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In reply to the discussion: Bradley Manning is a hero and a freedom fighter. [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)39. Then why did Manning release hundreds of thousands of classified documents?
http://www.nationalreview.com/the-feed/3598/wikileaks-defense-everyone-iraq-has-ak-47
I don't know all the details about contractor abuses but that's rarely mentioned by Manning or his supporters. My suspicion is that he did not know about it -it was 'collateral damage' in the documents he stole- but feel free to provide a link that shows otherwise.
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Julian Assange, a WikiLeaks editor, acknowledged to Fox News in an interview Tuesday evening that its likely some of the individuals seen in the video were carrying weapons. Assange said his suspicions about the weapons were so strong that a draft version of the video they produced made specific reference to the AK-47s and RPGs. Ultimately, Assange said, WikiLeaks became unsure about the weapons. He claimed the RPG could have been a camera tripod, so editors decided not to point it out. Based upon visual evidence I suspect there probably were AKs and an RPG, but Im not sure that means anything, Assange said. Nearly every Iraqi household has a rifle or an AK. Those guys could have just been protecting their area.
I don't know all the details about contractor abuses but that's rarely mentioned by Manning or his supporters. My suspicion is that he did not know about it -it was 'collateral damage' in the documents he stole- but feel free to provide a link that shows otherwise.
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Bottom line is that Snowden has openly and publicly admitted that he committed crimes.
Tx4obama
Jul 2013
#13
Yeah, "detachment" is probably a good word for it, from a military perspective...
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jul 2013
#30
Judging from your ardent, unwavering quasi-nazi like support of the Military Industrial Complex
Zorra
Jul 2013
#44
Yes. You choose to side with the authoritarians that are killing in our name. nm
rhett o rick
Jul 2013
#69
And what the fuck do any of those anecdotes have to do with what he revealed?
NuclearDem
Jul 2013
#22
Someone who dumps hundreds of thousands of classified documents to Wikileaks...
randome
Jul 2013
#23
And once again you side with the authoritarian NSA and against whistle-blowers.
rhett o rick
Jul 2013
#68
Convicted by a kangaroo court. The real felons are the ones who submitted Manning
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#29