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The September 2009 edition of Green Politics included an article alerting readers to the plight of Private First-Class Bradley Manning, imprisoned in the wake of WikiLeaks disclosures of war crimes committed or covered up by U.S. government officials.
Arrested in May 2010 and not yet convicted or even formally charged by the Army, Manning lives under a confinement regime that includes pronounced social isolation and a complete lack of opportunities for meaningful exercise. Additionally, Army guards routinely interrupt Manning’s sleep.
A news and support page for Bradley Manning is available at http://www.bradleymanning.org.
Bradley Manning became a target for U.S. government leaders after WikiLeaks published documents for which he was the alleged whistleblower. The media attention to WikiLeaks has now spawned a number of copycat enterprises, which have the potential for bringing to light illicit activities of governments and corporations worldwide.
Here are some of these new sites:
http://brusselsleaks.com/
http://www.balkanleaks.eu/home.html
http://www.indoleaks.org/
http://www.israelileaks.org/
http://www.openleaks.org
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder now under arrest in Great Britain, has cautioned that launching credible WikiLeaks spinoffs was always difficult, but more difficult now that government and corporate leaders are alert to the possibility. How can a whistleblower trust that a site is not actually operated by the very bad guys the whistleblower wants to expose? How can a legitimate site be sure that materials it receives are not fabrications submitted by government/corporate agents?
The sites listed above, and others to follow, deserve watching and monitoring. In the meantime, one of the greatest acts of support that any of us can lend to Pfc Bradley Manning is — exercising appropriate caution — to feed the new leaks outlet industry with any true information we can lay our hands on. Doing that, we may further expose the corruption of those who control the world’s weapons and money and who wish to keep their intentions and actions hidden from the rest of us.
(Thanks to Green Party)