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randome

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25. Sure.

Sun Dec 2, 2012, 12:02 AM

Dec 2012

1. There are very specific yet wide-ranging avenues to avail oneself of Whistle Blower protection. You don't give information to a foreign national like Assange.

2. By dumping those hundreds of thousands of documents to Assange, he could easily have put soldiers' lives at risk. As far as I know, that didn't happen but we may never know if that's the case or not. And it's a piss-poor risk to take if the objective is to reveal war crimes. Why risk the lives of soldiers who had nothing to do with the alleged war crime?

3. OF COURSE it's important to protect whistle blowers. That's why we have such things as whistle blower protection acts, an enhancement of which Obama signed recently.

4. Yes, I definitely agree that soldiers should not follow orders that are immoral. So far as I know, Manning was not ordered to do anything immoral.

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The Bradley Manning Case and Our Decade of Denial [View all] marmar Dec 2012 OP

Manning spending the rest of his life in prison is too good for him n/t RomneyLies Dec 2012 #1

wow. Earth_First Dec 2012 #4

The only thing that is unreal is idiots idolizing this traitor. n/t RomneyLies Dec 2012 #5

We know. We know. You're either with us, or you're against us, right? marmar Dec 2012 #9

You either think or flow with the sheep RomneyLies Dec 2012 #10

ROFL...Umm, okay. marmar Dec 2012 #11

Glad you agree wiht me now. n/t RomneyLies Dec 2012 #12

That's ironic coming from the person spouting military propaganda about oaths and orders. white_wolf Dec 2012 #15

Baaaaaa Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #19

Of course nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #33

One question Lordquinton Dec 2012 #37

A leaker is not a whistle blower. randome Dec 2012 #2

Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, disagrees with you. white_wolf Dec 2012 #8

Understandable. I disagree with him. randome Dec 2012 #13

Ellsberg was a reporter? Um. No. I suggest you do some research. Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #20

Yes, I had it wrong. He was a military analyst. randome Dec 2012 #23

And yet Ellsberg does not make that distinction and considers Manning a hero. Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #28

Yes, Ellsberg worked for the Daily Planet. jerseyjack Dec 2012 #31

Ellsberg was a government employee who had access JDPriestly Dec 2012 #35

Speaking of denial. See the two posters above me. white_wolf Dec 2012 #3

I KNOW the U.S. has committed horrible crimes. randome Dec 2012 #6

How does it stand? tama Dec 2012 #14

A leaker is not a whistle blower. randome Dec 2012 #18

Oooh foreign national. Ooh, scary. Actually he turned over the info to a global free press. Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #21

I understand what you are trying to say. May I ask a couple of questions? Bonobo Dec 2012 #22

Sure. randome Dec 2012 #25

Manning was, and likely is, emotionally disurbed. randome Dec 2012 #26

Thank you for your answers. nt Bonobo Dec 2012 #27

"He suffers from gender identity disorder." JDPriestly Dec 2012 #36

He suffers from being confused as to gender. randome Dec 2012 #40

You are referring tama Dec 2012 #29

In a civilized country, Manning's pre-trial treatment PDJane Dec 2012 #7

You know I thought we had this little thing called the 8th amendment... white_wolf Dec 2012 #16

k/r Solly Mack Dec 2012 #17

Mess with the bull you get the horns Egnever Dec 2012 #24

Manning is NO whistleblower railsback Dec 2012 #30

This piece reminds me of a question I asked early on Canuckistanian Dec 2012 #32

This is NOT a "Black and White" issue. NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #34

Manning and Assange removed the "I knew nothing" defense of those who protect murderers. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2012 #38

On the issues of the crimes leaked, Manning's leaking, and Assange's publishing of those crimes, snot Dec 2012 #39