Comments on: 16 years for espionage, life in jail for whistleblowing

By: Heymrpaul

Heymrpaul — Mon, 27 May 2013 17:23:25 +0000

By right, I assume you mean legal right, and in fact you are correct. He had no legal right. His response was a moral one, and done purely out of conscience.

It used to be LEGAL for lords to have sex with newly married virgins on their wedding night instead of allowing their husbands this right.

There are thousands of examples of laws which are both unethical and immoral which we as citizens have a right to overturn via jury nullification. This administration was covering up war crimes committed during an illegal and immoral war and lying to the public about it. You might have been OK with that, but Bradley Manning, a person of conscience, was not.

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 27 May 2013 09:06:54 +0000

You’ve got to be kidding. Manning had access and stole documents. Period. End of story. The first thing he did when he entered a classified facility for the first time was agree to protect and safeguard all classified information no matter what. You can be mad at the Army for missing the signs that he was out of it but you can’t blame them for him being a thief. No matter what the circumstances he did not have the right to decide what should be declassified to the public. He had no idea what the contents of all the documents he pulled would be and what the consequences of releasing them would hold for his fellow service members. He belongs in Fort Leavenworth for a very long time.

By: Heymrpaul

Heymrpaul — Sun, 26 May 2013 04:06:29 +0000

If by his country, you mean the illicit leadership which is continually lying to the general populace about their intention, their prosecution of the war, and their treatment of those in the lands in which the war is illegally waged, then you are absolutely correct.

If, on the other hand, by “country” you mean the majority of the peace loving populace who are starved for honest and objective information (by design) regarding their Govt’s actions which are supposed to be on behalf of the good of the nation, then you are completely wrong and at odds with both common sense and the vast majority of Americans.

By: Kirk Atton

Kirk Atton — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:06:36 +0000

16 years for espionage sounds right. Unless your working for AIPAC ie Lawrence Franklin, Steven Rosen, Keith Weissman then it just goes away…………..

By: DIETRICH TRUCHSESS

DIETRICH TRUCHSESS — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:06:34 +0000

I believe that manning was betraying his country and ought to be punished

By: BRANDT

BRANDT — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:16:37 +0000

BRADLEY MANNING FOR PRESIDENT

By: joebanana

joebanana — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:40:43 +0000

This is the most egregious abuse of power by a fraud in a disgusting cesspool of the most corrupt government in world history. A despicable display of childish behavior by the biggest national security threat in this nations history. I believe Freud referred to it as “penis envy”. In order for true justice to be served, the validity of the commander in chief must be established, otherwise a fraud upon the court will have been committed. The epic dereliction of duty by Congress in it’s failure to investigate credible evidence of fraud speaks volumes of the state of affairs of this administration.

By: Ricardo Candido

Ricardo Candido — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:24:22 +0000

Lembrei da epoca do Nixon. No Governo(ele), faziam as besteiras(“I’m not a crook”) e tentava impedir os jornais de publicar. Hoje, pode publicar, mas prendem o “novo denunciante das sua mazelas”.

By: Joseph Edward Bodden

Joseph Edward Bodden — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:02:10 +0000

the expression ‘malicious prosecution’ comes to mind.

By: Tomas

Tomas — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:58:18 +0000

Bradley manning is a hero. a true hero of the world, of freedom, of reason and justice. I stand with you Bradley Manning. You are a true inspiration