re: #1 Charles

So Julian Assange is making a nice salary, while Bradley Manning is being left in the brig.

Why, that’s downright heroic.

That’s one side. The other is the legal side. The Wau Holland Foundation can only make payments when it fits their statutes and German charity laws. Paying out salaries and donating to a legal defense fund are different enough that it makes sense to have the lawyers look into it first.