A Day with Hedges v. Obama

10 A.M. EST – HEDGES v. OBAMA, Second Circuit Appeals Court

Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Time: 10 A.M. EST – (please arrive 9:45 A.M.)

Location:

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Thurgood Marshall Courthouse

40 Centre Street (40 Foley Square)

Room 1505, 15th floor, New York City

Anyone interested in this pivotal case should attend. The goal is to pack the courtroom. An overflow room with the proceedings screened may be provided. We ask that you remain silent and respectful while in court; no signs, talking or gestures. The trial is expected to take approx. one hour.

11:30 A.M. (approximately) – Press conference and gathering – Foley Fountain

Respectful individuals and organizations are invited to participate with the intention of providing the media with a clear and pointed message about the critical nature of this case, and our need to reach the mainstream. Can you join a crowd behind the press conference and have your presence be your support? Signs are great. We strongly encourage and request a subdued, visually conservative gathering. We appreciate your support and understanding of strategy here.

Press Conference order of appearance (2-3 minutes each)

Lawyers:

Bruce Afran

Carl Mayer

Plaintiffs:

Chris Hedges

Dan Ellsberg

Tangerine Bolen

Alexa O’Brien

Journalists / Academics/Civil Liberties Groups:

David Segal

Jesselyn Radack

Thomas Drake

Cornel West

5 P.M. EST – NDAA Panel at The Culture Project, 45 Bleeker Street, NY

Hedges v. Obama NDAA Panel

Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Chris Hedges and most of the Freedom 7 address U.S. Government’s Assault on Civil Liberties.

Join us at a split panel discussion on Hedges v. Obama and a pattern of abuse, intimidation and assaults on liberties.

The event will be followed by an audience Q & A.

This is a SMALL venue! There will only be around 150 seats available for this live panel, so come early! And don’t worry, if you can’t make it the event will be live streamed and links to the streams are coming up shortly!

Live streams of this panel will be made available by

ThePellaReport

StopMotionSolo.tv

We Are Change

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 6

Time: 5 – 7 P.M. EST

(event will start at 5:00 SHARP)

Location:

The Culture Project

45 Bleecker Street,

New York, NY

www.cultureproject.org

Panel 1: Hedges v. Obama Highlights and Update

Time: 5-6pm EST

Participants:

Chris Hedges | Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist & CoPlaintiff

Daniel Ellsberg | Pentagon Papers Whistleblower, CoPlaintiff

Carl Mayer & Bruce Afran | Hedges v. Obama Case Lawyers

Tangerine Bolen | RevolutionTruth Exec. Dir. CoPlaintiff, Case Coordinator

Alexa O’Brien | Journalist, CoPlaintiff

David Segal | Demand Progress Executive Director

5 MIN INTERMISSION!

Panel 2: A Government Pattern of Abuse, Intimidation and Retaliation

Time: 6:05 to 7:05pm EST:

Participants:

Michael Moore | Filmmaker

Daniel Ellsberg | Pentagon Papers Whistleblower, CoPlaintiff

Chris Hedges | Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist & CoPlaintiff

Thomas Drake | National Security Agency Whistleblower

Jesselyn Radack | Attorney for CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou, Director of GAP

Tangerine Bolen | Revolution Truth Exec. Director, CoPlaintiff, Case Coordinator

Moderation team:

Matt Sledge (Huffington Post Reporter ) & Natasha Lennard (Salon.com Reporter)