By David Gespass What we are now witnessing in Afghanistan is not just Biden’s fault. It certainly appears that the departure...
David Gespass
The Afghanistan Papers
BY DAVID GESPASS Veteran civil rights activists often say, everything has changed and nothing has changed. That is the feeling...
Presidential Pardons Destroy Accountability for Criminal Behavior on the Battlefield
By David Gespass Donald Trump has put the issue of criminal behavior on the battlefield squarely before the world with his...
Opinion: President Trump and Military Accountablity
BY DAVID GESPASS Donald Trump has put the issue of battlefield criminal behavior squarely before the world with his pardons of...
CHELSEA MANNING RELEASED – REJOICING TEMPERED BY REALITY
By David Gespass On May 17, 2017, Chelsea Manning walked out of Fort Leavenworth thanks to the commutation of her sentence by...
David Gespass to speak on police militarization and misconduct at University of Arkansas Fayetteville
The University of Arkansas Student Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild will present a talk by MLTF member David Gespass on...
Op-Ed: Military Sexual Violence rooted in military culture
Curbing Convening Authority Power to Alter Court-Martial Convictions Is No Solution, Is Insufficient and Misses the Point By...
National Lawyers Guild Submits Comments for Improving Military Justice System to Department of Defense Military Justice Review Group
NEW YORK -- The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) today submitted comments to the Defense Department’s Military Justice Review...
David Gespass’ presentation on Bradley Manning
MLTF co-founder David Gespass recently gave a talk at Tulane University. Here's the slide presentation on the Bradley Manning...
The Bradley Manning Case: Executive Power vs. Citizens’ Rights
An Op-Ed for MLTF by NLG President David Gespass The epic Bradley Manning prosecution – now involving two years of pretrial...
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