Kim Zetter
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The city of Berkeley, also known as “Berzerkeley,” is considering a resolution to declare alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning a hero.
Or, as a FoxNews site puts it, “Berkeley Gives America the Middle Finger.”
According to a resolution being considered for vote, the imprisoned Army private suspected of providing WikiLeaks with its most significant U.S. releases should be released from prison and praised for his “courage in bringing truth to the American people and the people of the world.”
“If he did what he’s accused of doing, he’s a patriot and should get a medal,” Bob Meola, author of the resolution told the San Francisco Chronicle. “I think the war criminals should be the ones prosecuted, not the whistle-blowers.”
Meola is a member of the city’s Peace and Justice Commission, which advises the city council and school board on peace and social justice issues. The commission passed the resolution by a vote of 7-3. It will be up for a City Council vote on Dec. 14.
Berkeley is home to the University of California at Berkeley, famous as the launch pad for the 1960s free speech movement when students occupied Sproul Hall to protest the university’s restrictions against them organizing and fundraising for political causes at the campus entrance.
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Democracy is plotted. It has these things. And worse.
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