Lawyer David Coombs relays the word that Private Manning identifies as female, and wishes to be known henceforth as Chelsea Manning....Click here for GoDaddy deal that benefits the PBC podcast!
--NY Times editorial calls Manning's sentence "excessive"
--FISA Court ruling is declassified, shows the court has, on occasion, actually pushed back on the NSA
--former Rep. Dennis Kucinich says capital punishment is the right solution for the NSA--wants to abolish the agency
--CDC estimates show Lyme disease is 10 times more prevalent than thought
--Dept. of Justice files suit against Texas over voting rights changes
--former North Korean prisoner talks about their barbaric prison camps, and PBC recommends the novel The Orphan Master's Son by John Anderson, which gives a detailed picture of life in North Korea
--Greg Palast exposes Larry Summers for late 90's actions in this new article
--San Diego's groping mayor, Bob Filner, is expect to quit tomorrow
--Nevada has been dumping its mental patients in California
--northern California's rogue utility, PG & E, is exposed again, trying to sneak corrections of false information about pipeline safety in a legal filing
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