Comments on: Fight over truth underway in courtroom

By: Corporal USMC

Corporal USMC — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:56:55 +0000

PFC Manning was an American soldier, and as such was given access to Confidential Information. It does not give him such Information to be disseminated as he sees fit, that is why it is CLASSIFIED.
I personally know this from first hand accounts. And that is why I am not in jail for being a trator, it does not matter how strongly we object to the Information that we were given, We took an oath to defend this country,and giving away any classified Information is TREASON, no matter what the circumstances.
If manning is seen as a innocent, then what about CWO Walker? FBI Agent Robert Hansen? They also thought they were helping the American people.
There is no way to sugar coat treason,
Semper Fi

By: Steve Spieckerman

Steve Spieckerman — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:40:03 +0000

In addition to the petition on the bradleymanning.org website, there’s one on the WhiteHouse website, a petition you may want to sign: petitions.whtehouse.gov/petition/free-bradley-manning/6qFjYRhj, a petition that could use some more signatures before July 6th.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:43:56 +0000

The Calculus of Altruism

U.S.A. Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

Manning-Lamo Chat Logs, May 22, 2010:
(12:15:11 PM) bradass87: hypothetical question: if you had free reign over classified networks for long periods of time… say, 8-9 months… and you saw incredible things, awful things… things that belonged in the public domain, and not on some server stored in a dark room in Washington DC… what would you do?
(12:16:38 PM) bradass87: or Guantanamo, Bagram, Bucca, Taji, VBC for that matter…
(12:17:47 PM) bradass87: things that would have an impact on 6.7 billion people
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(1:13:10 PM) bradass87: i just… dont wish to be a part of it… at least not now… im not ready… i wouldn’t mind going to prison for the rest of my life, or being executed so much, … .

http://firedoglake.com/merged-manning-lamo-chat-logs/

The humanist math of rational choice: 6.7 billion equal persons (worldwide humanity) who benefit from information disclosure versus one of those equal persons (Bradley E. Manning) who pays the price with his life or liberty for disclosing the information.

For a great person, the rational choice is obvious. For a little person, the rational choice is equally obvious, but exactly the opposite from the great person. What is a little person?

Listen, Little Man! (1945 essay with illustrations)
http://satrakshita.com/Books/listenlittleman.pdf

By: korean

korean — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:15:36 +0000

I respect the USA, bcz that country has Manning.

By: Janet D. Zimmerman

Janet D. Zimmerman — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 06:19:31 +0000

Dear Mr. Manning,

You are the finest example of a great American Hero. Thank you for what you have done for all of us. We are all Bradley Manning and you have stood up for us. We can never pay you back, so please accept my personal thanks and that of a nation that aspires to be great like you and not just sheeple.

By: Carol Ann Westfall

Carol Ann Westfall — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 05:45:29 +0000

Be Manning Strong.