mysterious death of a police officer, and the resignation of nearly 20 cops all have in common? Answer: Round Lake Park, Illinois Police Chief George Filenko.
Back in September, I wrote a seven-part series at The Intercept chronicling how former Wall Street trader Chris DiIorio, determined to figure out how he lost a small fortune on a penny stock, came to the conclusion that gigantic market-making firm Kn
/r/WhereIsAssange is asking for an unedited video proof of life, preferably with a newspaper showing the current date, and a signed PGP statement using the Wikileaks Editorial Board public key that has been published since 4/2015 (matching the PGP fi
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