Outside the Beltway

The Pentagon Papers guy laments that there are too few like him.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

The iconoclastic journalist is out at the publication he founded.

How do we balance societal and individual rights during a pandemic?

The grand jury was disbanded, so there was no need to continue the coercion tactic.

Yes, officials who follow the law are “whistleblowers.”

Beginning tomorrow in a British courtroom, the United States will begin the process of having Julian Assange extradited to the United States to face espionage and other charges.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been indicted on seventeen counts under the Espionage Act arising out of his role in the Chelsea Manning affair.

Not surprisingly, Chelsea Manning is headed back to jail for her refusal to answer questions before a Federal Grand Jury investigating Julian Assange and Wikileaks.

Chelsea Manning, who was being held in jail for refusing to comply with a Grand Jury subpoena, was released yesterday but it’s likely to only be a temporary freedom.

A Federal Appeals Court has rejected Chelsea Manning’s bid to be released from jail notwithstanding her refusal to comply with a Grand Jury Subpoena.

The other shoe has dropped.

Chelsea Manning is in jail for refusing to comply with a Grand Jury subpoena apparently related to an ongoing investigation of Julian Assange and Wikileaks.

A filing in an unrelated case has apparently revealed the existence of a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Science can’t precisely locate gender but it’s neither fully biological nor fully genetic.

Convicted leaker Chelsea Manning lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Maryland, to the surprise of nobody.

A long-overdue overhaul of the way the United States vets those who access classified information is underway.

A writer at National Review is proposing a compromise on the issue of transgender rights. Needless to say, many conservatives aren’t very happy about it.

Chelsea Manning is running for Senate, but she may be violating military regulations by doing so.

The Harvard Kennedy School pulled its Visiting Fellowship from the controversial figure after predictable outcry.

A potentially controversial commutation from President Obama today.

A treasure trove of documents from a law firm in Panama could prove problematic for a large group of international leaders.

A federal judge has ordered the people of California to foot the $100,000 bill for sexual reassignment surgery for someone serving a life sentence for murder.

Does a determination that NSA data collection practices are likely unconstitutional mean that Edward Snowden’s actions were, in some sense, justified?

Joshua Foust and I discuss Chelsea Manning and other issues for BloggingHeadsTV.

Bradley Manning’s announcement that she wishes to begin living life as a woman poses some interesting legal questions.

Convicted felon Bradley Manning has announced that she’d like to spend her confinement as Chelsea Manning.