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The system is not perfect, but the reason Manning went to jail is because she made an indiscriminate leak of secrets of which she did not review before she rele
by GVIrish 8y ago
The system is not perfect, but the reason Manning went to jail is because she made an indiscriminate leak of secrets of which she did not review before she released them.
Had she only released material on stuff she had thought to be a crime, then there would have been a much stronger case to be made as a whistle blower.
It would be like if someone working at a hospital exposed a medical fraud scheme but leaked all the patient records of thousands of people who had nothing to do with scheme. They'd probably get hit with criminal HIPAA violations.
The reason Manning is in jail right now is because she refused to testify to a grand jury about WikiLeaks and got hit with contempt of court. She had been given immunity to testify so the jail time is purely on her.
- coldtea 8y ago>The system is not perfect, but the reason Manning went to jail is because she made an indiscriminate leak of secrets of which she did not review before she released them. And what gives a government a right to have secrets in the first place? Except itself of course...
- wmil 8y agoNormal operation of government is going to require some secrets. One of the things leaked by Manning was blunt assessments of foreign figures by diplomatic staff. That's exactly the sort of thing that needs to be kept secret for international relations to function.
- belorn 8y agoYou mean like if manning had done as Daniel Ellsberg, she would not have been charged and put on trial?
- GVIrish 8y agoNot saying she wouldn't have been charged anyway, just saying she would've had a stronger case that might have been winnable.
- MaupitiBlue 8y agoPretending to be a woman does not make you a woman.