We have to remain vigilant in the face of oppression. . .no matter the originator of the crime. . . “There is not a flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people,” wrote the late historian Howard Zinn, author of “A People’s History of the United States.” These words were included in a statement by Pfc. Bradley Manning after he was sentenced to 35 years in military prison for releasing hundreds of thousands of documents to the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks. Across the Atlantic, David Miranda, the partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, was detained under Britain’s terrorism laws at London’s Heathrow Airport, his electronic equipment was confiscated, and he was interrogated and threatened with prison. Both events have heightened the already intense level of scrutiny on the expanding, seemingly unchecked reach of the U.S. government.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 19:29:33 +0000
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