Posted on 07/30/2013 10:23:45 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
The U.S. Army soldier charged with providing troves of government documents to the whistleblowing website Wikileaks was found not guilty Tuesday of aiding the enemy, the top charge in his 22-count indictment, which could have carried a life sentence.
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Manning was convicted of 5 espionage counts
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He’ll get the max [128 years] - the military has to [correctly] make an example of him.
No president [even Obama] will pardon him - but sentence might be commuted after he serves 20 years.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Not seeong what the big deal is. He released a bunch of files that embarrassed a bunch of bureaucrats and politicians like hillary clinton. Yawn.
Who is “everyone”? This was mentioned early in the thread.
Too bad he is Army. If he was Navy he would get Marine Guards.
Motion seconded...
The only real news will be his sentencing.
Judge Hottie on Fox News predicted last nite he’d get 25 years against (adjective deleated) O’Reilly’s 30 yr guess
In that case, I hope BOR is correct.
Because you think prison rape is enjoyable? Probably the same way that heterosexual rape is so pleasant for heterosexual women? I don't understand your point. Also, my understanding is that Manning has been kept in solitary confinement.
Well, you had the 'Sacred Band of Thebes' that was allegedly comprised of ... soldiers of the stylish sort...
Sounds pretty creepy. Maybe their enemies made up the story -- but it is recorded as history.
I was talking about the Yahoo reporting, not the freepers.
“information that makes us a superpower”
You vastly overestimate the information in my browser history
Thanks Bubba_Leroy.
Bradley Manning guilty of espionage in Wikileaks case
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23506213
Congressman Ron Paul calls Wikileaks & Bradley Manning Heros
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2823960/posts
Ron Paul in January: Say, that Bradley Manning is a patriotic, heroic kind of guy, isn’t he?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2823589/posts
Ron Paul: Bradley Manning Promotes Peace More Than Obama
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3007318/posts
Ron Paul: Traitor Bradley Manning Is A “Hero” and a “Patriot”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2823009/posts
Ron Paul joins sides with the traitor Rosenbergs’ son, calls WikiLeaks traitor Manning a “patriot”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2823792/posts
The entire society of ancient Sparta revolved around gender separation and pederasty.
Manning found not guilty of aiding Conservatives.
I’m sure we’ll win plenty of fights with them all whining about how the hot weather is messing up their man-mascara.
The Boeotians, of which Thebes numbered, had a widespread reputation for buggery (so did the cities of Chalcis and Sardis) for which the Athenians held them in disdain. And the Athenians got most the press. How much of it was real is anyone's guess. Different times, different mores.
If anyone is curious about my sourcing, it's Michael Grant's Rise of the Greeks - Phoenix Press, 2001, but I think it was originally published in 1987. I'm doing some crash reading for a Greek Civilization course I'm taking starting next month.
This is my thinking too: that Manning will get 20 years in maximum security, which means according to the federal sentencing guidelines I just checked, that he can earn up to 52 days a year for keeping his nose clean, although in his case it would be keeping his rear end clean and healthy.
I haven’t done the math, but if Manning gets 20 years, he could be released in approximately 16 years.
On the other hand, the courts martial could throw the book at him and give him a life sentence...This would mean that Jonathan Pollard, the Israeli spy on a life sentence, gets a new wife at FCI Butner.
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