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In reply to the discussion: Bradley Manning's Legal Duty to Expose War Crimes [View all]brooklynite
(94,502 posts)116. I agree that it's "wrong"
....but it's not illegal, unless it's under oath in a legal proceeding.
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Why should he be pardoned? He had the option of whistleblowing under the law, and he chose a
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#7
I think he had personal motivations related to his interpersonal conflicts. Nothing
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#24
"MSM" had nothing to do with the options he had to report the few items of wrongdoing.
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#121
Really? His buddy Libby covered for him in the Valerie Plame affair and took the fall by
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#81
An elected official is always under oath, or didn't you know that? When one of them
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#125
You're seriously defending Cheney now? The Constitution is the Statute, the law of the
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#139
Well, the 'perhaps' part is the problem....while I would love to see Cheney behind
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#66
Okay---take the report, and tell me what you would charge Cheney with. I don't disagree
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#72
We should have had that material made available to us right here in the US for the past 60
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#87
I don't believe anyone said that diplomats shouldn't be able to speak to each in confidence
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#138
Every criminal torturer in the CIA, DOJ's OLC and war criminals Bush & Cheney
Dragonfli
Jun 2013
#120
He should have utilized the Army IG or written to his Congressman. He did neither. His
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#4
That's true, I just presumed he would use his local representative to do that.
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#11
No--any Congressperson will do. That way, if Ted Cruz is your Senator, you can still
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#12
I agreed with you. I just presumed he would have written to his local representative,
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#35
One of the stupider articles published at Truthout--and that's really saying a lot.
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#5
The writer of the article is sloppy. I think that's worse than being wrong in the case of
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#41
700k records, and people pretend he read them. The more I find out about him,
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#29
I've already shown in another thread that it would have taken him approximately ten years
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#37
The farthest left, donation cup in hand, have a reason for pushing that meme--it makes
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#39
Which one of the over 700k documents he released detailed a war crime? The answer is
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#54
The result of looking forward. It's all fine now that the blue jerseys are the perpetrators. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#101
It blames Obama for a "war crime" in the last paragraph and that's all the law it needs:
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#73
The guys who murdered the civilians walk free while the guy who exposed them is on trial.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#80
Three separate wars crimes associated with one attack: wonder if there were others?
indepat
Jun 2013
#102
A war of aggression is a war crime under international law. All that follows in commission of a war
indepat
Jun 2013
#142
Bradley Manning's Legal Duty to follow the Military Whistleblower Protection Act
hack89
Jun 2013
#136