Timeline of events
October 2007: Bradley joins the Army
October 2009: Bradley is deployed to Iraq
April 5, 2010: WikiLeaks releases “Collateral Murder” video that exposes war crimes and killing of Reuters journalists. New York Times article.
May 21, 2010: Ex-hacker Adrian Lamo and Bradley Manning allegedly begin online conversations, which Lamo records and later turns in to DOD and Wired.com
May 29, 2010: Bradley arrested, placed in pre-trial confinement at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait
June 5, 2010: Bradley charged for leaking classified information.
June 6, 2010, Ex-hacker and Wired.com editor Erik Poulsen, publishes partial transcript of alleged chat logs.
June 2010: Bradley Manning Support Network formed.
July 25, 2010: Afghan War Diary release. UK Guardian article.
July 29, 2010: Bradley moved to prison in Quantico, VA, where he is held in maximum security solitary confinement.
January 19, 2011: Amnesty International denounces Bradley’s treatment at Quantico, VA.
March 11. 2011: Bradley’s charges updated to 22 violations, including “Aiding the enemy through indirect means.” New York Times.
March 11, 2011: President Obama tells press he has been assured by the Pentagon that Bradley’s Quantico conditions are “appropriate.”
March 20, 2011: Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistle-blower, is arrested for protesting Manning’s imprisonment at Quantico. Washington Post.
April 7, 2011: UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez denied ability to investigate Bradley’s case. UK Guardian.
April 12, 2011: Avaaz petition to free Bradley gets over 500K signatures.
April 19, 2011: Defense reports evidence that the military lied to journalists regarding reasons for Bradley’s harsh pre-trial confinement. Defense’s blog.
April 20, 2011: Bradley Manning is transferred to medium security in Ft. Leavenworth.
April 22, 2011: Pro-Bradley activist crash SF Obama fundraiser, President Obama states that Manning “broke the law” before trial has taken place. Firedoglake article.
April 25, 2011: Wikileaks begins releasing Guantanamo Bay Files. New York Times feature.
July 2011: Wired.com publishes complete chat logs. Wired.com
September 27, 2011: Bradley Manning nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for first time. Reuters. D&T.
December 14, 2011: Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills and Nash releases a song for Bradley.
February 3, 2012: Convening authority determines Manning will stand trial for all 22 charges.
February 4, 2012: PJ Crowley, former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, tweets in support of Manning: “While supporting the #BradleyManning prosecution, it’s hard to credibly argue as we exit #Iraq and #Afghanistan that he “aided the enemy.”
February 23, 2012: US v PFC Manning, arraignment for Manning at Fort Meade, MD.
March 15, 2012: US v PFC Manning, Article 39(a) Pre-Trial Motion Hearing at Fort Meade, MD.
April 24, 2012: US v PFC Manning | Article 39(a) Pre-Trial Motion Hearing at Fort Meade, MD.
May 10, 2012: PFC Bradley Manning is awarded People’s Choice Human Rights Award by Global Exchange, and Daniel Ellsberg accepts the award on his behalf.
May 24, 2012: Center for Constitutional Rights calls for a more open and public trial. UK Guardian.
June 6, 2012: US v PFC Manning, Article 39(a) Motion Hearing at Fort Meade, MD.
June 21, 2012: UN Torture expert Juan Mendez prohibited by judge from testifying at Manning’s hearings.
July 18, 2012 hearing: Judge Lind rules in favor of Gov’t motion to block reference to “lack of harm” caused by information published by WikiLeaks. CBS Baltimore article. Bradleymanning.org.
July 27, 2012: Defense filed a motion to dismiss all charges owing to the unlawful pretrial punishment to which PFC Manning was subjected while at Marine Corps Base, Quantico. Lawyer David Coombs blog.
August 2012: Veterans rally in support of Bradley at Obama campaign offices.
September 19, 2012: Bradley’s defense files a motion to dismiss all charges based on lack of a speedy trial. Lawyer David Coombs blog.
November 27, 2012: Pre-trial hearing addressing defense motion to dismiss all charges based on Bradley’s unlawful pretrial punishment at Quantico.
December 3, 2012: Bradley Manning’s lawyer David Coombs addresses public and media for first time. bradleymanning.org.
December 17, 2012: Bradley Manning turns 25, his third birthday in prison without trial.
January 8-11, 2013: Pretrial hearing, with Judge Lind ruling Bradley was subjected to unlawful pretrial punishment for 112 days at the Quantico marine brig.
He is a good man. Free him, praise him
America has long forgone any rule of law and decency, The Government can kill maim and steal at will. I do mean the Government, and not American citizens per say, albeit people in countries all over the world now see America as that big stupid dumb arrogant self obsessed evil nation state that everyone now loves o hate.
Waken up America, War on terror. The Word is laughing at this ridiculous claim. The so called war on terror only inconveniences the ordinary American
Yes indeed
the War on Terror- what a f**king joke. It a War OF Terror- and its the US Government that is the main player; with the US citizens being the main target. What they have done to this man is despicable. The truth is supposed to set you free, not get you locked away for years and years in a box. In this supposed “Land of the Free”- we have been turned into nothing more than terrified slaves to a bunch of tyrannical greedy bastards under the guise of “keeping us safe” from the “boogeymen terrorists hiding out on every street corner just waiting to gobble us up” like the big bad wolf laying in wait for little red riding hood at grandmas house. The only terrorists we need to fear are the ones in charge.
Sadly, I see much xenophobia within this comment.
I see nothing but hatred and ignorant generalizations about 320 million people
Are you proud of your xenophobia? I assume you are
Stop for one minute and listen to yourselves. Is all this attacking each other actually solving the problem? No. Start realizing that we are all connected and that whatever one person does, it affects all of us. If you act in anger, you create instability, if you act in love you create calm. When there is calm, there is clarity, where there is clarity there is truth. If you really want to change the world, first change yourself.
Absolutely. The man is a hero. He must have known the possible consequences of his actions, yet still was brave enough to carry it through, because even at his young age he went with his conscience. If only there were more of him in the seats of power. But power isn’t like that is it?