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In reply to the discussion: I agree with Anonymous about this... Do you? [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)27. Again, there are two parts of what I said
The first part is his statements at the time don't match. But even if you ignore those because you don't trust the witnesses, there's the second problem: He didn't leak anything showing any new 'bad' behavior.
If his goal was to show bad behavior, you'd think he'd have actually leaked something that showed bad behavior. Instead, we find out that we know Castro's favorite ice cream.
Do you realize how many foreign countries we have sold those things to? Get real.
We don't have to sell our optics with the rest of the helicopter. For example, we've sold lots of F-15s and F-16s. We have sold zero computers for F-15 and F-16s....or at least 0 of the version we use.
And again, I don't know if anything in Apache optics is classified. It's an example of the additional information that was leaked by Manning that most people won't immediately see. The fact that we hear "bang", some time passes, and then we see bullets hit means we know just how far that helicopter was looking, and just what they can resolve at that distance. It's not obvious to most viewers that the video leaks this information.
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You're having a lot of trouble wrapping your head around the fact that this incident was legal.
jeff47
Jan 2013
#73
Jeremy Hammond and possibly Barrett Brown. Swartz and Manning already having been mentioned.
Fire Walk With Me
Jan 2013
#39
Don't forget the guys who brought down the global economy not getting arrested, while
Squinch
Jan 2013
#3
Not to mention all of the people who lost their homes to foreclosure based on the....
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
#32
plus a gazillion. There is a story on the home page about church men hiding child rape
roguevalley
Jan 2013
#10
The system is broken, really broken. Neither party seems to want to fix it.
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#12
You're preaching to the choir, but pointing these things out or even speaking of them
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#69
Two for two. The link was not between internet activists and rapists. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#23
Batting 1.000. Both of my parents were psychologists and my girlfriend wrote on
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#28
What game are YOU playing and how have you managed to survive this long? nt.
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
#33
The tweet didn't make that link. Everybody but you understands that. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#40
A very dirty GOP world if we don't stop them asap. Thank you for everything you do for us, Anon
judesedit
Jan 2013
#41
When a dope smoker is getting a longer sentence than a drunk driver who kills - that's cray-cray!
VPStoltz
Jan 2013
#43
Absolutely. Thank God for Anonymous and friends. We'd really be screwed without them.
judesedit
Jan 2013
#70
Be careful Anonymous. They are trying to find you big-time I am sure. Thanks for all of us.
judesedit
Jan 2013
#72