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Should we be worried?: Changes made in DOD Instruction “Handling Dissident and Protest Activities Among Members of the Armed Forces”

Discussion and commentary by James M. Branum, MLTF Chair On February 22, 2012, the Department of Defense made major changes to DOD Instruction 1325.06 (PDF download). These changes appear to be part...

Op-Ed: Who is really on trial — Bradley Manning or America itself?

By James M. Branum Chair of the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild February 22, 2012 Growing up in small-town Oklahoma, one of my greatest influences was the Boy Scouts. I...

Bradley Manning Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Oklahoma Peace Organization

The following press release was sent out by the Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Peace Research, an organization that several MLTF members are involved with. We are also pleased to report that...