Is Bradley Manning a traitor or a hero?

[Guns Guns Guns]

Manning, 24, was formally charged with 22 counts including aiding the enemy, wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the Internet and theft of public property.


Military prosecutors say Manning downloaded more than 700,000 classified or confidential documents and transferred thousands to WikiLeaks, which promotes leaking government and corporate information.


Manning's plea deferral allows his defense team time to strategize and see the outcome of several motions to be heard before the trial begins, which could be as late as August.


"It basically leaves their options open," said a legal expert with the Military District of Washington, the Army command unit for the capital region, who was present at the arraignment. The expert could not be named under rules imposed on media covering the proceedings.


Military prosecutors say Manning, trained on various intelligence systems, was a trusted analyst who knowingly and methodically downloaded thousands of files from the military's Secret Internet Protocol Router Network, or SIPRNet, while serving in Iraq.



http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/23/us-usa-manning-idUSTRE81M20M20120223

 

[SmarterthanYou]

http://rt.com/usa/manning-sentence-wikileaks-assange-626/

Bradley Manning, the US Army intelligence officer accused of passing sensitive military documents to whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty to ten separate charges on Thursday.

Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, told a military court that he was responsible for uploading a trove of material to the website and pleaded guilty to 10 counts. He has been charged with 22 in all, though, and the court could reject his plea.

After his plea was read to the court, Pfc Manning for the first time formally admitted guilt in the court, more than 1,000 days after being arrested. Reading a 35-page statement from his seat before Col. Denise Lind, Manning explained why exactly he risked his life to publish state-secrets.

Pfc. Manning pleaded not guilty to aiding the enemy and a number of other lesser charges, but told the court he’d like to take the blame for a series of other counts — charges that were not presented by the government but introduced by the soldier himself. In lieu of a laundry list of charges that could put Manning away in prison for life, he hopes the court will convict him of only ten lesser offenses that come with only a maximum sentence of 20 years.

Manning pleaded guilty to unauthorized possession and willful communication of sensitive material, including the hundreds of thousands of State Department cables and other materials provided to WikiLeaks. By pleading guilty, he waves the right to appeal a decision made earlier in the week in which the court ruled that Manning’s right to a speedy trial was not violated.

it's amazing how much shit people will allow to happen to a human being simply because they think them a traitor. y'all should be ashamed.

 

[Lowaicue]

http://rt.com/usa/manning-sentence-wikileaks-assange-626/



it's amazing how much shit people will allow to happen to a human being simply because they think them a traitor. y'all should be ashamed.

How does he compare with John Anthony Walker?
How about Audie Murphy?

I would doubt that he comes close to either. He's just a boy with a conscience and the fact that America doesn't seem to realise that shows how little conscience America has.
But its not about Bradley Manning is it? It's about Julian Assange. Let the world forget about Manning, let them forget about Wikileaks then bust down the door of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, pretending you have mistaken it for its rather more famous neighbour, and say: 'Ah've curm fer m' boy.' and kill someone.
Thats what really sticks in your craw, isn't it. Some damned furriner making America look stoopid. LOL.
Well, here's some noos fer yer. Y'all ain't gett'n him.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the Internet

I want this on my tombstone........

 

[Lowaicue]

I want this on my tombstone........

Carving it now.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

Carving it now.

good.....I prefer unfinished granite left in it's natural shape.....

 

[Lowaicue]

good.....I prefer unfinished granite left in it's natural shape.....

Dont worry, you'll never see it.

 

[NOVA]

Aiding and abetting the enemy is the mark of a traitor to his country.....He plead guilty to 10 counts and will be tried on 12 others.

 

[Lowaicue]

Aiding and abetting the enemy is the mark of a traitor to his country.....He plead guilty to 10 counts and will be tried on 12 others.

He has done far less damage to the US than the gun, god, gop crowd.