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In reply to the discussion: Revealed: US plans to charge Assange [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)And IF a frog had wings,
it wouldn't bump its ass every time it jumped.
Thank gawd for Whistle Blowers, especially Ellsberg, Assange, and Manning.
They are TRUE Patriots,
risking it ALL to protect our democracy.
"An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will."-- Thomas Jefferson
How are we to have an "informed citizenry" if our Public Officials are able to cover up all their embarrassments, failures, venality, and incompetence by declaring them "State Secrets"?
We have a RIGHT to know what our government is doing In Our Name.
The Iraqis already knew that our helicopters had blown away civilians and first responders in that incident that Bradley Manning revealed.
REPEAT: The Iraqis ALREADY Knew!
The only ones this "state secret" was being kept from was the uninformed citizenry in the USA.
NOBODY was "put at risk" through Manning's disclosure.