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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:36 PM Original message |
The White House seems to have a short memory re: Bradley Manning |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. The government believes he broke the law. That's why he was charged. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. If only he had refrained. But when the CIC says "he broke the law", what officer... |
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mwrguy (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's a done deal. Guilty. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Oh, it won't take long to establish that Manning is guilty, but I think that's because the nature of |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Not at all that simple. Helping to cover up a crime is a crime, so if Manning... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Well, then, you seem to be making the case that he did, in fact, break the law, |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. That's for a court to decide. Not the President. n/t |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Why should he refrain from repeating what the government put in a public document? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. But he didn't refrain. So you're OK with him declaring someone guilty? Without a trial? .... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. He didn't declare him guilty. He said he broke the law, which is what the government believes. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes, he declared him guilty. "He broke the law" is declaring him guilty. n/t |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Actually, no. There's a thing called culpability. Manning may have broken the law, |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. By the way, Manning is a hero. He put himself at great personal risk to exposed war crimes. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. So, you are saying he did break the law, but he had a good reason for doing so? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. No, the President said "he broke the law". That was wrong.... |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Any that was not convienced by the evidence. nt |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. he commented on it long ago - tough to put that genie back in a bottle. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. If they had theevidence he would have gone to trial, it has been a year and a half. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. They don't want any more light shining on the crimes Manning exposed. n/t |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
20. They seem to have a short memory about a lot of things. |
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