http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16239198
So he either gets a way lighter sentence or the army are assholes...
Bradley Manning's supervisor pleas the 5th... lol...
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1. Get mad about job
2. Leak confidential info
3. Get caught
4. Blame supervisors for "failing to recognize that I was angry and therefore might retaliate"
5. Sit back and pretend that it's not your fault you released confidential info - if someone else was doing their job you wouldn't have had the chance
Talk about not taking responsibility for your own actions. Even if they should have prevented you from doing it, that in no way makes you any less culpable for your actions.
Still, if his bosses aren't going to testify against him, the case is naturally weakened, and the defense can use that to their advantage.
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1. Get mad about job
2. Leak confidential info
3. Get caught
4. Blame supervisors for "failing to recognize that I was angry and therefore might retaliate"
5. Sit back and pretend that it's not your fault you released confidential info - if someone else was doing their job you wouldn't have had the chance
Talk about not taking responsibility for your own actions. Even if they should have prevented you from doing it, that in no way makes you any less culpable for your actions.
Still, if his bosses aren't going to testify against him, the case is naturally weakened, and the defense can use that to their advantage.
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It is a bitch, though.
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His best bet may have to stuck to being a 'hero' for the wiki leaks thing. I don't personally believe it but a lot of people have put him up on a pedestal.
Just think, if it were still the 1950's, he'd be executed.
Which traitors in the 1950's were executed after capture? Most often they were/are given a sentence of life without parole.
The Rosenbergs
YEs I was thinking of them as well.
Who else?
Far more traitors were imprisoned than were given death sentences, and I Manning's offences are hardly comparable to what the Rosenbergs did.
Consider the following:
http://listverse.com/2010/07/04/top-10-traitors-in-us-history/
They were all much, much worse than Manning.
Do you really think that in the 50's - or at any time - Manning's alleged crimes would have given him the death sentence?
Yes, but our nation has softened over the years.
If only this were the 1700s he would have been executed... Better?
Bradley Manning has been found guilty of 20 charges in total, but was found not guilty of "aiding the enemy", the most severe charge brought against him.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23506213
He could be sentenced for over 100 years if he gets the maximum for each charge and has to serve them consecutively. Sentencing hearing starts tomorrow.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23506213
He could be sentenced for over 100 years if he gets the maximum for each charge and has to serve them consecutively. Sentencing hearing starts tomorrow.
Well them not finding guilty on "aiding the enemy" is a good thing since the case for that was. "Al Queda has computers therefore he supplied Al Queda with that information. No I don't have to prove that anybody actually got hurt"
Hopefully the judge will give him a break and have all the time served concurrently with time taken off cause of the abuse he has gone through.
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