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Manning was not a civilian but a member of the US military subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice https://vwac.defense.gov/military.aspx https://vwac.
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
Manning was not a civilian but a member of the US military subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice
https://vwac.defense.gov/military.aspx https://vwac.defense.gov/military.aspx
Snowden was a civilian contractor
> Snowden himself thought being Gitmo'd was a real possibility
Maybe so but that doesn't make it a possibility. Help me understand how that would unfold. What legal avenue is there?
- ubermonkey 3y agoYou're deeply naive if you think the USGov wouldn't bend or outright break laws to keep Snowden under wraps.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoBut did they break laws or is your imagination running wild with hypothetical scenarios? You can't use some imagined alternate timeline/scenario as supporting evidence for your claim.
- ubermonkey 3y agoIt is a matter of public record that the USGov has (a) assassinated American citizens abroad and (b) used "extraordinary rendition" hundreds if not thousands of times to lock people up on black sites for torture or worse with absolutely zero due process. So no, it's definitely not my imagination.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoWe were talking about Snowden going to Gitmo, how would that happen?
- ubermonkey 3y agoGiven the basic nature of the question, I'm getting the idea that you're not arguing in good faith.