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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:23 PM Original message |
Manning hit with new charges; could face death penalty 'Aiding the enemy' is most serious of 22 new |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. sigh.... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is ridiculous and wrong. |
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pasto76 (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. um not really |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. and what happened to the person who leaked the identity of plame? |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
63. Not enough... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Gates has already said no one has been harmed. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Wrong. Gates said they weren't *aware* of anyone harmed. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. No, Robb, that's wrong. Punitive pre-trial detention is illegal. n/t |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I disagree. Whales should be protected by international law, no matter what Japan says. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Gates nor anyone else can produce a single name |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. the wont in public but that doesnt mean they dont exist. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. our government is taking LSD. nt |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
54. The people of America should be so lucky. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
77. I keep calling for outside party drug testing for POTUS and others. People think I am kidding. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. I know! I've done the same and people just smile at me. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. All this creative effort to destroy Manning, who harmed no one. None for HBGary, plotting to defame |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. This isn't Holder's case |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Uh huh. And Holder has made DOJ's position on Manning crystal clear. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Another proud moment in current American history |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. The military is prehistoric. "Enemy"? Get out of here. And we're paying for this shit. |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. I have never advocated anyone to join the military. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. My great uncles were the first CO's in WW2 |
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mwrguy (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. He should get a medal, not charges |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. These charges were brought because intelligence assets are NOW DEAD. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Who is dead? I need names. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. you have irrefutable proof of that? |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. Or ANY sources or citations at all? /nt |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:20 PM Original message |
still waiting on that list of DEAD people that manning killed.. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Nice try. Def. Sec. Gates said no real harm came from the leaks. nt |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
56. Well, all he needs to do - according to his commander's example - is apologise. |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
60. A Private does not have the authority to determine whether or not to release |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. He has but one defense. It was war crimes, and I was scared to be allied. So I acted. |
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firehorse (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wall Street crooks like Madoff don't face the death penalties |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. How exactly did he aid the enemy? From what I have read there have |
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DRex (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, I can't see them being able to prove anything.... |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. +1. Yet we are awash in it. ( i.e. unreason) n/t |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. We're in full Banana Republic mode now |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
74. Yep. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. without a congessional declaration of war there is NO "enemy" nt |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. UCMJ Manual for Courts-Martial |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. Manning is a hero and I stand with him.... |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
73. Me too. +1 |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. Daniel Ellsberg never spent a day in jail for leaking the Pentagon Papers |
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bluevoter4life (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. Manning hit with new charges; could face death penalty |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Ummm. No. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yet, Bush and Cheney can "aid the enemy" by outing a covert CIA agent |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Before defying an unlawful order ... |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. he should take comfort knowing it will a hopeful, change-filled kind of death |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It's all about Obama then? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. it's all about what's indistinguishable between the previous administration and this one. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Agreed |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Yes, it is. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. This is yet another nail in his political coffin |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
78. I'm sure you'll enjoy President Palin or President Jeb. |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Who's the enemy he aided? Germany? Japan? Vietnam? |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. That would be "The Truth" |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. home run |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. Us. Apparently we're the enemy in this scenario. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
65. Taliban, al Queda, anyone else actively trying to kill American soldiers. nt |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I doubt he'll face a death sentence. But I expect he'll be face a long prison term. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. Bush, Cheney, Rummie, Rove, BP, Kochs, Bankers, Big Pharma......... |
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inwiththenew (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. It appears that they are going to do everything in their power |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. They are doing a Padilla on him. It is part of their plan to drive him insane and then get... |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. Complete and utter bullshit on the part of those calling it treason! |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. Here's the new charge sheet |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
44. The government screws up the pressure |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. To me, it looks like they've vitiated their case with pre-trial punitive detention |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. This is what happens when you mess with the powers that be |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
53. Unrec for poor reporting - neither UCMJ Articles 92 nor 134 allow |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Article 104 does, the most serious charge he faces |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. They've got a problem with 104 |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I think the 104 charge will stick |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
79. Just out of curiosity? |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #61 |
80. It's not as intuitive as is seems on its face. For legal proceedings, |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Could you be more specific? Which element of 104 do you think requires |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
84. There is a requirement for specific intent in the model spec |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
55. I'm sure they're looking into those war crimes against humanity too |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
64. So that makes the U.S. public knowing what their government is doing in their name "the enemy"? |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
75. The America public is " the enemy" to them. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
66. What enemy??? |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
82. The truth. |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
67. This is wrong |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
68. In few more weeks, the Army will have linked him to the 9-11 plot... |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
69. And yet Wall Street and Bush get off without so much as a slap on the wrist. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #69 |
85. they either sell books they didn't write or cash bonuses they never |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
72. Horrific. If he gets the death penalty, and no one protests (they won't)..that is scary. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
86. I said way back when they would end up killing this kid. One way or another. |
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