Officers of the United States Government should be on trial -- not PFC Bradley Manning.

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248. Great question. Thanks also for sharing that story about your relative, the WAC.

The codebreakers gave the Allies a strategic advantage: We knew what the enemy was thinking and planning. All of us who live in freedom owe your relative and all who served our eternal thanks for their service and sacrifice.

Regarding why a lowly PFC had the goods on the State Department in Iraq -- an outstanding question -- I'd speculate it was an intentional act by people in higher authority who have tired of seeing how the war is run for profit. Unable or unwilling to leak themselves, they made it possible for the PFC to magically cross paths with information that normally would be off-limits. A conscientious person, or one operating under the stress of war, or most anyone else who gave a damn about the Constitution, the nation and the People might put 2+2 together and say: "This stuff is the dynamite that could bring down the criminals."

Remember Col. Westhusing. He thought the war was a money maker for the connected cronies and ended up dead in 2005 for his trouble, another convenient, albeit mysterious, "suicide" a few days before rotating home.

Regarding Hillary and our side asking for an investigation: it's highly unlikely, based on how much money is being made off the war. It isn't just Diane Feinstein. The higher people get, the more "can't refuse" opportunities they receive. Like the late Tim Russert is alleged to have said: "Integrity is for paupers."