Comments on: Constitutional rights attorneys, media challenge secrecy of Manning court martial

By: Stephanie miyashiro

Stephanie miyashiro — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:16:51 +0000

Soldiers of conscience should be honored not imprisoned or punished.
In the Lt. Ehren Watada trial as I understood it, the military’s own witness, an ethics officer said that in a conflict between a military order and your conscience where you have sworn to protect and defend the u s constitution, the soldier is correct to obey their conscience.
Bradley Manning is also such a soldier of conscience and should be honored and vindicated for his courage in standing for right. In my case, he is celebrated as a hero. Thank you, Bradley Manning. May justice prevail.
Shame on the travesty of justice currently being displayed by the US military.
no wonder they want to hide it from the public. Thank you CCR, et al for taking on this issue. bless you.

By: Emile Zola

Emile Zola — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:15:55 +0000

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this “Christian and democratic” nation, obviously, is none of those two and unfortunately Pvt Manning is up the creek w/o a paddle. If this case makes it to the supreme farce, the dice is cast, and he will be in jail for trying to defend our Constitution in prison for life. Confessed war criminals roaming free collecting a socialist pension, while innocent prisoners rot in jail for failure of this “democratic” nation to prosecute true war criminals. Let my people go, said Moses and although he was referring to Israelites only, I want to paraphrase him and ask men of good will to pray for the release of, not only Manning, but all the prisoners in Guantanamo, Kandahar and all America’s gulags. If the law prohibits the torture of prisoners, be Muslim, gentile or Jew, they have suffered enough. A democracy shines its best in the worst of times and of course, we are not that pure, not that innocent. Over one million innocent civilians have been killed for oil and this carnage has to stop. I pray it is sooner rather than later. Long live our exiled, devalued Constitution!

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:41:49 +0000

Transparency, accountability, truth, integrity, and wise foreign and domestic policies- these are what we all expect from our political leaders. Instead, we have gotten secrecy, coverups, the perpetuation of war in the guise of ending it, and a national security state from a President who promised something very different and received a Nobel Peace Prize in anticipation of him delivering, and and will get the same or worse an opponent who is putting together a shadow cabinet of the worst of the GWBush cabinet.

The real patriots who should be honored by our nation are Bradley Manning and his fellow whistle blowers who have sacrificed everything to do the right thing and inform the American public of official wrongdoing.

By: Kootenay Coyote

Kootenay Coyote — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:30:45 +0000

A secret court is a kangaroo court.

By: Clive

Clive — Mon, 28 May 2012 03:25:05 +0000

The secrecy of the trial of Bradley Manning should be open to scrutiny

By: margee aycock

margee aycock — Sat, 26 May 2012 20:52:01 +0000

On this Memorial Day Weekend we remember all those who have served so that we could enjoy our constitutional rights. Isn’t it strange that it is one of those very service men who has been denied his rights and our right to know.

By: Sarah Barrentine

Sarah Barrentine — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:16:41 +0000

Thank you!