Manning was a small timer compared to hitlery and 0bama, but of course hitlery and 0bama are too big to jail when it comes to treason and national security.
I am so tired of the federal government and intel agencies invoking national security as a means of hiding their crimes. Does anyone really think that the CIA, NSA, DHS, FBI, on balance, actually function to protect individual Americans? BTW, where was the FBI when James O’Keefe discovered two major terror threats to the inauguration? I’m sure FBI will provide a cover story later that they were hot on the cases.
I’m not going to defend Manning, but I will defend Snowden and Assange. If a federal employee or citizen whistleblower does manage to expose serious abuses of power and violations of constitutional rights of American citizens, their actions should be applauded even if some rules were broken. The federal government really should have no expectation of privacy unless there is a compelling national security interest and national security interest need to be very carefully and narrowly defined.
Whistleblowers should be protected and have performed an invaluable service to America.
IMO, This is the key takeaway from the article:
... “Obama has wielded executive power in favor of America’s enemies and against his own political opponents and scapegoats is breathtaking. The treasonous....”
Then he lists the abuse of power by the DOJ, IRS and other agencies to prosecute and harass Obama’s political enemies.
Never again, America.