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1. After ALL this time, they've f-i-n-a-l-l-y broken him :(

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:39 PM

Feb 2013

I don't think he could be considered any more than a whistle-blower at the most.

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Bradley Manning pleads guilty to leaking secret government documents [View all] IDemo Feb 2013 OP

After ALL this time, they've f-i-n-a-l-l-y broken him :( orbitalman Feb 2013 #1

Whistle blower has a specific meaning in US law hack89 Feb 2013 #10

... The judge, Col. Denise Lind, must decide whether to accept the guilty pleas, struggle4progress Feb 2013 #2

It's a Hail Mary, but it's all the defense has got left before facing a massive trial on msanthrope Feb 2013 #4

... The judge, Denise Lind, accepted his plea to 10 charges involving illegal possession struggle4progress Mar 2013 #33

Poor guy probably thinks it's the best deal he can get. Octafish Feb 2013 #3

But could the judge have legally allowed a whistleblower defense in light of the fact that Manning cstanleytech Feb 2013 #7

It's not a deal--the government didn't negotiate this. It's a proffer to the court by a defendant msanthrope Feb 2013 #9

How greatful the Nuremberg witnessess Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #5

Kelvin Mace Diclotican Feb 2013 #6

Solitary is torture Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #12

He has been out of solitary for nearly two years. hack89 Feb 2013 #15

Doesn't excuse the torture they put him through Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #16

Why would they want or need to abuse him once he is found guilty? hack89 Feb 2013 #17

Why do prison guards Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #19

I somehow missed the embassy cable exposing the mass-extermination camps and crematoria struggle4progress Feb 2013 #8

He provided video footage Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #11

If you want to oppose war, that would seem to me an entirely honorable position: one can take struggle4progress Feb 2013 #14

War Crimes appologists LiberalLovinLug Feb 2013 #20

The entire premise for the war in Iraq Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #21

Even very early in the game, there has been hardly anyone here at DU supporting the war, struggle4progress Feb 2013 #28

I am in almost complete agreement with all you have said here Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #31

Well, I'll drop it all now, since I think we largely agree on many issues, and it is not my object struggle4progress Feb 2013 #32

Any time a disagreement ends amicably on DU Kelvin Mace Mar 2013 #36

Hey, you are in this thread too. What's your rambling nonsensical apology for this one? Ash_F Mar 2013 #41

Don't stalk me. I replied to you in the other thread: struggle4progress Mar 2013 #42

I did not stalk you, I read all front page threads. Ash_F Mar 2013 #43

You're trolling: I never supported any rape or child prostitution, nor Limbaugh's nor Fox's BS struggle4progress Mar 2013 #44

Wandering the streets of Iraq with illegal RPGs... Whats_that Feb 2013 #13

The gunship folk also misidentified camera equipment as weaponry struggle4progress Feb 2013 #18

That is not a camera... Whats_that Feb 2013 #22

Yeah, that doesn't look like camera equipment, so I'll guess those aren't the Reuters guys struggle4progress Feb 2013 #23

Lie with dogs and you get fleas... Whats_that Feb 2013 #25

So the US owns the world? cpwm17 Feb 2013 #24

I'm sorry, I missed that in law school Peregrine Feb 2013 #27

I still think he is a true American Patriot. Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #26

. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #29

Expose governmental criminality and receive torture & a prison sentence? How lovely! rachel1 Feb 2013 #30

Give me the single best example of government criminality you think Manning exposed struggle4progress Mar 2013 #34

You know... Whats_that Mar 2013 #35

The crimes ronnie624 Mar 2013 #37

I ask for a definite specific example and you produce vague generalities struggle4progress Mar 2013 #38

I know. ronnie624 Mar 2013 #39

But it's your own hoop: you made a vague sweeping claim, and I asked for a specific example, struggle4progress Mar 2013 #40