This week Alexa brings into focus how the charges Bradley Manning did not plead to are as important as what he did plead to. She explains how the details are significant regarding the Garani video and why it has become a pivotal point in the case. Alexa also helps us to to measure the effectiveness of government’s forensic experts in establishing their case as well as what the comparative evidence says about prosecutorial powers. We encourage listeners to read Alexa’s full transcripts of the pre-trial and trial or use the searchable archive of documents and timeline.
Stanley Cohen - Pushing Back Against the Surveillence State
Stanley Cohen is a brilliant litigator who only takes cases of individuals against the State. As one of the defense attorneys for Anonymous activists in the (…)
19 July 2013
Violet Blue - INDECT - Trapwire & Global Cyber Spying
Violet Blue is an award winning author found at CNET ZDNet and Zero Day. She Violet lectures on culture, cyberspace and privacy at UC Berkeley, UC (…)
24 August 2012
Susan Lindauer - Former CIA asset whistleblower - Judge Preska NDAA
Susan Lindauer talks about Judge Preska. Susan Lindauer is a former CIA asset and post 911 whistleblower. She was the first non-Muslim American indefinately (…)
13 March 2013
Mark Novitsky - National Security Whistleblower
Mark Novitsky is a National Security Whistleblower on Financial corruption and illegal government surveillance. In 2007 he was working with the Securities (…)
26 April 2013
Samantha Castro - Wikileaks Australia Citizens Alliance
Sam Castro is a lifelong activist, defender of the environment and mother of 3 children. She works for Friends of the Earth Australia which was recently (…)
17 January 2013
Dennis P. McCann - Inside Turkey Occupy Gezi OpTurkey
Dennis McCann is an artist and political activist living in Turkey. He interned with Andy Warhol and has had awards and exhibits worldwide. His works are (…)
7 June 2013
Russ Baker - Covert Mechanisms of Power in US Empire
Russ Baker shares his insights into the Snowden NSA leak, the death of Michael Hastings and connection to jailed activist Barrett Brown. Russ is an award (…)
9 August 2013
Alexa O’Brien - Week One Manning Trial
On the weekend before the trial began there were world wide protests in support of Bradley Manning. Alexa gives us some idea of their scope and the (…)
7 June 2013