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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!P.J. Crowley told a small audience last week that the prison conditions under which authorities are holding Pfc. Bradley Manning were “ridiculous and counterproductive."
I have a fondness for the current generation of hackers -- inveterate snoops and mostly harmless believers in open access, driven by a commitment to transparency and a subtle addiction to cyber safe-cracking.
One of the charges, "aiding the enemy," carries the death penalty, but military prosecutors said they would not recommend capital punishment in the case.
The quantity of documents in our cyber repositories, the number of inexperienced personnel at the keyboard and ubiquitous methods and opportunities to download, upload or unload make future unauthorized disclosures inevitable.
A Bush spokesman said the former president accepted the speaking invitation six months ago, but only learned this week that master leaker Julian Assange was on the agenda at the Denver event.
Assange has been fighting extradition since he was arrested on sex charges in December. He has consistently denied the allegations.
The Assange and Berlusconi cases hinge on whether each committed a criminal offense. But it's their alleged sexual proclivities that will likely be remembered long after legal verdicts have been rendered.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to British court Tuesday for what was meant to be the second and final day of his extradition hearing. But, the judge has still not rendered a verdict, and the case will resume on Friday.
The Assange hearing continues on Tuesday. If the court decides against him, he can appeal -- a process that could drag on for months.
As Julian Assange's extradition hearing nears, questions about his fate are shadowed by another issue: Have WikiLeaks and its ilk forever altered modern journalism -- and even negated the need for journalists?
A Norwegian politician submitted the nomination, saying the secret-sharing website contributes to freedom of speech and government transparency.
Manning, a prime suspect in the WikiLeaks security breach, drew attention to himself with his eccentric behavior at Fort Drum, N.Y., before his deployment to Iraq, Army investigators say.
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