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US ARMY PFC BRADLEY MANNING ACQUITTED OF AIDING THE ENEMY: AP

Posted on 07/30/2013 10:10:34 AM PDT by Perdogg

US ARMY PFC BRADLEY MANNING ACQUITTED OF AIDING THE ENEMY: AP


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To: xzins; Perdogg
Yes...I heard judge Napolitano discussing this yesterday on Fox, he said basically the same thing.

He said the prosecution has to prove that the defendant intended to hurt the United States.

I believe he did but I guess the judge thought otherwise.

41 posted on 07/30/2013 10:44:00 AM PDT by jazusamo ("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
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To: murrie; txrefugee
Love your tag line

Thanks. I stole it fair and square from txrefugee.

42 posted on 07/30/2013 10:45:29 AM PDT by null and void (You don't know what "cutting edge" means till you insult Mohammed.)
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To: jazusamo

Intent to injure was the issue. First, the had to prove injury and then they had to prove it aided the enemy, and then they had to prove intent to aid the enemy.

I wonder why they even brought the charge.


43 posted on 07/30/2013 11:09:54 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins
That's a good question.

I never heard anyone say they thought he'd be convicted on that charge because it was a high threshold. Plus from the git go there was all the claims he was just a whistle blower.

Hopefully this judge won't give minimum sentences on the charges and have them run concurrently.

44 posted on 07/30/2013 11:24:30 AM PDT by jazusamo ("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
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To: South40

You could wear a rainbow hoodie in his honor. ;)


45 posted on 07/30/2013 11:25:16 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Perdogg

I’m guessing that without a Formal Declaration of War against a named country, the legal definition of “enemy” became a bit dodgy.


46 posted on 07/30/2013 11:25:37 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: TurboZamboni

You could wear a rainbow hoodie in his honor. ;)

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Does that mean we have to beat up heterosexuals and say, “This is for Bradley!”?


47 posted on 07/30/2013 11:57:34 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

For crying out loud. Female judge great!

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That’s what I thought when I saw the sketch of her last night. (And I am a woman.)


48 posted on 07/30/2013 11:59:04 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: Travis McGee

+1


49 posted on 07/30/2013 11:59:39 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: JennysCool

The headline should be changed.

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Oh, fiddle faddle! This is CBS, so it’s unfair of you to expect them to present the truth. I am sure they want the whole country to think that he is getting off scot free.


50 posted on 07/30/2013 12:02:22 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: Bigg Red

do it for bawney and bwadley!


51 posted on 07/30/2013 12:10:12 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Most of the reports keep burying the lede.

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Gee, do you suppose there’s an agenda? Nah! Couldn’t be.


52 posted on 07/30/2013 12:27:55 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: nutmeg

“symbolic victory for Manning”.

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And for all of the America haters, such as CBS.


53 posted on 07/30/2013 12:29:16 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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