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Excerpts of the Bradley Manning~Adrian Lamo chat logs have been released in various contexts and at various websites and news outlets since June 2010. Wired Magazine broke the story at that time, initially publishing only the portions that they felt were relevant without crossing their own journalistic integrity 'line' (they were, in those early 'breaking story' days, concerned about revealing potential military secrets as well as personal information about those involved in the case). Remember, the Manning case was in the initial stages of an ongoing investigation, and our government was vociferously stating that National Security issues were involved.

Today, with only a few redactions to protect sensitive names, and in one case, a password, Wired Magazine has released the entire chat log transcript to the public.

Just wanted to pass along this email I got from the NRDC, so anyone who didn't know about Obama's Interior Secretary Salazar's plan to allow wolf hunting to commence in May can take action.

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In just a few weeks, the mass killing of wolves could begin in Idaho and Montana -- and not even newborn wolf pups and their nursing mothers will be spared.

Please don't miss this opportunity to speak out before this slaughter unfolds. On May 4, the wolf's federal protection will be lifted, and hunters and government agents will be free to open fire. After that, the states will launch public hunts, targeting wolves.

Time is critical, so please take a moment to act now to call off what may become a disaster to the survival prospects of wolves living in and around Yellowstone National Park and the Norther Rockies.

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Dear Lisa,

Thanks again for answering the wolf's distress call by telling Interior Secretary Salazar to protect wolves as part of our "Big Howl" campaign.

The response has been amazing. In just 24 hours, over 55,000 people "howled" to tell the government to call off the guns.

From "Electronic Frontier Foundation" (EFF):

Obama Administration Embraces Bush Position on Warrantless Wiretapping and Secrecy
Says Court Must Dismiss Jewel v. NSA to Protect 'State Secrets'

San Francisco - The Obama administration formally adopted the Bush administration's position that the courts cannot judge the legality of the National Security Agency's (NSA's) warrantless wiretapping program, filing a motion to dismiss Jewel v. NSA late Friday.

In Jewel v. NSA, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is challenging the agency's dragnet surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans. The Obama Justice Department claims in its motion that litigation over the wiretapping program would require the government to disclose privileged "state secrets." These are essentially the same arguments made by the Bush administration three years ago in Hepting v. AT&T, EFF's lawsuit against one of the telecom giants complicit in the NSA spying.