Reply #148: I was somewhat encouraged by Glenn's remarks on the strength [View All]

[EFerrari]

of the case against Manning. He pointed out that the chat the Feds have was with a convicted hacker who has a psychiatric history. Also, that Manning clearly states he has no interest in gaining from the leak but only wanted to the information to be given to the public.

Something I don't think Glenn says, people have been making a big deal about leaking military information in war time. Well, that's when war crimes are committed, in war time. And it was in response to witnessing a war crime and being rebuffed by his chain of command that Manning resorted to leaking.

So, it's not as terribly bleak as the media leads us to believe, imo.