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Old 2013-08-22, 04:02   Link #30121
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Isn't he lucky he wasn't executed for espionage though? Since that is what would have happened back in the day.
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Old 2013-08-22, 04:05   Link #30122
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Well, harsh penalties for espionage is generally when the information leak is in the interest of an enemy state.
This is a leak to the general public, so it's not quite the same gravity or animosity.
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Old 2013-08-22, 04:09   Link #30123
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Justice has been served. The sentence was on the light side, though.
The law has been served.

Justice? We will find that out only after a few decades. Very telling that Obama had to remove the part of his old campaign website that speak of protecting whistle blowers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3658815.html

This was REMOVED from the website. Presumably because Obama no longer believes in it.
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Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance. Barack Obama will strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste, fraud, and abuse of authority in government. Obama will ensure that federal agencies expedite the process for reviewing whistleblower claims and whistleblowers have full access to courts and due process.
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Old 2013-08-22, 04:14   Link #30124
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Treason =/= Whistleblower

Anyone who cannot tell the difference needs to check their definition.
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Old 2013-08-22, 04:18   Link #30125
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Treason =/= Whistleblower

Anyone who cannot tell the difference needs to check their definition.
Depends on the definition of Treason. Is it treason to serve the population above the government?

The only way it is treason to tell the population the truth, is if the sum total national population is also the enemy of the State.
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Old 2013-08-22, 04:21   Link #30126
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I guess there is no reason to talk with those who truly cannot differentiate "serving the population" and treason.
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Old 2013-08-22, 04:38   Link #30127
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I guess there is no reason to talk with those who truly cannot differentiate "serving the population" and treason.
Treason is about betraying your nation. In a nation ruled by its people, the PEOPLE are the nation. If it is treason to serve the people, then the only way to not be a traitor is to be a despot.

And "no reason to talk to me"?
Whatever you say, my lord and master.
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Old 2013-08-22, 04:46   Link #30128
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And "no reason to talk to me"?
Whatever you say, my lord and master.
Fine fine, no reason to continue discussing this particular issue.
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Old 2013-08-22, 04:53   Link #30129
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From what I've heard so far, the whole Snowden affair is about how this one guy basically threw away his entire life to break a story, and his intended audience couldn't give a damn. My usual circle of friends is mostly lefty Americans in their 20s, and they've never for once brought up the issue. Granted, they're more learned then your average 20s. They read and talk with professors and stuff.
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Old 2013-08-22, 05:14   Link #30130
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China vets brokerages' computer systems after $3.8 billion buy error
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97L09O20130822

Mugabe sworn in for five more years as Zimbabwe's president
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97L0CW20130822
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Old 2013-08-22, 05:51   Link #30131
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After careful thought about the case, I admit that there is grey in both side. I can take a "it can't be help", but don't tell me that this was justified.

Firstly my apologise to any Chinese AS member. Your country is antagonised so much in the West that it's easy to make a target for bad example. But look at this scenario...

A Chinese general was found guilty of kidnapping and raping 3 Tibetan teenagers. But due to his high profile, the PLA military court decided to keep matter in their own hand, not release the news to the public but still discharge that general service, and cut off his pensions. One of the attended soldiers found the punishment unjustified, decided to leak the news into public. This sparks backslash from the Tibetan population, and there were reports that Chinese ethnic military and police personnel stationed in Tibet became target for revenges. Due to that, the soldier who leaked the information out was sentenced to 35 years in jail. The sentence said:
"The message will be sent in a loud and clear fashion to all those in uniform that they do not get to make decisions on what is legitimate and what is not, with regard to PLA policy"


.....of course we are talking about China (see above) and sensitive issue like rape so it's easy to brush them off as bad guy. But can you call this anymore wrong than the Manning's case?
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Old 2013-08-22, 05:57   Link #30132
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The US government won either way. Now we know the next time someone saw the government committing war crimes, they would have to realised they would get 35 years in prison for exposing it.

Glad we got that down on record.

edit: Scratch that, it's if you are a US citizen. If you are a non-American then you would just be killed.
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Old 2013-08-22, 06:09   Link #30133
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Justice and integrity won. In a world where people ignore the complexities of the battlefield and label anything as war crimes to suit their personal view points, only strict application of the law is justice.
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Old 2013-08-22, 06:16   Link #30134
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Justice and integrity won. In a world where people ignore the complexities of the battlefield and label anything as war crimes to suit their personal view points, only strict application of the law is justice.
Currently the "Battlefield" is the entire planet, according to the United States. To talk of complexities of the battlefield is just an excuse for the US government to do what they like to anyone, anywhere.

As others said before... we know you didn't break your own laws; we are just surprised that you didn't have to. Good to know that telling the truth is illegal, we will be far more careful from now on.
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Old 2013-08-22, 06:18   Link #30135
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"Truth" is just a useless word these days, since everyone thinks their truth is the only truth (including myself, obviously).

For that matter, mind listing those supposed war crimes Manning revealed?
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Old 2013-08-22, 06:25   Link #30136
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"Truth" is just a useless word these days, since everyone thinks their truth is the only truth (including myself, obviously).

For that matter, mind listing those supposed war crimes Manning revealed?
I see that you have gone so far as to give up the very idea of truth entirely. Your choice. But the rest of us would rather not live in lies.


This is just what I found from Google in 10 seconds.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3788126.html
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Old 2013-08-22, 06:31   Link #30137
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I see that you have gone so far as to give up the very idea of truth entirely. Your choice. But the rest of us would rather not live in lies.
When people tell lies to make themselves the truth, especially the the self-rightous people who endanger all with their myopic crusades, I rather be a pessimist. It's said that it's the very ones who think they uncover the lies of this world are the ones making up the lies.


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This is just what I found from Google in 10 seconds.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3788126.html
1. How is this a war crime?
2. How is this a war crime?
3. How is this a war crime?
4. How is this a war crime?
5. How is this a war crime?
6. How is this a war crime?


No really, where are the damn war crimes you alleged were committed and kept to secrecy?
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Old 2013-08-22, 06:50   Link #30138
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Treason =/= Whistleblower

Anyone who cannot tell the difference needs to check their definition.
Excuse me? Treason?

So it is treason to uncover American war crimes when the supposed "normal channels" refuse to act?

I'm a bit puzzled by your loose use of the word "justice". Let me point out that for the various documented war crimes, crimes against humanity, homicides during "enhanced interrogation" (torture), literally NOONE was ever held accountable (save some fall guys in Abu Ghraib). NOONE.

Which leads to the interesting result that those who commit crimes are left off the hook, but those who point out these crimes are punished with jail time.

This is "justice" in your book?
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Old 2013-08-22, 06:54   Link #30139
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See the post above. Exactly what war crimes were committed at any stage which did not go unpunished?
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Old 2013-08-22, 07:11   Link #30140
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Here is a fun one:
8 Real Spies And Actual Bad Guys Who Got Shorter Sentences Than Bradley Manning
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