Speaking at the National Press Club 10/27 at 10am – Public Welcome!
If you live in Washington DC, please come join us at the National Press Club October 27 at 10am. Here is the press release: Writer, Foreign Service Officer Peter Van Buren to Discuss State Department...
View ArticleWanna Know a Secret? Ask the State Department
A brief recap: Bradley Manning or someone released a bazillion classified State Department cables to the world via Wikileaks, State Department would not confirm any of the cables as genuine, blocks...
View ArticleBattle Buddies
(This article originally appeared on the blog, Ranger Against War) We have many friends and acquaintances her at RangerAgainstWar whom we have never met, save in the ether world. Among these is one...
View ArticleSmell That? Smells Like… Victory
For those reading this blog from Foggy Bottom, can you smell it? Something different in the air? No, no it’s not napalm from the latest group of grateful Muslims freed from another tyrant’s grip by...
View ArticleWe are All Bradley Manning: 1000 Days in Jail without a Conviction
Bradley Manning, the young army private who allegedly disclosed the Wikileaks files, must be given a fair, open and speedy trial. He has been held over three years, often in solitary and inhumane...
View ArticleBradley Manning Speaks
The Freedom of the Press Foundation released an audio recording of Bradley Manning’s statement to the military court. By releasing this audio recording, we wish to make sure that the voice of this...
View ArticleSo Who From State Will Testify Against Bradley Manning? A List.
The trial United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning is being conducted in as much secrecy as the government thinks it can get away with. While the Center for Constitutional Rights has filed a petition...
View ArticleDinner and a Speech with Daniel Ellsberg
It was one of my great pleasures to have dinner with Daniel Ellsberg (and several others supporting justice for Bradley Manning) this week. Ellsberg is the prototypical whistleblower, a former Marine...
View ArticleWho Guards the Guards?
America’s spies– our bad guys who sold secrets to other countries, Ames, the Walkers, Pollard– worked for money. Their motives were straightforward and they clearly, actively sought to trade secrets...
View ArticleMilitary Court Ruling to Have Impact on Bradley Manning?
A decision by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, the military’s highest court, overturning a Marine’s murder conviction based on violations of the Fifth Amendment, may have positive...
View ArticleManning Begat Snowden
Yes We Can! (spy on Americans). I know it is hard for us as a nation to think back past last night’s episode of Breaking Bad, but try and remember when Obama, a former constitutional law lecturer,...
View ArticleManning’s Apology: Try Compassion and Understanding, Not Vindication
With the Bradley Manning sentencing decision expected in about a week, much attention has turned to his statement in court on August 14 essentially begging for leniency, and thus his life. Many people...
View ArticleWar Comes Home: Welcome to Post-Constitution America
This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.com. In light of the Bradley Manning verdict, this seemed worth re-reading. On July 30, 1778, the Continental Congress created the first whistleblower...
View ArticleFailed Faith: Why Security Clearances Fail (And a Way to Fix Them)
(This article originally appeared on Fire Dog Lake) Whistleblower Edward Snowden had one of the highest levels of security clearance, and exposed the most secret of NSA work. Chelsea Manning held a Top...
View ArticleMy Letter in Support of a Reduced Sentence for Pvt. Manning
According to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Convening Authorities can reduce or eliminate a convicted soldier’s sentence. They use this power when they feel the court martial failed to deliver...
View ArticleWhistleblowers Write Open Letter to Federal Employees after Snowden
I know you’re out there, and this is for you. Somewhere there is a Federal government employee who has witnessed an act of government waste, fraud, malfeasance or mismanagement and is unsure what to do...
View ArticleWhistleblowing is About the Message, Not the Messenger
The current media pablum about whether Snowden is “narcissistic” or “spiteful” or the devil himself is nonsense. This kind of thing has become a set-piece in America to dehumanize and discredit...
View ArticleWould You Have Chelsea Manning’s Courage When Called?
The Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII; I am a proud voting member) have voted overwhelmingly to present the 2014 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence to Chelsea...
View ArticleKerry Tells Snowden to “Man Up” and Come Home
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who at this point has all the credibility of a minor Kardashian just out of rehab, somehow was allowed on national television to say this: If Mr. Snowden wants to...
View ArticleLet’s All Do Something Useful Today: Write to Manning and Kiriakou
Let’s all do something useful today. Call it a New Year’s Resolution. Prison sucks. Being in prison because you blew the whistle on our government sucks harder. Getting a letter makes it suck less. So...
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