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Ash_F

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Reply to TipTok (Reply #26)

Fri May 20, 2016, 05:27 PM

May 2016

Where are the indictments against Dynecorp?

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Chelsea Manning files appeal against 'grossly unfair' 35-year prison sentence [View all] brooklynite May 2016 OP

She was not a whistle blower. hack89 May 2016 #1

Reporters Without Borders disagrees with you. Stryst May 2016 #6

Words have meaning, especially in a legal context. hack89 May 2016 #7

Sounds like a pretext. forest444 May 2016 #8

Laws are not pretexts hack89 May 2016 #9

No...it's actual law. Had Manning gone to Sanders or Kucinich, she would have been bulletproof. nt msanthrope May 2016 #12

Instead of reporting it, he released it. Drahthaardogs May 2016 #44

Like releasing it to WaPo or WSJ would have resulted in "real" investigative journalism. laserhaas May 2016 #56

A security clearance is no joke. Drahthaardogs May 2016 #57

Neither is cover up of mass murder by chicken chit ships in the sky.... laserhaas May 2016 #59

Exactly. nt msanthrope May 2016 #66

are you suggesting that ONLY those already with legal protection in US are whistleblowers? cloudythescribbler May 2016 #16

I blame Assange hack89 May 2016 #19

Never too late. secondwind May 2016 #2

Well anyone convicted under the UCMJ gets 2 automatic appeals NobodyHere May 2016 #3

Chelsea's just trying to get into the news... Blue_Tires May 2016 #4

I wouldnt be willing to wager any money on this appeal working. cstanleytech May 2016 #5

Seems like a lot of BS to me. Yo_Mama May 2016 #10

Chelsea is a political prisoner. Agony May 2016 #11

Disgruntled worker and piss poor criminal maybe... TipTok May 2016 #18

No....appeals are never too late. I actually think this was a very harsh sentence. nt msanthrope May 2016 #13

+1 joshcryer May 2016 #49

Sentanced too harshly? The Rosenbergs might disagree. FLPanhandle May 2016 #14

Oh, you mean exposing criminal wrongdoing is like the Rosenburgs? askeptic May 2016 #21

Sorry Chelsea, Bradly dis the crime calguy May 2016 #15

What an ass... TipTok May 2016 #17

sensitive information?...like....crimes? askeptic May 2016 #22

Couple of things... TipTok May 2016 #23

1) Thanks for pointing out the flaws in our justice system Ash_F May 2016 #25

Was there a point? TipTok May 2016 #26

See post #24 Ash_F May 2016 #29

More deflection... TipTok May 2016 #31

Chelsea Manning is a hero for exposing these and other crimes. Ash_F May 2016 #37

Feel free to address the points made.... TipTok May 2016 #38

You don't think exposing child sex trafficking is heroic? Ash_F May 2016 #40

If that was all he had exposed... TipTok May 2016 #41

Crimes were exposed. Whether they remain to be prosecuted is irrelevent askeptic May 2016 #27

The point stands... TipTok May 2016 #28

yep - mine too. The private gets years and the General gets probation askeptic May 2016 #30

Intent plays a large role in our legal system... TipTok May 2016 #32

re-read my post. He knew what he was doing. Contradicting yourself askeptic May 2016 #33

I probably shouldn't get into this, BUT MH1 May 2016 #35

I hear ya, but Gates himself said it was not a disastrous breach askeptic May 2016 #36

Why would you think those choices... TipTok May 2016 #43

sentenced to decades in prison for the crime of disclosing truthful information to the public? askeptic May 2016 #20

Manning exposed child sex trafficking by a Virginia based private military contractor Ash_F May 2016 #24

Manning could be paroled in 2021. Release before then seems unlikely. struggle4progress May 2016 #34

All that matters here ..is intent...all the naysayers tech objects laserhaas May 2016 #39

So... TipTok May 2016 #42

Now it is.....Im a whistleblower for 15 years laserhaas May 2016 #45

There are few guarantees in life... TipTok May 2016 #46

Like the war crimes Manning exposed? Octafish May 2016 #47

You'll have to be more specific... TipTok May 2016 #48

Specifics... Octafish May 2016 #50

This Apache video? TipTok May 2016 #51

Mass murder as comedy. Octafish May 2016 #52

You are in your country, surrounded by invaders, revolutionaries and worse; but your guns are a laserhaas May 2016 #55

Do you ever address points made? TipTok May 2016 #58

Do I have to explain everything to you? I don't like those who find mass murder funny. Octafish May 2016 #61

You could start by explaining something... TipTok May 2016 #62

Well stated ^^^^ this - times 1000^^^^ laserhaas May 2016 #54

If they were "innocent civilians" the reporters wouldn't have embedded with them. EX500rider May 2016 #60

Weird seeing hatred for the press on a Democratic site. Octafish May 2016 #64

No hated of anything...but embedding with insurgents in a war zone is inherently dangerous.. EX500rider May 2016 #65

Exactly - 'Octafish' - when is ANY whistleblowing justified, if it is not okay to do so, when murder laserhaas May 2016 #53

The sentence is excessive Benitos May 2016 #63