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Bradley Manning Pleads Guilty To 10 Charges

Posted by Soulskill on from the free-information-has-a-steep-price dept.

Entropy98 sends this quote from the LA Times: "Army Pfc. Bradley Edward Manning pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 charges that he illegally acquired and transferred highly classified U.S. government secrets, agreeing to serve [up to] 20 years in prison for causing a worldwide uproar when WikiLeaks published documents describing the inner workings of U.S. military and diplomatic efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the globe. The 25-year-old soldier, however, pleaded not guilty to 12 more serious charges, including espionage for aiding the enemy, meaning that his criminal case will go forward at a general court-martial in June. If convicted at trial, he risks a sentence of life in prison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan."

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  1. See? Torture does get results by _xeno_ · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    See? Torture does get results! So many people here keep saying torture never produces anything, this clearly proves you wrong! Torture does work to generate confessions!

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  2. Re:Aiding the enemy by Zemran · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It may not be what being a whistleblower is about but it is a side effect of what being a whistleblower is about. Is he responsible for the crimes of the Bush administration? NO but he will be the token lamb at the slaughter.

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  3. Foolish thing to do by Grayhand · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Most seem to consider him a hero but the guy had to know he would likely face life in prison and for what? What injustice did he undo? He embarrassed some powerful people and got his name in the paper. We aren't exactly talking about outing the military over a massacre. He passed on a bunch of files to Wikileaks without knowing the content so he had no idea what damage it would cause so it was irresponsible at best. I think government secrecy is obscene since most of the secrets are already known to foreign powers it's mostly about keeping the information from the American people. I think stealing secrets without a clear purpose is a stupid thing to do. If he was trying to correct a wrong I might agree with his supporters. I think it was more about ego than doing good. He just threw away his best years over this which was a foolish thing to do.