Bradley Manning Sentenced To 35 Years

An anonymous reader writes with bad, but not unexpected news: "The U.S. soldier convicted of handing a trove of secret government documents to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. Pte First Class Bradley Manning, 25, was convicted in July of 20 charges against him, including espionage. Last week, he apologized for hurting the U.S. and for 'the unexpected results' of his actions. He will receive credit for three and a half years, but be dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army."

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Re:When a secret is a criminal act, it's evidence.

[clarkkent09]

Torture, bribery of foreign officials, child sex trafficking.
 
You and I may not like it but torture was in fact not illegal. As to bribery and providing boy prostitutes to afghan warlords, give me a break. You want CIA operatives in Afghanistan charged with fucking bribery? First of all that's the only way to get things done over there, and secondly, is bribery of foreign officials even a crime?