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A civil rights attorney and the author of a new book, The Passion of Bradley Manning: The Story Behind the WikiLeaks Whistleblower. He’s blogging about the Manning trial for The Nation magazine. He will be covering the court-martial from the courtroom next week. He is a plaintiff in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights that challenges government secrecy in Manning’s court-martial.