Comments on: Bradley Manning's statement

By: FrakSnark

FrakSnark — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:23:00 +0000

We have to speak up.

How many votes do we have on a Manning petition? If Obama will respond to unlocked cell phones…

By: Mordicai

Mordicai — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:51:00 +0000

Well, it probably won’t even take very long even if he’s not. This whole thing has been conducted pretty disgracefully, from a justice standpoint– & again, I’m not a kneejerk defender of Manning, just you know, someone concerned with liberty & due process.

By: Lobster

Lobster — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:16:00 +0000

Yeah, he definitely should be tried. If he’s as guilty as the government makes him out to be then it shouldn’t even take very long.

By: onefancydana

onefancydana — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:47:00 +0000

There are reasons, a huge one of which you just mentioned, as to why she hasn’t made a public statement. Still though, her feelings are clear.

By: Woody Smith

Woody Smith — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:40:00 +0000

I hope everyone has heard Graham Nash’s and James Raymond’s splendid song about Bradley, “Almost Gone.” It’s as powerful as anything else CS&N has ever done, and great music. It’s on their latest 2012 tour album and DVD. And it’s here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAYG7yJpBbQ

By: SedanChair

SedanChair — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:36:00 +0000

In a private conversation. I wouldn’t want people deciding what to call me based on what I said in private. If Pvt Manning makes any kind of public statement I’ll make the switch. (Granted it’s difficult to make public statements when you’re fighting prison)

By: onefancydana

onefancydana — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:25:00 +0000

“I wouldn’t mind going to prison for the rest of my life, or being executed so much, if it wasn’t for the possibility of having pictures of me… plastered all over the world press… as boy.”
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/manning-lamo-logs/
This is well documented.

By: Mordicai

Mordicai — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:56:00 +0000

I mean, it is one thing for you & me to say he’s “totes guilty” or whatever, but the government is supposed to have a trial in which you are presumed innocent before they decide you are guilty. It is kind of important.

By: Lobster

Lobster — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:43:00 +0000

I don’t mean to be “that guy,” but… He DID exfiltrate classified documents. If he didn’t, then what’s all the fuss about?

By: Lobster

Lobster — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:42:00 +0000

Endless respect that even after all this, he hasn’t cracked. Or she. That isn’t what’s important here.

By: SedanChair

SedanChair — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:32:00 +0000

Let’s wait until Pvt Manning says it himself before we go changing pronouns.

By: onefancydana

onefancydana — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:47:00 +0000

Breanna Breanna Breanna Breanna Breanna Breanna Breanna Breanna !

By: Mordicai

Mordicai — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:30:00 +0000

So, “hey we totally illegally jailed you, but since we already know we’re going to decide you are guilty, we’ll just take it off the back end!”

Great, great!

By: Jeff Peake

Jeff Peake — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:27:00 +0000

>>Any word on, you know, Manning’s illegal detainment & cruel & unusual treatment?

I believe the court agreed to knock off 100 days of any potential sentence, due to his prolonged pre-trial confinment.

I suspect no other remedies will be offered.

The fact that the US government, who has been torturing and killing detainees for years, finds no problems with Mannings treatment is bad enough as it is. But the fact that most US citizens seem to feel like its perfectly OK is what bothers me.

By: Cameron Postelwait

Cameron Postelwait — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:46:00 +0000

and he just brought espionage to a new purpose (informing the public rather than concealing the truth). we should start calling it sexfiltrating to make it sound almost as cool as it is.

By: chris bessell

chris bessell — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:30:00 +0000

History will show this man to be a true hero – Truth Wins!

By: Mordicai

Mordicai — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:25:00 +0000

That sounds…like the correct tactic to take?

Any word on, you know, Manning’s illegal detainment & cruel & unusual treatment? Which frankly scares me way more than any internal gossip being “leaked” to journalists?