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In reply to the discussion: Bradley Manning: A Tale Of Liberty Lost In America - Glenn Greenwald/TheNation [View all]JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)11. His ranking shouldn't have allowed him anywhere near classified info,
he should have been cleaning toilet bowls for the army. The army has lots of toilet bowls and someone needs to clean them. Although sticky notes are pretty obvious, even from across the room cleaning toilet bowls. Yes, he most likely committed a crime, but regardless, he shouldn't be treated inhumanely.
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WillyT
Dec 2012
OP
If he didn't have mental issues prior to his treatment by his beloved military, he
teddy51
Dec 2012
#2
Did You Know... That They Had Passwords On Sticky-Notes In Those "Secure" Areas ???
WillyT
Dec 2012
#6
Not his ranking, but he shouldn't have even held any rank that allowed access to classified info.
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#46
It wasn't an insult. There is nothing insulting or humiliating about that. It is a job with benefits
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#45
He received care. Four psychiatrists declared him fit and recommended his inhumane treatment end.
Luminous Animal
Dec 2012
#9
No, I'm talking about threatening his step-mother with a butcher knife in 2006,
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#12
The torture itself appears to me to be an attempt to confuse Manning so as to
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#54
What that reveals is that he was not a good candidate for the military...
Luminous Animal
Dec 2012
#16
That was my earlier point. It was a bad judgement call by the military & commanding officer.
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#47
How have YOU determined that he has mental health problems????????????? nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#17
Wondering how many other emotionally damaged iindividuals, in trouble with the military, or
patrice
Dec 2012
#18
I don't think journalist/lawyer Greenwald qualifies as "Celebrity Association," though.
KoKo
Dec 2012
#36
As much as so many of us might wish it were otherwise, being in the military is NOT the same
patrice
Dec 2012
#44
It was Greenwald who broke the news of Mannings treatment which sparked
Luminous Animal
Dec 2012
#53
FDR had Manzanar, Clinton had Ricky Rae Rector, Obama has Manning - what's a little
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#25
The guy and Ronald Reagan one and the same. If I were juror #8-guilty. 1st degree.Each.
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#26
so if someone robbed your car, you are saying another should rob your neighbors?
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#37
Now he is wasting MY tax dollars. I did not ask him. Dreyfuss he ain't.
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#41