The Scariest Quote You'll Read From the Trial Nobody Is Talking About (Manning trial)

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10. That depends whether the government is abusing its secrecy powers.

There are legitimate reasons for the government to keep some secrets.

But sometimes they abuse the authority and keep secrets just because they think something might make them look bad, or just to increase their own power, or because they don't want to be held accountable for their actions.

If the government abuses its authority to keep secrets, then the only way we can find out what the government is doing, is through leakers like Manning, Binney, etc.

In that case, yes they have broken the law. But if people are glad the information was revealed, then people should support and defend the leaker to encourage more good leaks, and to let the government know they should not continue to abuse the secrecy authority.