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Search Results for: Wikileaks

ACLU launches 'torture database' to search detention, interrogation documents

June 27, 2012 12:28:29 PM

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday announced the launching of its Torture Database , a collection of more than 100,000 Bush-era documents recording "rendition, detention, and interrogation policies and practices." The database was...

June 26, 2012 10:00:37 AM

Army Col. Denise Lind on Monday ordered the prosecution in the case against Pfc. Bradley Manning to submit to her a number of files that were allegedly withheld from the defense during discovery. Manning...

June 9, 2012 01:00:11 PM

US Attorney General Eric Holder appointed two US Attorneys on Friday to investigate recent "leaks" of classified information. The investigation will run concurrently with an FBI investigation, and the US Attorneys are empowered to prosecute...

June 8, 2012 01:51:52 PM

Army Col. Denise Lind on Friday denied a motion to dismiss eight of the 22 charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning for allegedly transferring vast amounts of classified information to Wikileaks ....

April 25, 2012 12:43:13 PM

Army Col. Denise Lind refused Wednesday to dismiss Espionage Act charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning for allegedly transferring vast amounts of classified information to Wikileaks . The ruling ...

April 18, 2012 08:34:52 AM

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued a request for information to the US Department of Defense on Tuesday under the under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)...

April 13, 2012 02:04:29 PM

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson on Thursday expressed regret over a US court decision denying Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by a member of the UK...

March 21, 2012 03:00:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Derek Bambauer of Brooklyn Law School says that the increased censorship of journalists worldwide is a result of technological innovations, which facilitate dissemination of information, but heighten the perceived threat to governments fighting to maintain control...Journalists have...

March 13, 2012 01:47:14 PM

The UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez last week formally accused the US government of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment towards Pfc. Bradly Manning , the US soldier held in...

February 24, 2012 10:57:49 AM

Pfc. Bradley Manning was formally charged with 22 counts, including aiding the enemy, under the Espionage Act on Thursday. Manning declined to enter a plea at the hearing. The maximum penalty...

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