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President Obama Comments on Bradley Manning's Guilt...in April 2011!
Transcript of Obama’s declaration of PFC Manning’s guilt
April 25, 2011, press release by the Bradley Manning Support Network.
Experts explain fair trial of accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower may not now be possible due to unlawful command influence
On Thursday, April 21, 2011 in San Francisco, a group of Bradley Manning supporters raised their concerns directly to the president in song at a fundraiser. Logan Price, from the Bradley Manning Support Network, was able to question President Obama directly afterwards. During the discussion he president declared that Bradley Manning “broke the law.”
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“In addition to pronouncing Manning guilty, the president misstated a critical fact in comparing Manning to Daniel Ellsberg,” said Jeff Paterson, a member of the Bradley Manning Support Network steering committee. “Unlike Ellsberg, Private Manning released low-level classified documents that hundreds of thousands of people had access to. Daniel Ellsberg, on the other hand released documents classified as Top Secret. Ellsberg violated the secrecy of the United States at a much higher level than Manning.”
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LP: But didn’t he have a responsibility to expose.. [war crimes]
Obama: He broke the law!
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http://www.bradleymanning.org/press/transcript-of-president-obamas-declaration-of-pfc-bradley-mannings-guilt
April 25, 2011, press release by the Bradley Manning Support Network.
Experts explain fair trial of accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower may not now be possible due to unlawful command influence
On Thursday, April 21, 2011 in San Francisco, a group of Bradley Manning supporters raised their concerns directly to the president in song at a fundraiser. Logan Price, from the Bradley Manning Support Network, was able to question President Obama directly afterwards. During the discussion he president declared that Bradley Manning “broke the law.”
...
“In addition to pronouncing Manning guilty, the president misstated a critical fact in comparing Manning to Daniel Ellsberg,” said Jeff Paterson, a member of the Bradley Manning Support Network steering committee. “Unlike Ellsberg, Private Manning released low-level classified documents that hundreds of thousands of people had access to. Daniel Ellsberg, on the other hand released documents classified as Top Secret. Ellsberg violated the secrecy of the United States at a much higher level than Manning.”
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LP: But didn’t he have a responsibility to expose.. [war crimes]
Obama: He broke the law!
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http://www.bradleymanning.org/press/transcript-of-president-obamas-declaration-of-pfc-bradley-mannings-guilt
Move along! There is nothing to see here: it's only k-dimensional chess and time-travel.