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'''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/]
*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.
*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.
