An Example of Manning's Whistleblowing

This is an example of the important information the US tries to keep secret from the public...

(PORTLAND, OR) - If you follow the story of the IAEA and Iranian nukes, you may have noticed a pro-US bias in the IAEA’s bureaucracy in Vienna. That was precisely the result the US expected when it pushed Yukiya Amano of Japan, a nation with a military alliance with the US, to be secretary general.

According to a cable dated Oct 16, 2009, the US mission to the IAEA reported that Amano is “solidly in the US court on every key strategic decision, from high-level personnel appointments to the handling of Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program”.

This is an example of the important information the US tries to keep secret from the public and for which it is trying Bradley Manning under the 1917 Espionage act.-MM

MICHAEL MUNK
Southwest Portland

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Michael Munk tries to glean important but overlooked items from the world media on the issues of the day and posts them on an irregular schedule. Although items can overlap, he also maintains separate lists for activists in Portland, Oregon and the Northwest, and special lists for: Labor, Latin America, Israel, Torture Taxis, Korea, and the Czech Republic.

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