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*Dahr Jamail, [http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/588/81/ "Democracy Now! Interview: U.S. Army Tries to Force Sarah Olson and Dahr Jamail to Testify Against Ehren Watada,"] ''Atlantic Free Press'', January 4, 2007.
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[[Category:Nuclear PR]]'''Sarah Olson''' is a "technical writer, radio producer and independent journalist based in Oakland, CA. She has been a regular contributor to [[Pacifica Radio]], [[Free Speech Radio]] ([http://www.fsrn.org/ web]) and San Francisco Liberation Radio. She is a New Hampshire native, and majored in women’s studies at Simmons College in Boston." [http://www.selvesandothers.org/view3810.html]
In May 2006, she interviewed First Lieutenant [[Ehren Watada]]. "In the [http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/61/20326 interview], he asserted that it is his duty as an officer to evaluate the legality of his orders. He said that he could not participate in the [[Iraq War]] because it was 'manifestly illegal' and that it would make him a party to [[war crime]]s." [http://www.radioproject.org/watada/]
"The Army selected portions of Sarah’s interview to comprise one of the charges of 'conduct unbecoming.' Army Prosecutors claim they need to subpoena Sarah to testify as a prosecution witness to substantiate that charge." [http://www.radioproject.org/watada/]
<blockquote>"The military's willingness to subpoena journalists is wrongheaded and ominous," Olson [http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/67/24503 said]. "It's a reporter's job to report the news. It's not a reporter's job to participate in the prosecution of ... sources. Once you involve a reporter in prosecution, you turn that reporter into the investigative arm of the government."</blockquote>
In mid-December 2006, Olson was served with a subpoena to give evidence in Watada's court martial. The military has also subpoenaed Gregg Kakesako, the military affairs reporter for the ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', and has listed freelance journalist [[Dahr Jamail]], despite his objections, as a prosecution witness in the case.
==Articles By Sarah Olson==
===Related to 1st Lt. Watada===
*[http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/61/20326 Interview: "First Officer Announces Refusal to Deploy to Iraq,"] ''truthout'', June 7, 2006.
*[http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/61/20374 Report: "First Officer Publicly Resisting War Gains National Support,"] ''truthout'', June 8, 2006.
*[http://www.leftturn.org/Articles/Viewer.aspx?id=943&type=W "The Courage to Resist: A US Lieutenant Refuses Deployment to Iraq,"] ''Left Turn'', June 8, 2006.
*[http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/61/20501 Perspective: "When Soldiers Refuse to Fight: Is the US Army Trying to Silence Lt. Watada?"] ''truthout'', June 14, 2006.
*[http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/61/20686 Report: "Lieutenant Watada Refused Iraq Deployment Orders Today,"] ''truthout'', June 22, 2006.
*[http://www.alternetradioproject.org/storyarchive/404312006/ "With 2806.html Interview with Lt. Watada: "Dissenters or Deserters?"] 's Case'Making Contact''/National Radio Project, GI Resistance GrowsJuly 12, 2006.*[http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/63/21858/printer Report: "Iraq War Vets' Support for Lt. Watada Growing,"] ''truthout'' (, August 16, 2006; [http://www.alternet.org/story/40431/ ''AlterNet'')], August 17, 2006: "A growing number of Iraq war combat vets are resisting orders, going to jail, or going AWOL -- and they want to talk about why."*[http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/63/22061 "Lieutenant Watada Should Be Prosecuted, Article 32 Hearing Finds,"] ''truthout'', August 25, 2006.
*[http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/64/22578 "Lieutenant Watada Faces New Charges,"] ''truthout'', September 18, 2006.
*"[http://freepresswg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16 Why I object to testifying against Lt. Watada]", Commentary, ''Editor & Publisher'', December 30, 2006.
*[http://www.alternet.org/story/46142/ "Army Attempts to Redefine Free Speech,"] ''AlterNet'', January 2, 2007: "When does political speech become a crime punishable by imprisonment? When the Army doesn't like what it hears. One journalist shares the battle she and her source face against censorship."
*[http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0228-26.htm "Is Lt. Watada an Isolated Case of Military Dissent?"] ''Common Dreams'', February 28, 2007.
===Other Articles===
*[http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Sarah+Olson&sp-a=sp10034693&sp-p=all&sp-f=ISO-8859-1&x=18&y=4 Archive for Sarah Olson], ''Making Contact''/National Radio Project.
*[http://www.utne.com/webwatch/2005_192/news/11609-1.html "Marriage Promotion, Reproductive Injustice, and the War Against Poor Women of Color. Marriage is not the cure-all for poor women, as Republicans would have you believe,"] ''dollars&sense'' (Utne Reader), March 31, 2005.
*[http://www.notinourname.net/troops/refusing-29jun05.htm "Refusing to Fight,"]''Making Contact''/National Radio Project, June 29, 2005. Posted by [[Not in Our Name]].
*[http://www.radioproject.org/archive/2006/1806.html "The Long Walk to Abolish the Death Penalty,"] ''Making Contact''/National Radio Project, May 3, 2006.
*[http://www.theocracywatch.org/bush_nuclear_endrun_to_sept1_06.htm Report: "Bush Pushes Nuclear Weapons Development in US,"] ''truthout'', September 1, 2006.
*[http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/64/22598 "Marching Against the Freedom Agenda,"] ''truthout'', September 19, 2006.
*[http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/65/22908 "Journalist Jailed for Refusing to Turn Over Protest Footage,"] ''truthout'', October 3, 2006.
*[http://www.iraqvetsforprogress.org/101306J.shtml.htm "Richard Pombo: The 'Darth Vader' of the Environment,"] ''truthout'', October 13, 2006.
==Related SourceWatch Resources==
* [[John Stauber]]
*[[Defend The Press]]
*[[Ehren Watada]]
*[[Josh Wolf]]
*[[shield law]]
*[[U.S. Military Code of Conduct]] (UCMJ)
==External Linkslinks ==
===Letters in Support of Olsen===
* Society of Professional Journalists, "[http://freepresswg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=30 Letter to Commanding General Fort Lewis and I Corps, Lt. Gen. James M. Dubik]", January 5, 2007.
===General Articles===
====2006====
*Daniel Hug, [http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/news/006926.html "Troubled Journalist Honored at Fundraiser,"] ''The Golden Gate [X]Press Online'', September 22, 2006.
*Aaron Glantz, "[http://freepresswg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1 Reporter summoned to testify against military objector]", ''Inter Press Service'', December 14, 2006.
*Bob Egelko, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/18/BAGI7N1F811.DTL "Army subpoenas journalists over officer's quotes,"] ''San Francisco Chronicle'', December 18, 2006.*[[Jason Leopold]], [http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/67/24503 "Truthout's Sarah Olson Subpoenaed in Watada Case,"] ''truthout'', December 15, 2006; [http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=11671 ''ZNet''], December 18, 2006.*[http://rwor.org/a/074/subp-en.html "New Government Subpoenas. Suppressing Dissent Under Cover of Law,"] RWOR.org, December 24, 2006.
*Free Press Working Group, "[http://freepresswg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12 Journalists say free press threatened by Army subpoena]", Free Press, December 28, 2006.
*[http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003525976 "Freelancers Fight Army Subpoenas to Testify in Court-Martial,"] Associated Press (''Editor & Publisher''), December 29, 2006.
*[http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/12/29/18342115.php Press Release: "Journalists speak out against Army's attempts to compel their testimony in court-martial,"] ''East Bay Indymedia'', December 29, 2006.
*[http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2006/12/more_reporters_facing_jail.html "More reporters facing jail,"] ''SFBG.com'' Blog, December 29, 2006.
====2007====
*[http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0102-56.htm Press Release: "Journalists Sought for Testimony in Military Hearing,"] ''Common Dreams'', January 2, 2007.
* Kelly Kennedy, "[http://freepresswg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18 Reporters decry subpoena in Watada case]", ''Army Times'', January 2, 2007.
* Free Press Working Group, "[http://freepresswg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19 Army delays testimony of journalist in Iraq case: Media coverage and opposition grows]", ''Free Press'', January 2, 2007.
*Amy Goodwin, [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/02/1527206 "U.S. Army Subpoenas Independent Journalist to Testify in Court-Martial of War Resister First Lt. Ehren Watada,"] [[Democracy Now!]], January 2, 2007.
*Matthew Cardinale, [http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/4633/1/32/ "Delay in Reporter Subpoena in War Objector's Tribunal,"] APN (''Political Affairs Magazine''), January 4, 2007.
*Mark Tran, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1982934,00.html "The Iraq war on trial. Already bogged down in Iraq, the US military must now deal with a court martial hearing that threatens to put the invasion itself in the dock,"] ''Guardian Unlimited'' (UK), January 4, 2007.
*Joe Garofoli, "[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/05/DDG4HNCE5R1.DTL&hw=olson&sn=001&sc=1000 Journalist in legal battle with military]", ''San Francisco Chronicle'', January 5, 2007. See [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/01/05/DDG4HNCE5R1.DTL&o=1 photo].
*Kelly Kennedy, [http://www.armytimes.com/issues/stories/0-ARMYPAPER-2448731.php "Prosecutors subpoena journalists for Watada court-martial,"] ''Army Times'', January 8, 2007.*[http://freepresswgwww.latimes.orgcom/news/opinion/editorials/indexla-ed-watada08jan08,0,5352450.phpstory?optioncoll=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=30 la-news-comment-editorials Editorial: "Military Injusticeinjustice: Army prosecutors are going too far in trying to conscript reporters to boost their case in a soldier's court-martial,"]", ''Los Angeles Times'', Editorial([http://freepresswg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=30 ''Free Press'']), January 8, 2007.
*Free Press Working Group, "[http://freepresswg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=30 Military Reporters and Editors on subpoenas]", Free Press, January 10, 2007.
*[http://www.radioproject.org/watada/ "Making Contact's Sarah Olson Fights U.S. Army's Attack on Journalists and Anti-War Voices,"] National Radio Project, January 10, 2007.
*[httphttps://www.prwatch.org/node/5644 "Interview a Soldier, Go to Jail,"] PRWatch.org. January 17, 2007.
*Matthew Rothschild, [http://www.progressive.org/mag_mc011707 "Journalist on Hot Seat in Court-Martial Case,"] ''The Progressive'', January 17, 2007.
*[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003523140 "Two Journalists Gets Subpoenas in Probe of Soldier,"] Associated Press (''Editor & Publisher''), January 18, 2007.
*Paul McLeary, [http://www.cjrdaily.org/politics/sarah_olson_on_her_role_in_a_c.php "Sarah Olson On Her Role In A Court Martial,"] ''CJR Daily'', January 19, 2007.
*John Nichols, [http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=159347 "Sarah Olson and the Struggle to Save Journalism,"] ''The Nation'', January 21, 2007.
*Norman Solomon, [http://www.palestinechroniclecounterpunch.comorg/story-012207154532solomon01222007.htm html "The Pentagon vs. Press Freedom. Raid on the First Amendment,"] ''The Palestine ChronicleCounterPunch''], January 22, 2007: "By sending subpoenas to Sarah Olson and to another journalist who has reported on Watada (Gregg Kakesako of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin), the Pentagon is trying to chip away at the proper role of news media."
*Joe Strupp, [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003536368 "Reporters Gain Support in Resisting Court Martial Testimony,"] ''Editor & Publisher'', January 23, 2007.
*Marc Cooper, [http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070205/cooper "The Press and the Watada Trial,"] ''The Nation'', January 23, 2007.
*[http://penpressclub.org/ "Journalists sign petition to support Olson,"] ''Peninsula Press Club'', January 24, 2007.
*[http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,50150.shtml Press Release: "National Press Club Defends Subpoenaed Reporters,"] [[National Press Club]] (''Earthtimes.org''), January 25, 2007.
*[http://starbulletin.com/2007/01/26/news/story08.html "Media group is opposing subpoenas of journalists,"] ''The Honolulu Star Bulletin'', January 26, 2007.
*[[Phil Donahue]], [http://www.gnn.tv/articles/2886/Get_Sarah_Olson "Get Sarah Olson! Why her case is so important,"] GNN, January 26, 2007.
*John Stauber, [https://www.prwatch.org/node/5685 "Defend the Press and Sarah Olson,"] ''PRWatch'', January 27, 2007.
*Doug Ireland, [http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=43&ItemID=11978 "Sarah Olson, The Pentagon, And The First Amendment,"] ''ZNet'', January 27, 2007.
*[http://sev.prnewswire.com/aerospace-defense/20070129/UNM03629012007-1.html News Release: "Growing Coalition Demands the Army Withdraw the Subpoena of Journalist Sarah Olson. Prominent Journalists, Media Organizations and Thousands of Citizens Rally to Defend the Press,"] PRNewswire, January 29, 2007.
*John Stauber, [https://www.prwatch.org/node/5694 News Release: "Growing Coalition Demands the Army Withdraw Its Subpoena of Journalist Sarah Olson,"] PRWatch, January 29, 2007.
*[http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Jan/29/br/br6319027548.html "Watada lawyer says military dropping two charges,"] ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', January 29, 2007.
*[http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-29-2007/0004515551&EDATE= News Release: "Defend The Press Coalition Declares Victory for Journalist Sarah Olson. Statement From Sarah Olson & John Stauber in US v Watada Court-Martial Case,"] PRNewswire, January 29, 2007.
*Hal Bernton, [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003547250_watada29m.html "Army drops 2 charges against officer,"] ''The Seattle Times'', January 30, 2007.
*Matthew Rothschild, [http://www.progressive.org/node/4482 "Sarah Olson off the Hook,"] ''The Progressive'', January 30, 2007.
*John Stauber, [https://www.prwatch.org/node/5716 "Sarah Olson and Supporters Speak about Press Freedom in Watada Case at National Press Club on Thursday, February 1st,"] ''PRWatch'', February 1, 2007.
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