(Repost) THE WIKILEAKS FILES - What Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning Revealed: “In no case shall information be classified… in order to: conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error; prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency… or prevent or delay the release of information that does not require protection in the interest of the national security.” —Executive Order 13526, Sec. 1.7. Classification Prohibitions and Limitations "PFC Bradley Manning is a US Army intelligence specialist who released classified information to WikiLeaks, an organization that he understood would release portions of the information to news organizations and ultimately to the public. Was the information that PFC Manning leaked classified for our protection and national security, as government officials contend? Or do the revelations provide the American public with information that we should have had access to in the first place? Just what are these revelations? Below are some key facts that PFC Manning have helped reveal to the public. 1. There is an official policy to ignore torture in Iraq. 2. Guantanamo prison has held mostly innocent people and low-level operatives. 3. There is an official tally of civilian deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. 4. U.S. Military officials withheld information about the indiscriminate killing of Reuters journalists and innocent Iraqi civilians. 5. The State Department backed corporate opposition to a Haitian minimum wage law. 6. The U.S. Government had long been faking its public support for Tunisian President Ben Ali. 7. Known Egyptian torturers received training from the FBI in Quantico, Virginia. 8. The State Department authorized the theft of the UN Secretary General’s DNA. 9. The Japanese and U.S. Governments had been warned about the seismic threat at Fukushima. 10. The Obama Administration allowed Yemen’s President to cover up a secret U.S. drone bombing campaign. Please read more at: counterpunch.org/2013/08/21/what-bradley-manning-revealed/
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 05:11:58 +0000
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