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Ehren Watada Update (Iraq)

By chancelucky on  From chancelucky.blogspot.com
His sentence commuted, Scooter Libby is hanging out at home. Various Blackwater contractors were given immunity from prosecution after possibly shooting Iraqi civilians without provocation. In the meantime, the court martial saga of Ehren Watada, the army lieutenant who refused to go to Iraq, continues. In February, 2007 Watada’s court martial was declared a mistrial after considerable confusion around a stipulation that Watada had indeed refused to ship out to Iraq and had in fact spoken out...Read Full Story

A Victory for Ehren Watada -- and for Freedom of the Press

By sheldonrampton on  From prwatch.org
Ehren WatadaArmy First Lieutenant Ehren Watada saw his case move one step closer to resolution earlier this month when a federal court issued a preliminary injunction against a second court martial. The Army's prosecution of the first officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq has been in legal limbo since a February court martial ended abruptly, when the military judge threw out a stipulation agreement and declared a mistrial. In June 2006, Lt. Watada held a press conference where he...Read Full Story

Sarah Olson Doesn't Have to Testify

By Danny Khatib on
Linked from http://www.progressive.org/node/4482 Good news for the supporters of Sarah Olson and Ehren Watada...here's what Olson had to say... ----- “This is obviously a great victory for the principles of a free press that are so essential to this nation,” Olson said in a statement. “Personally, I am pleased that the Army no longer seeks my participation in their prosecution of Lt. Watada. Far more importantly, this should be seen as a victory for the rights of journalists in the U.S. to...Read Full Story

The National Press Club Defends the Press and Subpoenaed Reporters

By sheldonrampton on  From prwatch.org
Add the National Press Club to a growing list of journalists fighting back again military harassment of the press. In a news release, "The National Press Club today announced its opposition to the U.S. Army's subpoenas of Oakland, CA, freelance journalist Sarah Olson and Honolulu Star Bulletin reporter Gregg Kakesako. The subpoenas call for the reporters to testify at the Feb. 5 court martial of Army Lt. Ehren Watada, who refused to deploy to Iraq and made several disparaging remarks about...Read Full Story

Sarah Olson is Free, But Citizens Still Under Subpoena in Watada Court Martial

By sheldonrampton on  From prwatch.org
"Although the military has dismissed the subpoenas of journalists, Veterans for Peace Seattle Chapter organizers Tom Brookhart and Gerri Haynes, and Olympia-based anti-war organizer Phan Nguyen remain under order to testify against Lt. Watada. Tom Brookhart and Gerri Haynes came to the attention of Army prosecutors for their role in organizing the VFP National Convention in August. Phan Nguyen, a member of the Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace, was the moderator of a number of press...Read Full Story
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