Foxy News:
Manning gets 35 years in WikiLeaks case
The Army soldier who leaked more than 700,000 Iraq and Afghanistan battlefield reports and diplomatic cables while working as an intelligence analyst was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison.
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, 25, who gave reams of classified information to WikiLeaks, faced up to 90 years in prison. He was credited with 1,294 days already served and was and be dishonorably discharged. He could be eligible for parole before he reaches the age of 40.
Flanked by his lawyers, Manning, 25, stood at attention and appeared not to react when military judge Col. Denise Lind announced the punishment without explanation during a brief hearing.
Among the spectators, there was a gasp, and one woman put her hands up, covering her face.
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The former intelligence analyst was found guilty last month of 20 crimes, including six violations of the Espionage Act, as part of the Obama administration’s unprecedented crackdown on media leaks.
But the judge acquitted him of the most serious charge, aiding the enemy, an offense that could have meant life in prison without parole.
Prosecutors asked for at least a 60-year prison term. Capt. Joe Morrow said in his closing argument Monday that a long prison sentence would dissuade other soldiers from following in Manning’s footsteps.
The defense has suggested a prison term of no more than 25 years, so that Manning, 25, could rebuild his life. Defense attorney David Coombs asked for a sentence that “doesn’t rob him of his youth.”
Well the loony left has a new martyr. Bradley Manning is their hero. He’s also probably gonna be locked up for a long time. I’m not upset or elated. I believe justice was served.
First of all, there is no question of his guilt – he confessed to many of the charges. He cannot claim ignorance of the law nor ignorance of the nature of the information that he gave to Wikileaks. He knew what he was doing.
He received due process of law. He waived trial by jury and accepted a bench trial instead. He had the opportunity to challenge the prosecution’s witnesses and evidence, and to present witnesses and evidence on his own behalf. He had the opportunity to offer evidence in mitigation and/or extenuation.
I probably would have given him less time, but many others think he deserves an even harsher punishment. Some think he deserves execution. We can debate what the law should be, but the courts are supposed to apply the law as it is written.
The laws that Bradley Manning broke do not contain any exceptions for good intentions. His motives are irrelevant to his guilt, although they could (and probably did) mitigate the severity of his punishment.
His due process has not ended. He can still appeal, and he can hope for executive clemency or pardon. I doubt he’ll receive a pardon, although it would not surprise me if at some future date he receives clemency in the form of a reduced sentence.
I feel pity for Bradley Manning. He is young and dumb and he is paying a high price for what he did. He could have gotten a lighter sentence for murder. But like Robert Blake used to say, “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.”
Who said this about Anthony’s Weiner?:
Answer here.
Wow, she’s spot on about Hillary and I’m a Baby Boomer too 🙂
I also agree about Hillary. 2008 was her year and she won the votes. 2016….she is too old because the Boomer generation has had a long enough turn and we have inflated the debt and caused enough trouble. Younger blood needs to step up. And if Hillary’s age wasn’t enough then Benghazi ended any chance she should have to be President. The Democrats wasted a perfectly good candidate.
I do like the way Hillary is sucking all the air out of the room to screw the Democrat party since they went out of their way to screw her. I hope she keeps them guessing for 2 more years.
I hope she wins the nomination. Screw the new Dem party. I’m not such a fan, esp. after Benghazi, but I don’t want it to be easy for the Dem party either. And for the Repubs, if they’re going to self destruct, might as well have someone we know. And frankly, if the Repubs can’t beat Hillary, they don’t deserve it anyway.
It would be good for all for the Repubs to have a big shake up and have the libertarian wing come out on top though. That would be very good for the country IMO.
Good read. Very interesting take.
sadly I am wondering if backtrack is just a more open Hillary. where she did things with finese and made you feel good , he is like the bull in the china shop and stomps all over you while doing the same things,
It is like Los Vegas and Atlantic City.
both are going to take your money but
one makes you want to say thank you and the the other just makes you want to get out of town
Okay, it’s time to mow, mow, mow my lawn before it gets too hot.
(The temperature, not the lawn.)
too late!
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/08/21/oklahoma-dad-alleged-teen-killers-were-crips-threatened-to-kill-his-son/
bored Okla teens were gang members?????
Evidently , they were wannabes , and killing someone was part of getting into a gang , or so they thought. Prison will be such a surprise .
It’s amazing how many lives you can destroy with a single pull of a trigger. Here in Merced I believe the record is five. One dead, four in prison. All because some guy was dancing with the wrong girl. That’s not even counting the secondary damage to family and loved ones.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/nsa-snowden-files-drives-destroyed-london
the snowden files have a lot of people running scared
http://reason.com/blog/2013/08/21/matthew-feeney-discusses-bradley-manning
matthew feeny discusses bradley manning
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/08/the_truth_about_rap_music.html
the difference on how rap music affects kids
Good article but I think it is worse than middle class kids with two parents just not having the opportunity in real life to act out rap lyrics. I notice that they also find anyone who does act out Rap values to be very beneath them. And of course the female middle class kids must make the choice of whether they see themselves as some dehumanized sex object or instead view the rappers as inhuman. Thankfully most girls I know chose to see themselves in a positive light and direct their scorn on the purveyors of Rap Culture..
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/08/a_stalinist_libel_of_america_comes_true.html
never thought I would see this happen
Packs of stray dogs roaming Detroit streets = Obama’s free lunch program
Tweetable ! LOL 😀
NSA collected thousands of US internet communications over three years with no terror connection – @AP
More: The NSA reported in 2011 that it was inadvertently collecting as many as 56,000 communications with no connection to terrorism – @AP
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/21/nsa-collected-thousands-emails-from-americans-rebuked-by-court/
more on this story
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/21/jesse-jackson-speaks-out-on-murder-by-teens-of-australian-athlete/#ixzz2cci8s1IC
jesse jackson speaks out on murder by black bored teens of Austrialian athlete
all I could think of was the baby in the E-trade ad
riding on the dog’s back is FROWNED UPON in this establishment
http://suckersonparade.blogspot.com/
backtrack seeks help in filling government positions
http://www.wnd.com/2013/08/nsa-crushes-free-speech-on-t-shirts/
I WANT ONE OF THESE TEE SHIRTS
Bless his heart.
I’m frowning.
That WaPo article is a victory for Twitchy. It’s totally done in their style.
Good point!
way off topic
people here have been talking about their tomato crop.
this sounds so good
http://www.12tomatoes.com/2013/08/recipe-tomato-pie.html
This is infuriating
http://minx.cc/?post=342706
The tyranny of factions
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Federalist/10
It’s hard work crossing the desert to get to the border, but it’s only for 48 hours.
Well, hard work using a vast array of natural resources obtained by murdering the natives and stealing their land… 😈
So Mexico doesn’t have any natural resources?
You are a walking, talking cliche.
I was replying to MC, not 1539.
CC, you’ve manipulated, twisted, altered and contorted those “facts” of your beyond recognition. But if it gives you comfort and peace of mind, fine.
MC, don’t want to blow your mind but use Google Earth and look closely (15 mins each) at a couple of normal US cities, including the outskirts and industrial areas. Next look closely at a couple of Middle Eastern cities and note where they are similar and where they differ. Then do the same with a couple of Mexican cities. Even the poorer Mexican cities are far more similar to their US counterparts than the others. Do the same with Eastern European. Similar results.
My point is Mexico is not as backward or poor as we generally assume. Something else is afoot here.
Mexico is corrupt as all hell, however.
warning signs…
http://www.eilenjewell.com/video-2/
Nice. Also nice to see TV shows play lesser known people like her, helping them find an audience.
during the zimmerman trail it was on msm all day everyday.
the guy who shot the 13 month old baby is on trial and his lawyer is trying all sorts of angles to get him off,
the mother did it for insurance
all white jury
at the same time 3 brats are bored and shoot someone who came to this country to study
msm on these two stories , not so much
Creepy thread
Damn. They just literally blew that cop’s face off.
MEGA just because
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130822.html