Firing PJ Crowley was the moral equivalent of Bush firing Richard Clarke

[Very_Boring_Name]

Congratulation on another slam dunk Mr.President!

[ProSense]

1. Here's

the story.

[Canuckistanian]

3. Sorry, the State Dept. looks like a bunch of petty, vindictive bastards

This COULD have been handled differently, given the nature of the controversial treatment of Manning.

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[GeorgiaPeach]

2. k&r

[NoTimeToulouse]

4. One could argue that Crowley serves at the pleasure of the president.

However one could also argue that Manning should be given a fair trial with evidence presented of his guilt.

I believe that the latter outweighs the former.

[Mimosa]

6. Can't have 'jabs at the Pentagon' can we?

ProSense to quote your blue link, we surely must trust the Pentagon IS America. Anybody who speaks out against the Pentagon's actions on any issue, including this filthy war, is an enemy of the State. When Bradley Manning was just 21 years old our all knowing government placed all their 'sensitive information' in the hands of an unvetted, untested KID. A kid with a conscience.

The KID -not yet 22 years old- may have 'shared' 'important information' our government never wanted us to see with a ROGUE world citizen type 'journalist'. We can't have the people finding out that the Allied Forces (mainly the US military) have killed innocent people as if they were mere targets in computer video games, can we?

So, ProSense, we can't have 'jabs at the Pentagon' can we? And the purpose of tormenting if not torturing PFC Manning is to show every other 'bright kid' to stifle those stuppid naggings from the human 'conscience'. A conscience is not authorised.

[ProSense]

7. Are you

referring this: Official Exits State Dept. After Jabs at Pentagon

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Mr. Crowley had been in a tenuous position for some time, several officials said, and was discussing another assignment with Mrs. Clinton and her chief of staff, Cheryl D. Mills, even before his Manning remarks. He did not travel on Mrs. Clinton’s plane, which is highly unusual for a spokesman and added to the perception that he did not have access to her inner circle.

Public statements from Mr. Crowley, a seasoned public affairs officer, raised hackles in the Pentagon and the White House several times. On Friday, in the wake of the earthquake in Japan, he sent out a message on ’Twitter that said: “We’ve been watching a hopeful tsunami sweep across the Middle East. Now we’re seeing a tsunami of a different kind sweep across Japan.”

Other officials said the message was insensitive, and Mr. Crowley pulled it from Twitter.

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For the last few months, Mr. Crowley had devoted much of his time to dealing with the fallout from the release of State Department cables by WikiLeaks. Officials credited him with handling that difficult task well, and he has developed strong opinions about the role of the government and the news media through this episode, some of which he voiced in his M.I.T. talk.

Last month, Michael Hammer, a former spokesman for the National Security Council, became Mr. Crowley’s deputy — a move that was widely perceived as setting the stage for Mr. Crowley’s departure. Mrs. Clinton said that Mr. Hammer, a career diplomat, would serve as the chief spokesman on an acting basis, and officials said he was likely to become Mr. Crowley’s permanent replacement.