Reply #98: Manning is not an idot,

[sulphurdunn]

a fool maybe, but not an idiot and certainly not a treasonous idiot. It is at least a violation of the UCMJ and the Geneva Conventions to target civilians during war. The Pentagon routinely covers up that sort of thing unless it is exposed. Manning exposed it. He was obliged by his oath of allegiance to the Constitution to do what he did regarding the intentional killing of non-combatants. As a point of fact, that is indisputable. He also deserves a speedy trial, a Constitutional right he has already been denied. He also deserves protection against cruel and unusual punishment, which he has also been denied. This has become a much bigger issue than Bradley Manning's guilt or innocence.