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Twitter Reacts To Bradley Manning Sentence - WaPo
Twitter reacts to Bradley Manning sentenceBy Matt DeLong,
Published: August 21 at 11:48 am
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Immediately after a military judge sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for leaking thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, Manning’s supporters and detractors took to Twitter to voice their opinions on the sentence.
WikiLeaks saw a “strategic victory” in the sentence:
Significant strategic victory in Bradley Manning case. Bradley Manning now elegible for release in less than 9 years, 4.4 in one calculation
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) August 21, 2013
A former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay questioned the wisdom of the govenrment’s strategy in the case:
Gov't could have accepted #Manning's guilty pleas & 20 year max & put case to bed. Gov't didn't gain much other than 5 yrs of appeals.
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) August 21, 2013
Numerous civil rights organization weighed in against the sentence:
A soldier who gave the press info is punished more harshly than others who killed civilians https://t.co/IcDTmfbyBo #Manning
— ACLU National (@ACLU) August 21, 2013
Obama should commute Bradley #Manning’s sentence and investigate the abuses he exposed http://t.co/OHDe0jTnyC
— AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) August 21, 2013
This show trial was a frontal assault on the 1st Amendment, meant to send clear warning to potential whistleblowers & journalists. #Manning
— The CCR (@theCCR) August 21, 2013
Glenn Greenwald, a journalist for the Guardian who has published numerous documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, condemned the U.S.’s prosecution of Manning:
The US will never be able to lecture world again about the value of transparency and press freedoms without triggering a global laughing fit
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 21, 2013
Manning sentenced to 35 years: gee, I wonder why Snowden doesn't trust US justice as a whistleblower http://t.co/Or8W6MAanA
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 21, 2013
Significant strategic victory in Bradley Manning case. Bradley Manning now elegible for release in less than 9 years, 4.4 in one calculation
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) August 21, 2013
A former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay questioned the wisdom of the govenrment’s strategy in the case:
Gov't could have accepted #Manning's guilty pleas & 20 year max & put case to bed. Gov't didn't gain much other than 5 yrs of appeals.
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) August 21, 2013
Numerous civil rights organization weighed in against the sentence:
A soldier who gave the press info is punished more harshly than others who killed civilians https://t.co/IcDTmfbyBo #Manning
— ACLU National (@ACLU) August 21, 2013
Obama should commute Bradley #Manning’s sentence and investigate the abuses he exposed http://t.co/OHDe0jTnyC
— AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) August 21, 2013
This show trial was a frontal assault on the 1st Amendment, meant to send clear warning to potential whistleblowers & journalists. #Manning
— The CCR (@theCCR) August 21, 2013
Glenn Greenwald, a journalist for the Guardian who has published numerous documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, condemned the U.S.’s prosecution of Manning:
The US will never be able to lecture world again about the value of transparency and press freedoms without triggering a global laughing fit
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 21, 2013
Manning sentenced to 35 years: gee, I wonder why Snowden doesn't trust US justice as a whistleblower http://t.co/Or8W6MAanA
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 21, 2013
More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/08/21/twitter-reacts-to-bradley-manning-sentence/
