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Showing Original Post only (View all)U.S. soldier gets 16 year sentence for trying to sell military secrets to Russia. [View all]
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15849-sixteen-years-for-espionage-life-in-jail-for-whistleblowingWhistleblower Bradely Manning faces life in prison for exposing war crimes and corruption.
Contrast that motive with Bradley Mannings. In chat logs with government informant Adrian Lamo, Manning hypothesized, what if i were someone more malicious
i couldve sold to russia or china, and made bank?
Why didnt you? Lamo asked.
Because its public data, he said. It belongs in the public domain information should be free because another state would just take advantage of the information try and get some edge if its out in the open it should be a public good.
Manning expounded on his reasons for passing to WikiLeaks hundreds of thousands of documents chronicling U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and U.S. diplomacy worldwide, in a statement earlier this year,
That statement accompanied a guilty plea to lesser offenses, including communicating information to someone not entitled to receive it. That plea could have put Manning in jail for up to twenty years. But that wasnt sufficient for military prosecutors, who immediately succeeded that statement with the announcement that theyll continue to pursue all 22 charges against Manning, seeking life in jail without parole.
Why didnt you? Lamo asked.
Because its public data, he said. It belongs in the public domain information should be free because another state would just take advantage of the information try and get some edge if its out in the open it should be a public good.
Manning expounded on his reasons for passing to WikiLeaks hundreds of thousands of documents chronicling U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and U.S. diplomacy worldwide, in a statement earlier this year,
I believed that if the general public, especially the American public, had access to the information contained within the [Iraq and Afghan War Logs] this could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general as well as it related to Iraq and Afghanistan.
That statement accompanied a guilty plea to lesser offenses, including communicating information to someone not entitled to receive it. That plea could have put Manning in jail for up to twenty years. But that wasnt sufficient for military prosecutors, who immediately succeeded that statement with the announcement that theyll continue to pursue all 22 charges against Manning, seeking life in jail without parole.
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U.S. soldier gets 16 year sentence for trying to sell military secrets to Russia. [View all]
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
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First,John Goetz, journalist with Der Spiegal who was at the dinner, says it never happened.
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#2
Given the libel laws of Britian, I seriously doubt the journalists who reported on this are lying.
msanthrope
Apr 2013
#3
Really. With no tape how could it be proved? Leigh says it happened. Goetz says no.
Luminous Animal
Apr 2013
#8
I think it would be an excellent case. The burden of proof would have been on the defense.
msanthrope
Apr 2013
#19
I know Assange got his ass kicked by Stephen Colbert, who pointed out the guy with the RPG.
msanthrope
Apr 2013
#21