Sarah Olson
Sarah Olson is a California-based freelance journalist.
In May 2006, she interviewed First Lietenant Ehren Watada. A few weeks later he refused to go to Iraq. He is set to face a court martial in February 5, 2007 at Fort Lewis, Washington on charges of conduct unbecoming of an officer. In mid-December 2006 Olsen was served with a subpoena by to give evidence in Watada's court martial. The military have also subpoenaed Gregg Kakesako, the military affairs reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and have also listed freelance journalist Dahr Jamail, despite his objections, as a prosecution witness in the case.
Contents
Contact
- Free Press Working Group
- Phone: 510-764-2069
External Links
Articles By Olsen
- Sarah Olson, "Why I object to testifying against Lt. Watada", Commentary, Editor and Publisher, December 30, 2006.
Letters in Support of Olsen
- Society of Professional Journalists, "Letter to Commanding General Fort Lewis and I Corps, Lt. Gen. James M. Dubik", January 5, 2007.
- PEN, "Letter to Honorable Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense", January 5, 2007.
General Articles
- Aaron Glantz, "Reporter summoned to testify against military objector", Inter Press Service, December 14, 2006.
- Free Press Working Group, "Journalists say free press threatened by Army subpoena", Free Press, December 28, 2006.
- Kelly Kennedy, "Army Times: Reporters decry subpoena in Watada case", Army Times, January 2, 2007.
- Free Press Working Group, "Army delays testimony of journalist in Iraq case: Media coverage and opposition grows", Free Press, January 2, 2007.
- Joe Garofoli, "SF Chronicle: Journalist in legal battle with military", San Francisco Chronicle, January 5, 2007.
- "Military Injustice: 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, January 8, 2007.
- Free Press Working Group, "Military Reporters and Editors on subpoenas", Free Press, January 10, 2007.
