Judge Lind has accepted Manning’s guilty plea to 10 charges that could for Twenty years. Military prosecutors are going ahead with a court-marshal on the 12 remaining charges that will carry a sentence of life without parole.
Posted on 03/02/2013 8:01:00 AM PST by darkwing104
The raid on bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, netted more than the death of bin laden. SEAL teams members in the compound collected hard drives and other electronic media regarding al-Qaida activities and connections. During the analysis of that media, Intelligence analysts found that bin laden had files which were downloaded from WikiLeaks, that is, the information stolen by Pfc Manning was in the hands of al-Qaida. Apparently, Bradley Manning “knowingly gave intelligence to the enemy through indirect means”. Army prosecutors are planning to use one of the SEALs to testify at Manning’s court-martial. The evidence will show that bin Laden asked for and received WikiLeaks files.
The Prosecution will also call additional witnesses to testify how the leaked information may have resulted in “injury and death to individuals” and may have been used to influence enemy capability and activity in several countries. The amount of damage Manning has done is unknown to date.
Defense
Manning’s lawyer, David Coombs, argues that Manning didn’t know the leaked secrets would be used by al-Qaida and that the use of WikiLeaks files by al-Qaida is irrelevant. Moreover, in a seemingly desperate effort to mitigate any punishment to his client, Coombs also claims the U.S. government was guilty of over-classifying secrets.
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Judge Lind has accepted Manning’s guilty plea to 10 charges that could for Twenty years. Military prosecutors are going ahead with a court-marshal on the 12 remaining charges that will carry a sentence of life without parole.
I wonder if we will ever find the commentary by His Excellency identifying Seal Team 6 in some future files we find in the hands of Al Queda?? Seems to me that would be treason too.
Bradley Manning deserves whatever he gets. What he did was dispicable. He is trying now to create noble causes for what he did, but he knows what he did was wrong. I hope he gets life without parole. That is what he deserves.
IN my estimation, this suggested punishment is not aligned with the treasonous crimes. Manning should be tried on the other 12 charges, found guilty and shot to death by a military firing squad. Treason is treason. I do not believe that the public should pay to house and feed this anti-Americanloser for the rest of his life.
There’s probably a military operation involving an embassy of a foreign power in London that should be planned, too.
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