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Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?

Faced with the prospect of trying to convict a man for leaking unclassified information, the DoJ put together a misdemeanor plea deal.

Remembering a 1950s radical who developed his values, critical thinking and world view in a time when non-conforming was rare.

For bringing to light critical but long-suppressed information, Pfc. Manning has been treated not as a whistleblower, but as a criminal and a spy.

One of “the best and the brightest” died last week, and in Richard Holbrooke we had a perfect example of the dark mischief to which David Halberstam referred when he authored that ironic label.

James North on Haiti, John Nichols on the Working Families Party

The morning after WikiLeaks began releasing its trove of confidential US diplomatic cables, Democracy Now! hosts a round-table about the possible impact of these leaks.

WikiLeaks is not the one-off creation of a solitary genius, and with or without Julian Assange, it is not going away.

It was the stark evil Robert McNamara perpetrated as secretary of defense that must indelibly frame our memory of him.