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[CENTER]By Jesselyn Radack and Kathleen McClellan, Special to CNN Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/21/opinion/radack-manning-sentence/
(CNN) -- Pfc. Bradley Manning is one of the biggest whistle-blowers in U.S. history, and his case is one of the Obama administration's unprecedented seven prosecutions against national security and intelligence whistleblowers. His disclosures to WikiLeaks revealed war crimes and torture -- topics that are surely in the public's interest to know.
The fact that the mainstream media around the world reprinted the bulk of his disclosures is evidence of the clear value in knowing what our government is doing.
Manning was sentenced to 35 years, but should have been sentenced to time served already: 3½ years, 112 days of which was improper pretrial detention, also known as torture. He suffered prolonged solitary confinement and was forced to be naked.
Manning's trial was sparsely covered by the mainsteam media. The alternative media outlets who did cover the story comprehensively were faced with unprecedented secrecy, so much so that for months of pretrial proceedings, none of the court pleadings was publicly available. America should be better than secret courts and the criminalization of whistleblowing.
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Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Conservative Newsiness Network?
Migod, the sky is falling.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)progressoid
(49,827 posts)In the 90's I worked for a rabid right winger. He called CNN, the Clinton News Network.
Apparently they were just sooooo liberal.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Hydra
(14,459 posts)I know we're in wonderland, but DAMN. Next thing you know Falwell will get up out of his grave and say he was wrong to preach hate.
LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)But yeah, I'd say all bets are off at this point.
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)=================
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)and it's funny you say that about him, because on something I referenced him on, I have him saying he was wrong to do like he did. HA!
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HardTimes99
(2,049 posts)conversion and recanted much of his hate-mongering. The Lord, it is said, often works in mysterious ways
Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)FOX news is for the far right, MSNBC is for the extreme left. CNN is for airports!
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Particularly the part about MSNBC.
The actual Far Left has no voice.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts)Mainstream-Center FDR Democrats no longer have a voice,
especially on Economic Policy.
They can hardly be called "Far Left".
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)The whole spectrum of political sentiment has been pretty distorted by now.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)Norrin Radd
(4,959 posts)Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)indepat
(20,899 posts)All the while the war criminals and banksters revel in their freedom.
madokie
(51,076 posts)He should be traded for some in not all the bush crew actually. They done a lot more damage to our country than Manning could ever have