Wikileaks protests: Woman calls for freeing US soldier
Obama was interrupted by a woman in a white suit, who said she and her friends had written him a song.
SAN FRANCISCO:
US President Barack Obama on Thursday faced an unusual singing protest over the detention of Bradley Manning, a US soldier held for allegedly passing classified documents to WikiLeaks.
Obama was interrupted by a woman in a white suit at a fundraising breakfast here, who said she and her friends had written him a song.
The woman, who stripped off her jacket to reveal a black t-shirt that said ‘Free Bradley Manning’, and others at a table for 10 then sang a song that noted they had just contributed to Obama’s 2012 reelection bid and went on to criticise his detention.
“That was a nice song,” Obama, evidently displeased, told the roomful of about 200 donors at the upscale Saint Regis Hotel.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 23rd, 2011.
US President Barack Obama on Thursday faced an unusual singing protest over the detention of Bradley Manning, a US soldier held for allegedly passing classified documents to WikiLeaks.
Obama was interrupted by a woman in a white suit at a fundraising breakfast here, who said she and her friends had written him a song.
The woman, who stripped off her jacket to reveal a black t-shirt that said ‘Free Bradley Manning’, and others at a table for 10 then sang a song that noted they had just contributed to Obama’s 2012 reelection bid and went on to criticise his detention.
“That was a nice song,” Obama, evidently displeased, told the roomful of about 200 donors at the upscale Saint Regis Hotel.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 23rd, 2011.