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struggle4progress

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16. Presuming that answers my 1st question & your prior post answers my 2nd, I'll ask my 3rd

Mon Jul 29, 2013, 10:57 PM

Jul 2013

My 1st question was, Were there any military personnel present?
The lack of any substantive answer to this suggests that nobody can prove any military personnel were present

My 2nd question would have been, If no military personnel present, how could any military personnel have learned of the conversation?
I understand from your prior response that you believe military personnel could have learned of the conversation from youtube

My 3rd question is, Was anybody in the Executive branch responsible for circulating the youtube video? The President? His staff? Somebody in an agency under his direction? Somebody in the military?

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Bradley Manning verdict? [View all] struggle4progress Jul 2013 OP

Acquittal. Time served. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #1

Care to back that up with something? n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #24

No, just stating a preference. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #35

Are you asking should be or will be? antiquie Jul 2013 #2

I actually intended to ask what people expect to happen tomorrow. Sorry I wasn't clear struggle4progress Jul 2013 #4

I am not sure because arely staircase Jul 2013 #3

What do I want, or what do I think will happen? nt LWolf Jul 2013 #5

What do you think will happen? struggle4progress Jul 2013 #7

Guilty on some or all accounts. Prison. LWolf Jul 2013 #9

Remember folks this is a military court, not a civilian one.. Historic NY Jul 2013 #6

Exactly. Sentences are harsher, particularly if the court/jury believes the accused tarnished the stevenleser Jul 2013 #32

Courts martial board has been ordered to find him guilty by the Commander in Chief. Scuba Jul 2013 #8

Clueless TheLion Jul 2013 #10

My assertion is that the President's statement is influencing the Courts Martial board.... Scuba Jul 2013 #11

What military personnel were present when such statement was allegedly made? struggle4progress Jul 2013 #12

Every one with access to Youtube ... Scuba Jul 2013 #13

Well, let's go through it with a fine-toothed comb. Were there any military personnel present? struggle4progress Jul 2013 #14

Why would it matter? When Nixon ordered a world-wide alert in 1973 I didn't hear it from him. Scuba Jul 2013 #15

Presuming that answers my 1st question & your prior post answers my 2nd, I'll ask my 3rd struggle4progress Jul 2013 #16

Here is a more complete youtube of the conversation, if it helps your thinking regarding the matter struggle4progress Jul 2013 #17

I'm pretty sure it's not my thinking that needs the help. Scuba Jul 2013 #28

Then you'll provide a clean fact-based argument for unlawful command influence struggle4progress Jul 2013 #29

I did, and video proof that Obama declared Manning "broke the law". Scuba Jul 2013 #30

The prohibition on command influence is intended to ensure a fair trial, by preventing struggle4progress Jul 2013 #33

They will be "good soldiers" and find the whistle blower guilty. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #18

Doesn't count as whistleblowing... Pelican Jul 2013 #19

Tsk, tsk. Whistle blowers are required to follow "procedures"? Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #20

If they want whistleblower protection... Pelican Jul 2013 #21

I think the regime and NSA are a lot more worried about it than I am. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #22

There's no "they": Manning elected for a trial by judge without jury struggle4progress Jul 2013 #23

They're going to name a new federal prison after him because he will Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #25

Word is that the judge has been offered a nice promotion when this is over, so Cleita Jul 2013 #26

... Schenck said Lind has already been informed that she will take up a new position, as a judge struggle4progress Jul 2013 #27

He's going to spend at least the next 40-60 years in prison. nt stevenleser Jul 2013 #31

I imagine guilty on something. MineralMan Jul 2013 #34