Tag Archives: Julian Assange

Locked Up

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Muller

Those who have most enlightened us in the past couple of years about war crimes, wrongdoings, illicit surveillance of our governments in the name of a more and more absurd “Global War on Terrorism” have effectively been locked up in … Continue reading →

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One Hundred and Thirty-six

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Muller

One hundred and thirty-six years in prison are Bradley Manning’s perspective after judge Army Col. Denise Lind had convicted him guilty yesterday for 20 charges including espionage. Juan Cole has listed top ten ways, Manning has changed the world with … Continue reading →

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The Hasty And Ill-conceived Decision to Award U.S. President Barack Obama

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Muller

University of Umeå professor of Sociology Stefan Svallfors’ remark to the Nobel Peace Prize committee in Oslo today when justifying his nomination of Edward Snowden may be true. But will it be of any advantage? All three, Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks … Continue reading →

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A Real Journalist

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Muller

“A real journalist is one who understands, at a cellular level, and doesn’t shy away from, the adversarial relationship between government and press.” That’s what the New York Times’ Public Editor Margaret Sullivan has suggested yesterday when commenting on almost … Continue reading →

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Manning Admits Leaking the Documents

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Muller

That Bradley Manning had unavailingly contacted the Washington Post, the New York Times and, almost, Politico, before providing WikiLeaks with hundreds of thousands of classified documents including diplomatic cables of US embassies around the world and the notorious Collateral Murder … Continue reading →

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