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Military judge orders government to stop censoring 9/11 hearings
A military judge ordered the US government Thursday to stop censoring September 11 pre-trial hearings from outside his courtroom. Judge James Pohl said the government must “disconnect the outside feed or ability to suspend the broadcast” from outside his court. Proceedings are heard in the press room, and in a…
Military judge: Bradley Manning subjected to illegal pretrial punishment
A military judge has knocked 112 days off any potential sentence for Army Private Bradley Manning, who has been accused of illegally transferring a drove of secret State Department documents to WikiLeaks. Col. Denise Lind ruled during a pretrial hearing on Tuesday that Manning, 25, had been subjected to illegal…
Military judge allows total blackout of 9/11 plotters’ torture testimony
A military judge presiding over the trials of the accused 9/11 plotters decided last week that any and all testimony relating to their treatment by U.S. personnel shall be censored, according to a ruling released Wednesday. In a statement sent to reporters, the American Civil Liberties Union made it clear…
Manning’s lawyer calls for military judge to recuse himself
Update: Bradley Manning’s military judge refuses call to recuse himself A US soldier accused of giving classified documents to WikiLeaksappeared in court Friday for the first time, with the defense immediately alleging the military hearing is biased. Bradley Manning, a former intelligence analyst, is accused of downloading 260,000 US diplomatic cables,…
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