US Intel Veterans Honor Pvt. Manning
US Intel Veterans Honor Pvt. Manning
January 16, 2014
A group of former U.S. national security officials will bestow its annual award for integrity in intelligence on U.S. Army Pvt. Manning, honoring the imprisoned whistleblowers release of evidence showing the human consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) have voted overwhelmingly to present the 2014 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence to Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning.
A Nobel Peace Prize nominee, U.S. Army Pvt. Manning is the 25-year-old intelligence analyst who in 2010 provided to WikiLeaks the Collateral Murder video gun barrel footage from a U.S. Apache helicopter, exposing the reckless murder of 12 unarmed civilians, including two Reuters journalists, during the surge in Iraq.
The Pentagon had repeatedly denied the existence of the Collateral Murder video and declined to release it despite a request under the Freedom of Information Act by Reuters, which had sought clarity on the circumstances of its journalists deaths. ............................(more)
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