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The indictment against Bradley Manning states that he is being charged with knowingly giving information to the enemy. Since he gave the cables to Wikileaks, is
by olefoo 14y ago
The indictment against Bradley Manning states that he is being charged with knowingly giving information to the enemy. Since he gave the cables to Wikileaks, is Wikileaks "the enemy"?
It's a valid question.
- lutusp 14y ago> It's a valid question. Not really. Releasing secrets to the media counts as giving it to the enemy. Wikileaks was just a middleman, sort of like a hit man or a bag-man -- one can still hold the originator responsible. I'm not taking a position on this case, only the logic you're using. When Geraldo Rivera was in Iraq, attached to a combat unit, he went on the air and revealed his unit's future plans and location in far too specific terms. He was immediately expelled from the country on the same grounds -- giving information to the enemy -- even though he just broadcast the information, without any specific recipient in mind. Just like Manning. http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/31/sprj.irq.rivera/ http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/31/sprj.irq.rivera/
- phaus 14y ago>It's a valid question. Even if it is, it's not the one you originally posed. Above, you inquired whether or not Wikileaks is considered to be an affiliate of Al Qaeda.
- olefoo 14y agoNo. I was asking what the standards were for being declared an allied force of al-Qa'ida and whether Wikileaks the organization would be considered one by this administration.