Manning plea statement

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Manning plea statement

by Sybyl @ 2013-03-01 – 10:27:01

It's impossible to understand how a young man is capable of betraying his own country, because he feels rejected by his own peers and just because he feels lousy because of his social life, as said in the video at 'The Guardian' link below. Has he really an ethical thought of helping out American citizens with excuses such as the text says below, or did he do it to spite everyone? Mind you, ever since Bradley Manning and Julian Assange meddled into secret files, thousands of people were killed in the Middle East and North Africa just to get a harsher dictator into ruling their lives with Sharia laws!

Manning plea statement: Americans had a right to know 'true cost of war'

After admitting guilt in 10 of 22 charges, soldier reveals how he came to share classified documents with WikiLeaks and talks of 'bloodlust' of US helicopter crew

Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of the biggest unauthorised disclosure of state secrets in US history, has pleaded guilty to being the source of the leak, telling a military court that he passed the information to a whistleblowing website because he believed the American people had a right to know the "true costs of war".

At a pre-trial hearing on a Maryland military base, Manning, 25, who faces spending the rest of his life in military custody, read out a 35-page statement in which he gave an impassioned account of his motives for transmitting classified documents and videos he had obtained while working as an intelligence analyst outside Baghdad.

Ed Pilkington at Fort Meade, Maryland
The Guardian, Thursday 28 February 2013 22.21 GMT

guardian.co.uk/2013/feb/28/bradley-manning-trial-plea-statement

Manning reveals motives for leaking military secrets to to Wikileaks

The US soldier accused of leaking large numbers of secret documents to Wikileaks has pleaded guilty to 10 of the 22 charges against him. But Private Bradley Manning, has denied the most serious charge against him, aiding the enemy, and may still be prosecuted and be sentenced to life in prison. Private Manning also revealed his motives for leaking the documents saying he wanted to generate public discussion.

abc.net.au/2013-03-01/manning-reveals-motives-for-leaking-military/

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- YUbin
- 2013-03-01 @ 13:35:43
Although so much is out about the trail it's still very hard to give an opinion at this point...

BUT here's what I've heard yesterday

For more now on Manning's statement, his pleas and what comes next, we are joined by Charlie Savage of The New York Times, who was in the courtroom today, and Arun Rath, who has been covering the Manning case for PBS' FRONTLINE.

www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/jan-june13/manning_02-28.html
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- Golfeser
- 2013-03-02 @ 20:41:43
Whatever his conviction are, and whatever his reasons are, once you join the military you cannot share secret files, the Army and the Marines aren't facebook or youtube buddies...
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- Bambrette
- 2013-03-03 @ 21:45:13
It's difficult to say right now, but I think Manning is a traitor and he will never get out of jail!!

Bam
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- HELLena
- 2013-03-05 @ 17:08:35
Although it's good to know what the USA government does, this soldier [Bradley Manning] has breached International Military laws, and the outcome became an overwhelming bloodshed in the Arab world!

HELL
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- Cheryne
- 2013-03-05 @ 18:49:30
According to the documentary Brat Manning did this to show his school-buddies that he is a cool nerd, but never intended to help any curious minds about the UN and the US-government.

Chery
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- Aurrora
- 2013-03-06 @ 04:28:09
Please consider to watch this video:

GLENN GREENWALD:

There are several levels of significance, the first of which is the most obvious, which is that this is a case of extraordinary prosecutorial overkill.

The government has never been able to identify any substantial harm that has come from any of the leaks that Bradley Manning is accused of and now admits to being responsible for. Certainly nobody has died as a result of these leaks, even though the government originally said that WikiLeaks and the leaker has blood on their hands. Journalists investigated and found that there was no evidence for that. So, just the very idea that he should spend decades in prison, let alone be faced with life on parole, given what it is that he actually did and the consequences of it, is really remarkable.

MORE:
www.democracynow.org/2013/3/5/glenn_greenwald_on_bradley_manning_prosecutor
- - MEL_DJ
  - 2013-03-07 @ 01:54:11
  That's only half the long talk, I wonder what's up the activists to get Manning out of jail, but even if he'd be freed he might be constantly watched and even secretly shot, spying on US military secrets it's a done deal, and it can get one killed, the good part is that he's still alive!
  
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- Boitchy
- 2013-03-06 @ 23:03:15
Interesting seeing how Bradley Manning gets so much praise in the USA among the rebellious "anonymous fans" that never want to reveal themselves but want to know everything about everyone else, not seen around this blog though, any idea why?

Bo
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- Mispon
- 2013-03-07 @ 18:35:39
Numerous mixed feeling come across many minds about Bradley Manning, but if he really did this just to get back at his awkward and sad social life, then to most he may become more dangerous to numerous avenues in life!

Mispon
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- Quasuo
- 2013-03-09 @ 04:26:12
In general in the past spies were shot as they appeared announced to the Military without an elaborate trial, this guy is lucky to get a trial!!

Quasuo
- - HELLena
  - 2013-03-09 @ 20:46:25
  Absolutely Quasuo true, but now let's think more like at the current century whereas lawyers and psychologists are keen enough to twist things around!
  
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- Dapheulia
- 2013-03-10 @ 20:02:57
QUESTION:

If possible Bradley Manning had the chance to hide in a country as Julian Assange did, what country would he chose?

Mind you that Julian Assange hideouts are in a country's embassy that rules under dictatorship whereas no outside information is allowed, what would he think about that?
- - MEL_DJ
  - 2013-03-18 @ 23:59:42
  Good thinking, absolutely profound!!
  
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