Bradley Manning's Court Date Finally Set

bs0d3 writes "Bradley Manning has finally been scheduled for a day in court. On December 16, he will have an Article 32 hearing (military pre-trial). Private Manning has been in jail for one and half years. The Article 32 hearing will begin at Fort Meade, Maryland. The primary purpose of the hearing is to evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of the government's case, as well as to provide the defense with an opportunity to obtain pretrial discovery. Further trial dates and locations are still unknown."

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He's 23!

[bigsexyjoe]

So that video of a bunch of soldiers killing people for no reason was put in the hands of some random 23 year old. He released it, and now they want to charge the 23 year old with "aiding the enemy" which is a capital crime, along with 22 other charges. And they put him in solitary confinement while awaiting trial.

Well at least they are giving him a trial instead of just executing him.

Re:That's another fun thing

[Fujisawa Sensei]

This isn't heavy handed, these are the known consequences of the actions someone took. And as I keep saying Manning and everybody else knows what will happen if they violate their clearance.

When you get a security clearance you know that you will be fucked really hard should you violate that trust. Learning that is part of getting the clearance.

Its like getting a put through a known process process for robbing a bank, (Different than a security violation, but still a known process); especially if you go around bragging about it. No amount of whining about how the CEOs are crooks and deserved it will get you out of the trouble that you've made for yourself.