The state of American justice…


BBC:

A military judge has refused to dismiss the most serious charge facing a US soldier accused of leaking thousands of secret documents.

Lawyers for Pte Bradley Manning, 25, argued the US has not proved that he “aided the enemy”.

The charge, which carries a life sentence, is based on the undeniable fact that Osama Bin Laden had access to the information liberated by Wikileaks.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...