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In reply to the discussion: Chelsea Manning Faces Possible Charges For Suicide Attempt [View all]TipTok
(2,474 posts)35. People can and have written big thick books about that topic...
None of that ... absolutely zero... gave Manning the right to do a massive copy paste from secure servers and blasting it to the world without even a review.
There are legitimate things that deserve to have the whistle blown on them. This wasn't that... The hope that there might be something incriminating in hundreds of thousands of documents doesn't meet anything close to an ethical standard.
This was a sub standard Soldier lashing out at the organization he had failed at and he knew, more than most, what the cost would be when caught.
See you in 2050 Chelsea...
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I am not smart enough to know that. But I know it sounds brutish, sadistic cruel and
merrily
Jul 2016
#21
I know they have that in civilian courts but do the prosecutors for the military have it as well?
cstanleytech
Jul 2016
#25
Clueless, distasteful post. For your own sake, you should consider a self delete.
merrily
Jul 2016
#15
I was just wondering if you also thought the invasion was wrong and that you also thought that
xocet
Jul 2016
#41
Your point is absolutely true in the context you intend. My point is that the entire idea of
xocet
Jul 2016
#75
Many thought Jackie Robinson earned his court-martial and prosecution in 1944 as well.
LanternWaste
Jul 2016
#48
Indefinite solitary confinement? That's just torture, and should be illegal...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#72