Jul 27 2010
Afghan War Diary a Treasure Trove of Evidence of Misconduct
The New York Times, the Guardian, and Der Spiegel simultaneously published on Sunday, an analysis of over 90,000 leaked, previously classified documents about the Afghanistan war. The documents, which span the period of January 2004 to December 2009, were provided to all three news outlets by WikiLeaks. Wikileaks is an online web organization that protects whistleblowers and in recent …
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Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is on the Shirley Sherrod controversy. 
