Comments on: Day 2 courtroom notes: Bradley Manning’s motions hearing, October 18, 2012

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:07:06 +0000

It saddens me that people with such little knowledge of how the military and intelligence communities work have made this into a whistleblower issue. This is straight forward treason. The non-disclosure agreement that Bradley signed contained explicit language about his responsibilities under the whistle-blower act. There was a correct way to blow the whistle on a cover up that wouldn’t have involved releasing the information directly to the world. Also, if he was blowing the whistle on the helicopter attack, fine. No real problem there. What about the diplomatic cables? What about every other piece of classified information that he released? You people have it all wrong. This was a young man who was unbalanced making a poor decision in order to impress his friends. In so doing he violated an oath that he swore and a non-disclosure agreement that he signed. Keep telling yourself that nobody was harmed because of this, that’s fine. But it isn’t correct. People who helped and trusted us in afghanistan have died. Our diplomatic staff has lost their ability to effectively deal with other nations, because we are no longer trusted to keep private conversations off the record. I feel bad for bradley manning, but he made his choices and should deal with the results.

By: Steve - columbia, mo

Steve - columbia, mo — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:49:27 +0000

I would think that all remarks made by Clinton in the performance of her duties as Sec. of State would be admissable, she is basically “on the clock” and working for the tax payers and because they contain political remarks they should especially be included. She is oppointed by the President and if she has said something it is public record. These judges need to play fair and uphold the law instead of trying to please their superiors.

By: Darrin

Darrin — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:05:18 +0000

The plot thickens, but I am glad to see the defense getting some things through.
It wouldn’t surprise me if the prosecution would try and make a deal to get Assange. I am sure there is as many secret documents to this trial as the cables exposed by Wikileaks! Look at this latest semi-disclosure.

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/revealed-canberra-shared-intel-on-assange-with-washington-20121017-27qo6.html

By: Justin Morahan

Justin Morahan — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:20:03 +0000

Thanks for this update and the very best of luck to Bradley in his fight for justice and his stand for whistleblowers

By: Alexander Kruedener

Alexander Kruedener — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:21:05 +0000

The way Bradley and other truth tellers are treated in the U.S.A. today is the way all dictatorships treat those who they want to make an exsample of and shut up.