Comments on: European parliamentarians condemn White House treatment of Bradley Manning

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:20:29 +0000

I have to wonder how many Americans are unaware of this happening! I am so sorry to say that I was among them! I have son’s, grandsons , neices, nephews- that I was pproud to help raise with great great pride in America ( even though I knew that we had left our soldiers abandoned in Vietnam) But this- this is the worst thing I have seen in this country WE must first get this hypocrite out of the White House OUR WHITEHOUSE- and stay informewd- we do not all have to agree about anything but the fact that we are BORN FREE and must STAY FREE!

By: Specialist Webster

Specialist Webster — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:19:07 +0000

By the way, it seems to me that Manning is rather political prisoner than military. Cowards from DoD are hiding the truth

By: Specialist Webster

Specialist Webster — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:17:48 +0000

Needless to say, the Government is dumb. Obama withdrew the troops from Iraq, but why not he pull out Brad from jail? Charges against him a ruthless, since telling the truth is not a treason, but a voice of common sence

By: Toni Kocevski

Toni Kocevski — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:41:47 +0000

Obama’s moto in the election campaign was -”Yes we can”.So now they can do, what they want.because- yes they can!they are in power!infinite power.

By: Corinne Yaworski

Corinne Yaworski — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:52:05 +0000

The U.S. government changes it’s laws to suit their needs at the moment. “Money is the root of all evil.” That is what this country’s standards are founded upon. Money. Not morals as the Bible teaches, and certainly not liberty and justice for all. Bradley Manning or Julian Assange should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. As George Carlin said, “No matter what you want, the government WILL get their way.” Can I get a one-way ticket to a civilized country?? The fact that people are concerned about this whole situation means there are still a lot of decent people standing up for what is right.

By: Charlotte Malone

Charlotte Malone — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:05:18 +0000

The truth should not be punishable. Let the truth shine, and deal with it. If the country did wrong…fix it. Not torture the messenger.

By: 2011-12-03 #WikiLeaks News: Urgent Action for Julian Assange; Updates on Bradley Manning case; December Events Calendar | wikileaks

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:54:18 +0000

[...] Manning’s case has seen two important new developments this week: his treatment was condemned by 64 Members of the European [...]

By: Susan Hall

Susan Hall — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:19:01 +0000

It has been reported that the main reason for the torture of Bradley Manning is to make people even more afraid of the U.S. President and those he commands. This is not the ideals the U.S. people would like to have presented in a government based on a Constitution and the rule of law.

Certainly as much as the U.S. has said they support the U.N. and the international communities they should honor an unmonitored meeting for Bradley Manning; “Juan Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, is preparing to issue a report on Bradley Manning’s conditions of confinement. PFC Manning’s supporters have argued that this report won’t be fully complete so long as the Obama administration prevents them from conducting an unmonitored meeting. Manning’s request for an unmonitored meeting with Mendez still stands.”

By: Jerry Gerber

Jerry Gerber — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:24:18 +0000

It is difficult to accept that the man “Obama” who spoke so eloquently and passionately at Cairo University soon after the election about ideals, democracy and other lofty concepts is the same “Obama” who tortures, lies, assassinates Americans without a warrant, makes deals with people who ought to be in prison for financial crimes and, in general is dragging the U.S. into a moral swamp. And this hypocrite won the Nobel Peace Prize? The same “Obama” who has continued old wars and made new ones, squandering our precious tax dollars? “Obama” is a brand-name, it is a marketing device designed to keep the corporate state in business. He got my vote once–never again. It would be nice to have leaders who occasionally act heroically, but all we have are sociopathic politicians incapable of showing the slightest leadership. The generals are running our foreign policy and the bankers and Wall Street are running our economic policy. This is not leadership, it is slight-of-hand puppetry. Al Qaeda will not destroy the United States. It is the Democrats and the Republicans who will destroy our country, especially when they “work together”. To sum it up in one word: disgust.

Jerry Gerber

By: not me

not me — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:55:08 +0000

Someone explain me US law, please.
Does the state have to prove that Mr. Mannings leaked secret info, or does Mannings lawyer have to prove it wasn’t him?