The New York Times’ Bill Keller has renewed his feud with Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks. In his latest column, Keller attempts to set the record straight on the leaks organization, but his efforts seems a petulant attack that fails to establish the charges he lays at WikiLeaks feet.

The Fresh Juice Party, a group that describes itself as “a politically progressive media group” that writes, records and performs music, designs visuals and creates happenings, is holding a conference in support of whistleblowers and whistleblowing at UC Berkeley this weekend. The conference called, “Occupy the Truth: Whistleblowers Conference,” will intentionally bring together information activists that support transparency and members of the Occupy movement from Occupy Oakland and other parts of California. It will happen February 17-19.

The charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of releasing hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks, are likely to proceed onto a court martial.

The investigative officer, Lt. Col. Paul Almanza, who presided over the Article 32 hearing in December, recommended all twenty-three charges, including the charge of “aiding the enemy,” which rests upon the government’s assertion that Manning knowingly provided intelligence to terrorist groups like Al Qaeda through WikiLeaks.

POLITICO has obtained a copy of the Army’s analysis of media coverage of Bradley Manning’s Article 32 or pre-trial hearing. The public affairs staff was tasked with putting together daily reports on coverage.

A variety of links to articles/interviews on current topics that may, or may not, be of interest.

A variety of links to articles/interviews on current topics that may, or may not, be of interest.

I appeared on Democracy Now! this morning to do a wrap-up on the hearing. In the segment, I generally talk about the closing arguments, Adrian Lamo’s testimony, being part of the media pool covering the hearing and what it means that the US government is accusing Manning of aiding Al Qaeda.

Ashden Fein delivered the closing argument for the government and began by stating Pfc. Bradley Manning was a US Army intelligence analyst the Army trained and trusted to use intelligence systems. He “used that training to defy our trust to indiscriminately and systematically harm us.” He “abused our trust” and mined as much as information from SIPRnet while using the WikiLeaks “most wanted list” as a “guiding light.” And, he added, Manning “continued to harvest the information knowing it would be released and accessible to enemies.”

The pre-trial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of releasing classified information to WikiLeaks, concluded with the government revealing in its closing argument for the first time the enemy, which they believe Manning’s actions aided: the terrorists.

The Pfc. Bradley Manning Article 32 hearing came to an end this morning as the defense and prosecution presented closing arguments.