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stevenleser

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7. I agree. If Manning had confined his release of documents to the 5-7 that are whistleblowing, there

Reply to surfdog (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 01:15 PM

Feb 2012

might be a point. The release of tens of thousands of documents, the vast majority mundane communications between the diplomatic arms of various countries, points to a personal vendetta, not an act of conscience.

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K&R for this hero libtodeath Feb 2012 #3

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"This is what we stand for - Justice, Truth and the value of a SINGLE human being..." grahamhgreen Feb 2012 #5

Not even close to being accurate surfdog Feb 2012 #6

I agree. If Manning had confined his release of documents to the 5-7 that are whistleblowing, there stevenleser Feb 2012 #7

The indiscriminate data dump was reckless. AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #8

It's never been the job of a whistleblower to censor or interpret information. girl gone mad Feb 2012 #9

He did know what was in it. He was an analyst and the web logs sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #10

He may not have known ALL of what was in the release, but he did morningfog Feb 2012 #11

First of all his actions are alleged, not proven, second grahamhgreen Feb 2012 #12

K&R'd & Bookmarked -- thanks. snot Feb 2012 #13

Exposing war crimes is a duty. midnight Feb 2012 #14