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Is this really how American pursues justice today??
Amnesty International is going after Secretary of Defense Robert Gates for the military’s treatment of Bradley Manning – the man accused of leaking classified documents to Wikileaks. In a letter to Secretary Gates – Amnesty International called for an end to the inhumane conditions under which Manning is being held – conditions that include 23 hours of solitary confinement a day. The organization Psychologists for Social Responsibility has taken up the fight too – calling for and end to the, “inhumane, harmful, and counter-productive treatment” of Manning. On Sunday – two journalists from FireDogLake were detained while trying to visit Manning – and last week Manning was place on suicide watch. This is all an effort by the US military and the Department of Justice to break Manning down – and elicit a confession that could also implicate Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. But according to a military official yesterday, “there is apparently no evidence [Manning] passed the files directly to Assange, or had any direct contact with the controversial WikiLeaks figure”. Yet – the Gitmo-style confinement continues. Is this really how American pursues justice today??
-Thom
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice." -- Aristotle.
Hour One: Hour One: President Obama's Second State of the Union Speech tonight...what should we expect?
Hour Two: Why is Glenn Beck targeting Frances Fox Piven...plus Professor Piven reveals her true mission - Thom speaks with Professor Frances Fox Piven, Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate Center, City University of NY; author most recently of "Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America"
President Obama's Second State of the Union speech is tonight - Thom previews with White House Deputy Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
Hour Three: Should teen sex be taboo on TV? - with Jesse Walker, managing editor of Reason magazine and Reason.com.
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Former US Congressman Bob Ney on Casino Jack and State of the Union
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Here's how you know that Big Business runs America
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