Bradley Manning: 1000 Days and No Trial?

[georgephillip]

This thread does bring some good news with it.

The chances that Manning will ever see the light of day again as a free man have dropped significantly.

VERY good news.

MORE good news?

"The cowardice of The New York Times, El Pais, Der Spiegel and Le Monde, all of which used masses of the material Manning passed on to WikiLeaks and then callously turned their backs on him, is one of journalism’s greatest shames.

"These publications made little effort to cover Manning’s pretrial hearings, a failure that shows how bankrupt and anemic the commercial press has become."

How do those who are subsidizing the "security and surveillance" state know when crimes are committed in their names without patriots like Manning?

Chris Hedges: We Are Bradley Manning - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig

 

[georgephillip]

His plee was a split plee - guilty to twelve counts and not guilty to the rest.

"I (Chris Hedges) was in a military courtroom at Fort Meade in Maryland on Thursday as Pfc. Bradley Manning admitted giving classified government documents to WikiLeaks. The hundreds of thousands of leaked documents exposed U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as government misconduct.

"A statement that Manning made to the court was a powerful and moving treatise on the importance of placing conscience above personal safety, the necessity of sacrificing careers and liberty for the public good, and the moral imperative of carrying out acts of defiance.

"Manning will surely pay with many years—perhaps his entire life—in prison.

"But we too will pay.

"The war against Bradley Manning is a war against us all."

Chris Hedges: We Are Bradley Manning - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig

 

[georgephillip]

Am I wrong or hasn't he plead guilty the other day?

"The government has decided to press ahead with all 22 charges, including aiding the enemy (Article 104), stealing U.S. government property (18 USC 641), espionage (18 USC 793(e)) and computer crimes (18 USC 1030(a)(1))—the last notwithstanding the fact that Manning did not hack into government computers.

"The state will also prosecute him on charges of violating lawful general regulations (Article 92). The government has refused to settle for Manning’s admission of guilt on nine lesser offenses."

Chris Hedges: We Are Bradley Manning - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig

 

[IlarMeilyr]

Am I wrong or hasn't he plead guilty the other day?

"The government has decided to press ahead with all 22 charges, including aiding the enemy (Article 104), stealing U.S. government property (18 USC 641), espionage (18 USC 793(e)) and computer crimes (18 USC 1030(a)(1))—the last notwithstanding the fact that Manning did not hack into government computers.

"The state will also prosecute him on charges of violating lawful general regulations (Article 92). The government has refused to settle for Manning’s admission of guilt on nine lesser offenses."

Chris Hedges: We Are Bradley Manning - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig

Good!

Very good news. It's not every day we have cause to agree with the decisions of our Government.

Good JOB, boys!

 

[georgephillip]

Am I wrong or hasn't he plead guilty the other day?

"The government has decided to press ahead with all 22 charges, including aiding the enemy (Article 104), stealing U.S. government property (18 USC 641), espionage (18 USC 793(e)) and computer crimes (18 USC 1030(a)(1))—the last notwithstanding the fact that Manning did not hack into government computers.

"The state will also prosecute him on charges of violating lawful general regulations (Article 92). The government has refused to settle for Manning’s admission of guilt on nine lesser offenses."

Chris Hedges: We Are Bradley Manning - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig

Good!

Very good news. It's not every day we have cause to agree with the decisions of our Government.

Good JOB, boys!

The Espionage Act of 1917 is another law the government is expected to prosecute Manning under.
Originally the law prohibited Americans with publicly dissenting from their government's decision to enter WWI; Americans were imprisoned for speaking against the war effort in the privacy of their own homes.

"A year after the Act's passage, Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Party presidential candidate in 1904, 1908, and 1912 was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison for making a speech that 'obstructed recruiting'. He ran for president again in 1920 from prison. President Warren G. Harding commuted his sentence in December 1921 when he had served nearly five years."

Would you have applauded Debs's conviction?
BTW, he got about ten percent of the popular vote in 1920.

Espionage Act of 1917 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Desperado]

Again how is this any different from Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers?

 

[georgephillip]

Ellsberg benefited from some criminal actions of the Nixon Administration:

"In August 1971, Krogh and Young met with G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt in a basement office in the Old Executive Office Building. Hunt and Liddy recommended a 'covert operation' to get a 'mother lode' of information about Ellsberg's mental state in order to discredit him.

"Krogh and Young sent a memo to Ehrlichman seeking his approval for a 'covert operation [to] be undertaken to examine all of the medical files still held by Ellsberg's psychiatrist.'

"Ehrlichman approved under the condition that it be 'done under your assurance that it is not traceable.'[21]

"On September 3, 1971, the burglary of Lewis Fielding's office – titled 'Hunt/Liddy Special Project No. 1' in Ehrlichman's notes—was carried out by Hunt, Liddy and CIA officers Eugenio Martinez, Felipe de Diego and Bernard Barker.

"The 'Plumbers' failed to find Ellsberg's file.

"Hunt and Liddy subsequently planned to break into Fielding's home, but Ehrlichman did not approve the second burglary. The break-in was not known to Ellsberg or to the public until it came to light during Ellsberg and Russo's trial in April 1973."

I've heard Ellsberg say on Pacifica that if it hadn't been for the burglary of his psychiatrist's office, he might well be behind bars today. There seems very little chance that Manning will benefit from similar mistakes today unless Bradley has a few surprises stashed that will be made public after his trial finally begins(maybe something related to 911?)

Daniel Ellsberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia