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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years for WikiLeaks Disclosures [View all]jmowreader
(50,447 posts)71. How could he justify the diplomatic cable mass dump?
The Apache video, I can see releasing that. And maybe the Afghanistan and Iraqi war logs.
The diplomatic cables? That's the kind of thing that gets sources killed; dictators really don't like knowing that their minions are working undercover for the US Government, and your standard dictator has no problem with disappearing people in the middle of the night along with their whole families.
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BREAKING: Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years for WikiLeaks Disclosures [View all]
Hissyspit
Aug 2013
OP
NBC Pentagon correspondent said Manning could be out in 10 years with good behavior and time served
flpoljunkie
Aug 2013
#3
35 yrs? Wow .. I wonder if he could possibly get out earlier ..or maybe he can appeal?
YOHABLO
Aug 2013
#5
yes trials and such are just a mere "procedual issue" ..but call me old fashioned
Swagman
Aug 2013
#77
Assange's view on informants, which I guess Manning kind of fits: "They deserve to die."
randome
Aug 2013
#33
"The pioneer of a new age of transparency" was willing to hand death lists to psychopaths
Kolesar
Aug 2013
#80
"Bradley Manning Trial Witness Says Zero Deaths Linked To Names In Afghan War Diary Release"
Hissyspit
Aug 2013
#81