Everyone is under surveillance now, says whistleblower Edward Snowden

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46. Manning was not a whistle blower, those stolen documents were not read or vetted but given wholesale

to Assange. Manning has admitted that, apologized, and acknowledged that the theft of those documents harmed the US.

Apparently you're the last one to get that word?

And I "implied" nothing.

Manning was a document thief who violated an oath taken multiple times, as well as a transgressor of a shitload of military regulations and UCMJ articles, who got a sentence entirely suited to the crime committed--and that's not even adding in hitting a supervisor in her face.

Good grief, you're being didactic and you don't even have the basics down. When it comes to "facts," you are coming up short on them. Why don't you start with getting a basic understanding of how Manning feels (since you're so focused on "feelings&quot about the theft of those documents and the other misconduct that led to 35 years in jail (with three years plus off for time served, and a ten percent sentence reduction for good behavior)?

And you really do need to stop making this about what "you" think "bothers" me. You're right about getting personal--you've been doing precisely this throughout the thread, and it's an immature way to try and make a point. Clearly, you must be very "frustrated" indeed (per your interpretation) because you just can't stop telling me how I feel (according to your POV) and you're not getting even essential "facts" right.

So while you mumble on about 'defending/making sense of decisions,' you might instead want to gather a basic understanding of what actually happened instead of inventing "facts" to suit a narrative of your own "personal" creation.

Or not--that's probably too much to ask.