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Bolo Boffin

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7. No life sentence here either. Hmmm... n/t

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Snowden’s Asylum Request: ‘Unlikely I Would Receive Fair Trial or Proper Treatment Prior to Trial’ [View all] kpete Jun 2013 OP

We are now a nation that tortures MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #1

18 USC § 641 struggle4progress Jun 2013 #2

No life sentence there. Weird. n/t Bolo Boffin Jun 2013 #6

Well that first section sounds like it applies to about every military contractor in Iraq The Straight Story Jun 2013 #16

18 USC § 793(d) struggle4progress Jun 2013 #3

No life sentence here either. Hmmm... n/t Bolo Boffin Jun 2013 #7

Here it is . . . markpkessinger Jun 2013 #43

Ah, good! Snowden isn't charged with that. Bolo Boffin Jun 2013 #47

18 USC § 798(a)(3) struggle4progress Jun 2013 #4

And again no life sentence! How about that? Bolo Boffin Jun 2013 #8

What about Barrett Brown? mhatrw Jun 2013 #15

Mr Brown is further charged with threatening a federal agent. And as identity theft associated with struggle4progress Jun 2013 #21

LOL. Brown posted a fucking LINK to a trove of incriminating information. mhatrw Jun 2013 #36

Posting the link is only one of the charges. Another charge is that he himself was struggle4progress Jun 2013 #38

He was in possession of the trove of incriminating information. He did not steal any identities mhatrw Jun 2013 #39

Barrett Brown is Anonymous struggle4progress Jun 2013 #40

LOL at your character assassination. mhatrw Jun 2013 #42

Those who wish to become informed will find the article quite informative. YMMV struggle4progress Jun 2013 #44

He's also lying about the criminal charges. He's being charged with theft of classified documents, pnwmom Jun 2013 #18

It's under the Espionage Act davidn3600 Jun 2013 #23

He wasn't charged with having an OPINION, political or otherwise. He was charged with theft pnwmom Jun 2013 #24

Depends on your interpretation davidn3600 Jun 2013 #25

No, it's a matter of fact. He was charged with theft of classified documents. n/t pnwmom Jun 2013 #27

No, it's a matter of interpretation. Any charge under the so-called Espionage Act reorg Jun 2013 #46

NO - Snowden and you don't leftynyc Jun 2013 #32

Does anyone doubt that our Government wouldn't torture Snowden if they the chance? npk Jun 2013 #5

Apparently some do magellan Jun 2013 #10

I do. The whole world would be watching and he wouldn't be under military control. nt pnwmom Jun 2013 #17

The whole world has been watching! atreides1 Jun 2013 #28

Poor, poor Master Snowden. Declared himself innocent before the trial before the charges were filed. Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #9

So did the Rosenbergs..... Historic NY Jun 2013 #11

Fire those electric chairs up! mhatrw Jun 2013 #14

My power just came on after being out since yesterday evening, so I didn't see that til now. kas125 Jun 2013 #34

It's a tipping point 90-percent Jun 2013 #12

people here disidoro01 Jun 2013 #13

+1 newfie11 Jun 2013 #19

Manning is a soldier in the US Army... Historic NY Jun 2013 #20

Where in the UCMJ that the government is permitted to do what they did to Manning davidn3600 Jun 2013 #29

Wrong. Manning was in solitary for 9 months. hack89 Jun 2013 #22

No, Manning was not in solitary confinement at Quantico. The Quantico brig had a separate wing struggle4progress Jun 2013 #31

certainly disidoro01 Jun 2013 #33

Most US prisons are worse. nt hack89 Jun 2013 #35

why do people so often not mention Bodhi BloodWave Jun 2013 #37

Because it isn't true disidoro01 Jun 2013 #41

Torture because he would lose his internet access. Life Long Dem Jun 2013 #26

do`t do the crime if you can`t do the time.... madrchsod Jun 2013 #30

The last thing he wants is a fair trial. nt gulliver Jun 2013 #45