We know that to win Bradley’s case in a military court we first needed to win his case in the court of public opinion.
We are working to harness broad-based grassroots support for the accused WikiLeaks whistleblower in the United States, combined with international pressure. Our aim is to make it difficult — even embarrassing — for the United States government to continue their persecution of Bradley Manning.
Key to this strategy is our media outreach effort. Unfortunately, we may be forced to scale back that effort, only for lack of funds. We’re writing you today to ask you to support our continued media outreach effort. This effort provides us with media professionals who educate reporters about Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks, so that Americans can learn the truth – and not just what the government wants them to hear.
Read more about The Challenges and The Solution.
BMSN has just written a great primer on some of the tricksiest questions and canards abouut the Bradley Manning case.
Update: Glenn Greenwald in Salon on the latest twist to the WikiLeaks saga -the strange appearance recently of all the cables online, the continuing spat between The Guardian and Julian Assange, and how all this might make things worse for Bradley Manning; there are accusations Guardian journalists have outed Manning as a whistleblower...
Update 2: Bradley Manning Support Network official statement on the latest WikiLeaks leak.
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