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Tech Forensics Take Center Stage in Manning Pre-Trial
smitty777 writes with some updates from Bradley Manning's Article 32 hearing: "Wired has been reporting all [yester]day on the prosecution's technological evidence against Bradley Manning. The first is on the technology and techniques used by Manning. In the second, the examiners admit they didn't find any matching cables on Manning's computer. And finally, evidence that Manning chatted directly with Assange himself."
The prosecution was able to access chat logs and other bits of evidence (which had been deleted, but not scrubbed from the disk) thanks to PFC Manning's use of the same password for his OS login and encryption passphrase. Oops.
You do realize, that unlike your football and basketball stars, you actually have a real hero, don't you? He is in your prison - a political prisoner, because he dared to challenge the government and its illegal activities.
You can't handle the truth.
1. He's not at trial yet; this is an Article 32 hearing.. basically a grand jury hearing/pre-trial. 2. At Trial, he would have a jury of his peers; far more so than you'd find in a civilian courtroom. He's and enlisted soldier, so if his defense team opted, they can have a jury full of enlisted soldiers. 3. Contrary to what you wish to believe; military court martials aren't show trials. I'd argue that they're ultimately far more fair and impartial than you'll ever find in a civilian courtroom where a DA and/or Judge may have a political agenda to fulfill.
A real hero would have taken the time to scrub names of people who are informants and such in hostile areas.
Whoever passed the information did so unto the entity that did the scrubing for him. It's unreasonable to expect that he parsed reams of documents to remove stuff.
A real hero would always be on the look out for the the little guy, not simply acting out of anger or spite.
Whoever leaked the docs, was looking out for the helpless and wanted to defend them from US military assholes acting out of infantile anger, spite and sadism.
A real hero does not act as Manning allegedly did.
FTFY, idiot.
we will never know how many lives were lost because of it. Granted we may not know of lives saved, but I imagine those lost are real.
FTFY. That's just your imagination/wishful thinking/bad will/brainwashing.
Upward mobility is a slippery slope - the higher you climb the more you show your ass.
3. Contrary to what you wish to believe; military court martials aren't show trials. I'd argue that they're ultimately far more fair and impartial than you'll ever find in a civilian courtroom where a DA and/or Judge may have a political agenda to fulfill.
Bradley Manning was held in solitary confinement for almost a year before he was even indicted. How is that consistent with your even handed, non-political picture of military justice?
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