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Dissident Voice in Temporary Abeyance
With the passing of DV editor Angie Tibbs, the password that she had passed on with her. Currently, the DV host server is making it difficult for DV to publish. DV is caught in a catch 22 courtesy of its server which states that a change of contact be made from the email of the […]
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Dotty Domains: The Pentagon’s Mali Typo Leak Affair
Fleet-footed agility and sharp thinking rarely characterise the plodding bureaucrat. An argument can be made that different attributes are prized: cherished incompetence, spells of inattentiveness, and dedication to keeping things secret with severity. What matters is not what you did, but what you pretended to do. Even with maintaining secrecy, the plodding desk-job hack can […]
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How Chelsea Manning’s Court-Martial Laid the Groundwork for Julian Assange’s Prosecution

Adapted from Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case against Julian Assange Private First Class Chelsea Manning received the harshest punishment any United States military officer or federal government employee has ever received for leaking classified information to the press. Colonel Denise Lind, the military judge presiding over her court-martial, sentenced Manning to thirty-five years at […]