Comments on: Judge limits Manning’s whistle-blower defense, pretrial confinement nears 1,000 days

By: Robert iobbi

Robert iobbi — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:34:40 +0000

Leaking information can aid the enemy and cost American lives.
An example: 2011 Navy seal team 6 executed a kill on sight mission of Osama Bin Laden. The mission was obviously a success and the president of the United States held a press briefing with several Hollywood elites and informed them of the details of the successfull mission. The main stream media was also informed. This was a security breach at the highest level as it informed the world identifying the seal team of the covert operation as well as the details of the base the team deployed from for the mission. Days later, the enemy shot down a aircraft deploying from the same base carrying seals from the same team. If the want to try a man for treason, they should start with the traitor at the top. He got a free pass and guess what? He traded lives for votes again in Benghazi.

By: Wei-Ting Chen

Wei-Ting Chen — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:49:03 +0000

I am not sure about that, but my recollection was they served a short period of time in jail. I think it was on the order of 6 months to 3 years or so. But I can be wrong.

Here is the news showing how well and “humane” the murderers were treated by the military court. Sadly enough.

http://bradleymanning.org/news/punishing-the-messenger-while-murderers-go-free

From this, maybe my recollection is not far from the actual situation.

By: Aurea de Andrade

Aurea de Andrade — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:20:08 +0000

Injustice Judge,

the world is watcing on you and
Bradley Manning justice.
Are you aware on this and what does this injustice representes all over the word and the USA?

By: Wei-Ting Chen

Wei-Ting Chen — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:46:22 +0000

Some more information for the ruling……

Bradley Manning denied whistleblower defense

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/19/mann-j19.html

Army Colonel Denise Lind, the judge overseeing the ongoing pretrial hearings at Fort Meade, Maryland, granted a government motion that questions of conscience and “good faith” are irrelevant in the case. This strips Manning of any potential legal protection offered under a whistleblower status and prevents any discussion of the content of the leaked material from reaching the American public.
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However, this is the most important part of what Manning did! He uncover crimes covered by the government! That’s why there is acts protect whistle blowers (ironically, signed by the super hypocritical Obama), since whistle blower is almost the only way to fix a system that failed to investigate the crimes convicted by itself. If Manning is not viewed or not even allowed to discuss if he is a whistle blower or not, then he will not doubt be “guilty” under the military system.

By: Sandra Eagle

Sandra Eagle — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:01:50 +0000

We are in the midst of an unprecedented epidemic of suicides among those who leapt to serve ‘God & Country’. The ratio of active duty soldiers and vets of the Iraq & Afghan wars who have been killed by their own hand compared to those killed by enemy fire is a SHOCKING 25 to 1. Many vets have told us of sadistic acts they were forced to be part of. Bradley Manning is a whistleblower who exposed a video shot from the gunsite of the U.S. Apache helicopter that massacred innocent Iraqi’s including two Reuters reporters. The military who performed the murders have never been investigated, nor the military that covered it up. 2 million people had access to that video, hardly making it ‘top secret’ & yet when Reuter’s asked for the video under the freedom of information act, they were denied because it was ‘classified’ information, therein a continuation of the cover-up. The military insists its doing everything it can to investigate the causes of the suicide epidemic, while in our faces torturing this soldier of conscience & denying congressmen and the UN special investigator on torture access to him. The entire Bradley Manning affair is the military’s overt and terrifying message to soldiers that they will rot in full view of the American public for exposing the military’s warcrimes. The message is ‘if you can’t live with what you’ve done,you’e better off killing yourself, than attempting to ‘right’ it, cuz we’ll torture you & put you in prison for life if you speak up. Bradley Manning is very rightly a nominee for a Nobel Peace Prize.

By: Matt Randall

Matt Randall — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:27:58 +0000

Tell the truth, make sure it gets out. Aiding the enemy ! Well since when has the truth become the enemy. Truth is the enemy of the oppressive regime you have over there because it undermines their ultimate goal of absolute power.

By: Aurwa sw Andrade

Aurwa sw Andrade — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:23:16 +0000

Free Bradley Manning now. Or the USA will be the enemy of the HUMANITY. Be carefull,Pres. Obama, the world peope are aware and active!

By: owldog

owldog — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:15:00 +0000

We can always appeal. Time is on our side. At least people will know what’s going on – secret government within our governments – where everyday logs are top secret – and torture is used to keep those insidious secrets.

We are all Bradley Manning!

By: lynn

lynn — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:48:09 +0000

too bad Manning is not being tried in Civilian Court instead of Military–they would never convict him–it would have been thrown out because they tortured him to try to break him.

By: Michelle List

Michelle List — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:13:19 +0000

Thank you, Bradley Manning, for aiding us, the American People and all World Citizens who make the effort to listen to and learn the truth. We support you for exposing the sinister realities of the hidden misconduct of the US military. I guess we are all “the enemy”.