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What are the ramifications of the Army going after Lt. Watada for speaking out?

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What are the ramifications of the Army going after Lt. Watada for speaking out?

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The Army’s own numbers show that more than 50 percent of the military is unhappy with the war and there are a number of high-profile objection cases or AWOL cases. This is the context in which Lt. Watada’s court-martial is happening–it’s a very political context. I do believe that the Army would like to send a message in some way. I think that Lt. Watada’s court-martial will set legal precedent for decades into the future about what’s allowable speech, and it will set a political tone today for what is tolerated in terms of dissent. We don’t know what is going to happen to Lt. Watada. What do you hope people take away from his court-martial and your role in his case? I hope there is greater support in the United States for journalists to be able to gather and disseminate news without the government interfering in that process. That fundamental notion of press freedom is not as irrelevant to individuals and institutions as we sometimes think. When journalists are able to fight back aga

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