February 2010

PEACE REVOLUTION– A Wall Street Whistleblower Proves That Money Never Sleeps.

Vancouver documentary filmmaker Paul Verge brings us a revealing interview which exposes the (Who, What, When, Where, Why and How) of the recent economic decline, how it was legislated into existence, defended by corporate media and political “watch-dogs”; and allowed to drain America of nearly $200 Trillion Dollars… through a series of Ponzi-Schemes which could have been exposed years earlier… but weren’t.

Officially titled; 20/20 Hindsight: CENSORSHIP on the Frontline, this interview also includes solutions, documents and references, and asks only that you consider the information- think for yourself- and communicate with others in order to achieve a higher-level of awareness.

This presentation is offered commercial-free as a public service thanks to an international joint-venture between Divergent Films Canada, http://www.TragedyandHope.com and http://www.PeaceRevolution.org

A unique DVD / DVD-ROM offers the main feature (20/20 Hindsight: CENSORSHIP on the Frontline) with bonus features of: 1) Project Constellation (2006), 2) The Peace Revolution Podcast: The Million Dollar Education (2010), and 3) a DVD-ROM feature containing some of the most useful media files you’ll ever discover.

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You are the nervous system of this planet… spread this everywhere.

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SALON– The U.S. today charged Bradley Manning with a variety of crimes relating to his alleged leaks of classified material to WikiLeaks, most prominently including the Apache attack video that spawned worldwide debate over the American occupation.  The 22-year-old whistle-blower faces 52 years in prison.  Marcy Wheeler has interesting analysis of the charges, including some contradictions with the account previously offered by Wired, and I’ll have more on this shortly, but for now, I just wanted to review the contemporary rules governing the Rule of Law in the U.S.:

* If you torture people or eavesdrop on Americans without the warrants required by the criminal law, you receive Look-Forward Imperial Immunity.

* If you shoot and kill unarmed rescuers of the wounded while occupying their country and severely wound their unarmed children sitting in a van — or if you authorize that conduct — your actions are commended.

* If you help wreck the world economy with fraud and cause hundreds of millions of people untold suffering, you collect tens of millions of dollars in bonuses.

* If you disclose to the world evidence of war crimes, government lawbreaking, or serious corruption, or otherwise embarrass the U.S., you will be swiftly prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and face decades in prison.

I hope those rules are clear because, as this all shows, Justice is Blind and We’re All Equal Before the Law.  In America — clearly — these are not mere slogans.  WikiLeaks said today, and I agree, that “if the charges against Manning are true, he will be the Daniel Ellsberg of our times.”  Ellsberg himself has said the same.  Perhaps Manning should have tortured people or criminally eavesdropped on Americans as he leaked these documents; then he could have availed himself of that sweet Presidential protective shield.  As was true for Ellsberg, the issue isn’t that Manning is being prosecuted; the issue is the extreme disparities in how such decisions are made and what that reveals about the objectives and priorities of those responsible for these decisions.

UPDATE:  The discussion over the charging documents at Marcy Wheeler’s blog reveals just how many important, unanswered questions there continue to be in this case.  That fact, combined with the obvious seriousness of this case, render absolutely inexcusable Wired‘s ongoing concealment of the Manning/Lamo chat logs except for the very heavily edited parts they selectively released.  Yet again, we find an outlet claiming it engages in “journalism” to be playing the lead role in concealing key facts.

Written by Glenn Greenwald

© COPYRIGHT SALON.COM 2010

Jul6 6, 2010

NY TIMES– An Army soldier in Iraq who was arrested for leaking a video of a deadly American helicopter attack here in 2007 has also been charged with downloading more than 150,000 highly classified diplomatic cables that could, if made public, reveal the inner workings of American embassies around the world, the military here announced on Tuesday.

The full contents of the cables remain unclear but according to formal charges filed on Monday, it appeared that a disgruntled soldier working at a remote base east of Baghdad gathered some of the most guarded, if not always scandalous secrets of American diplomacy. He disclosed at least 50 of the cables “to a person not entitled to receive them.”

With the charges, a case that stemmed from the furor over a graphic and fiercely contested video of an American helicopter killing 12 people, including a reporter and a driver for Reuters, mushroomed into a far more extensive and potentially embarrassing leak. The charges cited only one cable by name, “Reykyavik 13,” which appeared to be one made public by Wikileaks.org, a Web site devoted to disclosing the secrets of governments and corporations. The website decoded and in April made public an edited version of the helicopter attack in a film it called “Collateral Murder.”

In the cable, dated January 13, the American deputy chief of mission, Sam Watson, detailed private discussions he held with Iceland’s leaders over a referendum on whether to repay losses from a bank failure, including a frank assessment that Iceland could default in 2011. (The referendum failed, but negotiations continue.)

Wikileaks, which reportedly operated in the country for a time, disclosed a second cable from Iceland in March profiling the country’s leaders, including Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir.

Although hardly sensational in tone, the cable does reveal a complaint over the “alleged use of Icelandic airspace by CIA-operated planes” by the Icelandic ambassador to the United States, Albert Jonsson, who is described as “prickly but pragmatic.” r Such are the sorts of assessments diplomats go to great lengths to keep private.

Wikileaks has not acknowledged receiving the cables or video from the analyst, Private First Class Bradley E. Manning, 22, whose case has been the subject of vigorous debate between defenders and critics. Private Manning, who served with the Second Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division, based at Contingency Operating Station Hammer, was arrested in May and transferred to a military detention center in Kuwait after allegedly revealing his activities in online chats with a former computer hacker, who turned him in to the authorities.

Read full article HERE.

© COPYRIGHT NY TIMES, 2010

Activist, Mother, and Voice of the Gulf People, Kindra Arnesen sat down with the Project Gulf Impact team, Matt Smith, Heather Rally, and Gavin Garrison recently to reveal shocking new information about the BP oil disaster and why the whole world should be paying attention to the Gulf. A must watch for anyone wanting new information on the Gulf of Mexico, she reveals shocking new information sure to send waves through the country.

http://www.projectgulfimpact.org

Kindra Arnesen, LA local speaks at the Gulf Emergency Summit. Hear the horrors from the front lines and behind scenes workings of the BP Gulf Oil Spill Catastrophe.

http://www.gulfemergencysummit.org/

To visit Kindra’s organization, The Coastal Heritage Society of America, please visit http://www.chslouisiana.org