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Ikonoklast

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18. There is a legal process to follow.

Wed May 23, 2012, 06:25 PM

May 2012

If you take the extra-legal route, don't be surprised when charged criminally.

Matters not what used to be, this law is in place now, and has been put in place in order to protect informants.

You cannot act unilaterally outside of the legal process, unless you are a vigilante.

Manning acted unilaterally.

He didn't have to, but he did.

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