Sunday, December 2, 2012

Glenn Greenwald: Bradley Manning: A Tale Of Liberty Lost In America

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/30/bradley-manning-liberty-lost-america

The US does nothing to punish those guilty of war crimes or Wall Street fraud, yet demonises the whistleblower

The repressive treatment of Bradley Manning is one of the disgraces of Obama's first term, and highlights many of the dynamics shaping his presidency. The president not only defended Manning's treatment but also, as commander-in-chief of the court martial judges, improperly decreed Manning's guilt when he asserted in an interview that he "broke the law"

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