Comments on: Military judge rules Bradley Manning was illegally treated, awards 112 days credit

By: sharon

sharon — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:38:29 +0000

way to go dwayne!

By: Owen Wiltshire

Owen Wiltshire — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:29:34 +0000

Hi thanks for your concern and sincere apologies, we were slow to moderate comments.

By: JoAnn Witt

JoAnn Witt — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:52:57 +0000

I have to hope this 112 days will not be the the final amount, if he can’t get a mistrial, which he should have; because, everyone in the world was prejudiced by Obama, before any evidence was presented.

By: David Krolick

David Krolick — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:33:34 +0000

I can’t imagine that the government will be cowed into treating whistleblowers or anyone else any better than the horrendous treatment Bradley Manning received. No doubt it will embolden them & act as a disincentive to truth-tellers.

Manning could potentially be sentenced to decades or life in prison. In what possible way does 120 days offer the slightest benefit for Bradley or act as a deterrent to future abuse by the military justice system?

I feel crushed by this ruling. I can’t imagine how Bradley feels.

Bradley, I’m sorry for the way you’ve been treated and I am ashamed of my country.

By: Wei-Ting Chen

Wei-Ting Chen — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:15:54 +0000

Is my reply too long or has some problems so that it is waiting for moderation? If that’s the case, please let me know or it just need some time? Thank you.

By: Wei-Ting Chen

Wei-Ting Chen — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:13:03 +0000

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/10/mann-j10.html

This site provide some more information about the ruling and it clearly shows the judge stand on the military side. While she made her decision based solely on the “intention” for those who mistreat Manning, she doesn’t reject the argument form the government that intention is irrelevant for Manning’s case. How serious the charge is not the reason not to drop the charge. It is whether the charge itself is ridiculous or not that counts. No wander the prosecutors in US work effortlessly to put all sort of serious charges on suspects. I started to feel bad about the case…..

By: David Bryson, MD (Yale '63)

David Bryson, MD (Yale '63) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:01:12 +0000

The judge’s ruling implies that non-contact torture was delivered for months without Bradley knowing if or when it would end – the techniques were chosen to induce CTSD (Current Traumatic Stress Disorder)

By: Marzi

Marzi — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:50:43 +0000

If the judge acknowledged Bradley was treated illegally while in detention than those responsible should be penalized, then the one for one reduction in his time served would not be enough. Where is the judge’s logic?

By: Dwayne

Dwayne — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:37:07 +0000

“more rigorous than necessary” ??? Why not call it what it is, “judge” Lind ?

CRUEL AND UNUSUAL
IMMORAL
IN VIOLATION OF OUR COUNTRY’S LAWS
IN BREACH OF THE UN CHARTER WE’VE SIGNED
A VIOLATION OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS

This is clearly NOT an honest “judge” ! She shoves truth under the table and feeds us lies coated in buttery fudge !!!

By: Wei-Ting Chen

Wei-Ting Chen — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:26:08 +0000

The prosecutors are ridiculous. Intention is the most important part in this case! Otherwise there will be no such a word called “whistle-blower”. The intention and the result are the two key points to differentiate between whistle-blowers and traitors.
It’s astonishing that the government try to avoid considering or discussing these two aspects. Isn’t that absurd?

Over-classify is also an important issue to this case. An system over-classified the information to cover its crimes can in no way reveal its own crimes by the “legal” method inside the system. It’s just simple that you cannot investigate yourself. If fact the US military consistently failed to investigate the crimes inside the troops, for example, the cases that female soldiers being raped were only being investigated for less than 5%. Another example is that those people who killed innocent people are living a much better lives than Bradley Manning who actually saved lives. How can we count on the system to correct or even just reveal the crimes committed by itself? This is why we need whistle-blowers.

Not to mention that the intention is always a consideration in all lawsuits. According to the logic of government, killing is killing no matter it is self-defense or an accident so there or a planned murder, and all of them will lead to the same punishment. However, we now see those murderers committed war crimes still free to walking around freely which showed nothing but the government contradicts itself in every respect. If the judge has any ability of rational thinking, she should drop the case instantly since every word from the government makes no sense at all. By doing so, it will be the very first step to correct the corrupted system.