Journalist Chase Madar explained what led Bradley Manning to leak material on human rights abuses in Iraq, why Manning was shocked by Iraqi human rights abuses under the American occupation, the similarities between Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning, why the State Department pressured Haiti to keep its minimum wage low and the dangerous legal implications of the Manning verdict.

On The Better Half: Judge sentenced for taking bribes to give minors jail terms in a private prison, Moral Monday protest in North Carolina draws thousands, Fukushima still leaking, and your calls and IMs.

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