[HCCN] Fwd: Help Bradley Manning

[Judith Robbins]

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> From: "Michael Whitney, Firedoglake" <act at firedoglake.com>
> Date: February 24, 2011 4:55:36 PM EST
> To: Judith Robbins <judy at robbinsandrobbins.com>
> Subject: Account frozen
> Reply-To: act at firedoglake.com
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> PayPal is blocking money for Bradley Manning's legal defense. Can  
> you sign our letter to PayPal to reverse this purely political  
> decision?
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> Click here to sign our letter to PayPal.
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> Judith -
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> PayPal just froze the account of the Bradley Manning Support  
> Network, a group raising funds for the legal defense of alleged  
> Wikileaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning. The group can no longer  
> accept donations through PayPal, or access the money in its account.
>
> The Bradley Manning Support Network didn’t do anything illegal.  
> PayPal even admits there’s no legal reason to shut down the group’s  
> account; it’s an “internal policy decision.”
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> We need to stand with other Bradley Manning supporters. Can you  
> sign your name to our letter to PayPal demanding the company  
> restore service to the Bradley Manning Support Network?
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> Tell PayPal to drop its unreasonable demands of the Bradley Manning  
> Support Network and restore access to the group’s PayPal account.  
> Click here to sign our letter.
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> PayPal’s decision to purposefully block funds to help Bradley  
> Manning is no accident. Two months ago, PayPal also arbitrarily  
> blocked donations to Wikileaks.
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> Just days after PayPal blocked service to Wikileaks, PayPal  
> executives apparently began a campaign to find excuses to block  
> funds for the Bradley Manning Support Network. The group says its  
> leaders:
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> “...fielded lengthy calls from executives at PayPal regarding  
> website content, the intended use of the funds being solicited in  
> support of Bradley Manning, and accountings of the recent purchases  
> (primarily envelopes, paper, and postage stamps) made with PayPal  
> funds.”
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> Even this wasn’t good enough for PayPal, which decided that the  
> only way to allow the Bradley Manning Support Network to use PayPal  
> would be to give the company direct access to its checking account  
> - an extraordinary and unreasonable demand.
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> Sign our letter to PayPal: stop blocking funds and restore access  
> to Bradley Manning’s legal defense fund.
>
> Thank you for standing up for Bradley Manning.
>
> Michael Whitney
> Firedoglake.com
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