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Bradley Manning: Patriotic Whistleblower or Traitor? [W:64]

Is Bradley Manning a Whistleblower or Traitor?


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Re: Bradley Manning: Patriotic Whistleblower or Traitor?

A hero who deserves a medal. Telling the truth and revealing crimes is not a crime, its telling the truth, and telling the truth is not a crime.
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For those who do not know, it was Daniel Ellsberg that released the Pentagon Papers that revealed much of the truth about our involvement in Vietnam.
 
Re: Bradley Manning: Patriotic Whistleblower or Traitor?

A hero who deserves a medal. Telling the truth and revealing crimes is not a crime, its telling the truth, and telling the truth is not a crime.

But that isn't what Manning did, is it?

If he released footage to the media of what he believed was a criminal action that was being covered up, that is revealing a crime; dumping hundreds of thousands of classified files into the internet without a clue as to what those files contained, how they might be used, and who might be harmed by them, that IS a crime.
 
Re: Bradley Manning: Patriotic Whistleblower or Traitor?

manning is a thief!
 
Re: Bradley Manning: Patriotic Whistleblower or Traitor?

It's obvious you don't live on the Left Coast.

No, I live in the Chicagoland area and frequent the Northside on a regular basis with friends. Plenty of queers. But I'm much more comfortable there compared to the Southside.
 
Re: Bradley Manning: Patriotic Whistleblower or Traitor?

No, I live in the Chicagoland area and frequent the Northside on a regular basis with friends. Plenty of queers. But I'm much more comfortable there compared to the Southside.

I use to have a lot of uncles, aunts and cousins who lived over on the North Side during the 50's - 80's. They all lived on Winchester.
 
Re: Bradley Manning: Patriotic Whistleblower or Traitor?

By giving information to Wikileaks, he gave it to Al Qaeda.

What was the information that benefited Al Qaeda? Nearly all of the information was outdated or already public knowledge. The government is just embarrassed over fiascos like the wedding massacre.

And why has he been in prison for 17 months without a day in court?
 
Re: Bradley Manning: Patriotic Whistleblower or Traitor?

No, we aren't. Our government and many other governments around the world are hostile toward them. I side with the government.

I side with justice. Unlike our governments, Wikileaks has never murdered, assaulted, or raped anyone.
 
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Re: Bradley Manning: Patriotic Whistleblower or Traitor?

manning is a thief!

No more so than the State you pledge allegiance to.
 
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