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11. The 1st and 4th arent shields from breaking the law though.

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 01:55 PM

Jul 2013

Which in Mannings and Snowdens case is the law over revealing classified intelligence to omeone who isnt cleared for it though oddly enough if Manning had just provided the information he believed was a *crime* to a member of congress or to the Inspector Generals office to report it the military couldnt have touched him as there is actually a law in place I believe that shields him for doing that.
Where he screwed up was providing that information as well as hundreds of thousands of other unrelated but still classified documents to wikileaks so technically by doing that Manning broke the law once wikileaks published it for all to see.
Not sure if I agree with the court that he should actually face the charges of aiding the enemy though but then me and the government do not always agree.

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Can Snowden face the same charge frontier00 Jul 2013 #1

I guess that they can equally hate the 4th amendment as well as the 1st amendment in their quest... cascadiance Jul 2013 #2

The 1st and 4th arent shields from breaking the law though. cstanleytech Jul 2013 #11

Yeah... The only ones who are "shielded" from breaking the law are the 1% cascadiance Jul 2013 #15

The 1% (aka the rich) have almost always been above the law. cstanleytech Jul 2013 #18

+1000 forestpath Jul 2013 #19

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Please say you're joking. Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2013 #22

Our war crimes aren't a big secret anywhere but in the U.S. wtmusic Jul 2013 #3

No Snowjob is the enemy frontier00 Jul 2013 #4

Cheers for fascism! Gregorian Jul 2013 #8

they can charge azureblue Jul 2013 #10

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lotsa people around here are eating the blue pill these days.. frylock Jul 2013 #33

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and here in lies the rub azureblue Jul 2013 #9

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If I recall correctly ... Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2013 #24

The government doesn't have to prove a direct chain. Merely that the enemy received it. Nor do msanthrope Jul 2013 #26

Thanyou Holder frontier00 Jul 2013 #6

You work for the NSA? cascadiance Jul 2013 #16

oooohhhhh!!!!!! heaven05 Jul 2013 #7

Crime frontier00 Jul 2013 #12

Spoken like a true reactionary. Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2013 #25

Americans are the enemy. Ash_F Jul 2013 #13

Past tense. It has already cost us our democracy. Cleita Jul 2013 #27

Well, it seems the judge already made up his mind. Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2013 #21

Her mind. nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #28

Well, it seems the judge made up her mind. nt Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2013 #35

Indeed it does. potone Jul 2013 #30

And people wonder why Snowden doesn't want Cleita Jul 2013 #29

Any Manning-sourced Wikileaks document that showed up on UBL's computer Zorro Jul 2013 #31

Facing charges does not mean being found guilty. Commit the crime, face the consequences... kelliekat44 Jul 2013 #32

Seems pretty clear the enemy is We The People. TheKentuckian Jul 2013 #34