Pro-Bradley Manning protesters occupy Obama campaign’s Oakland headquarters

[babsbunny]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/17/pro-bradley-manning-protesters-occupy-obama-campaigns-oakland-headquarters/

By Muriel Kane
Friday, August 17, 2012 21:23 EDT

A rally on Thursday demanding justice for whistleblower Bradley Manning was followed by a group of at least sixty protesters showing up at the Obama campaign headquarters in Oakland, California.

According to the Washington Whispers blog at U.S. News, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War handed a letter to campaign volunteers and demanded that they fax it to the White House. Rainey Reitman, a representative of the Electronic Frontier Foundation who had spoken at the rally, later confirmed that the letter did go out.

“President Obama made a… statement in May 2011: ‘In the 21st century, information is power,’” it read. “We now ask that President Obama honor those words by freeing American truth-teller Bradley Manning.”

[xchrom]

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[qb]

2. I support Pres. Obama, but still want to press him to address issues of injustice.

[ananda]

3. Kick

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[Robb]

4. I support justice for Manning.

As I've said, though, I doubt these folks and I would agree on the particulars of what that means.

[OnyxCollie]

5. Don't they understand this is an election year?

Looking forward and all that. Besides, it's not like the President's concerned about releasing GITMO detainees anymore, even the ones ordered to be released.

Bradley Manning's supporters should accept that and quit crying for ponies. It's time to move on.

Don't they want to win?

[jberryhill]

6. "demanding justice" or asking he be freed?

The story seems to contradict itself.