Trevor Timm discusses the arrests of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. Manning is only being held in jail because she refuses to testify in Assange's case, a move that Scott and Timm agree is unconstitutional and with any luck will be struck down in court so Manning...
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Assange Too Sick For Court
How well is he being treated? What's wrong with him? No one seems to know. Sure hope the U.S. or UK government don't just murder him. No point in going ahead with the recent superseding indictment if that was the plan.
Kamala Harris is a Cop
Reason: Harris admits in the CNN interview that she had a homeless mother of three who was working two jobs arrested when her kids missed school—but she insisted that this was for the woman's own good. (The idea that having to take time off work to meet with...
Medical kidnapping of children by the state
Disagree with your child's doctor and you may get a visit from a SWAT team. Child Protection Service, state legislators and the juvenile courts are using federal child protection acts to expand their police powers. In Arizona members of the judicial system set up a...
Google is tracking your life and the police want that data
Jennifer Lynch at the Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses the use by law enforcement of data stored in a Google database called Sensorvault. She also references a good New York Time article which shows specific uses of the data by police. The data is collected...
The Real Question of Justice in Billy Budd
I just finished watching Django Unchained this weekend and I highly recommend it. One of the things that helped me enjoy it fully is the idea that anything a slave does to those who enslave him, even up to killing the enslavers and the enablers of the enslavers, is...
Chelsea Manning is Being Held in Solitary Confinement
On a contempt of court charge for refusing to testify to the federal grand jury currently permanently threatening American press freedom in their attempt to railroad Julien Assange and Wikileaks.
Chelsea Manning Fight the State
On FPF #321, I discuss Chelsea Manning's heroic refusal to testify in a secret federal court and her return to prison. Chelsea refused to testify in an unfair court by invoking her 1st, 4th, and 6th Amendment rights. Her rights were ignored, and she was thrown in...
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