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> the responsibility he has in challenging a corrupt power structure What's the corrupt power structure and how did he challenge it?

• Karunamon 14y ago
  ... you can't be serious. What exact part of that sentence are you taking issue with? The corrupt-ness of the US military and/or government, or the fact that releasing this information was a challenging act?
  • dmm 14y ago
    Bradley Manning is probably going to spend the rest of his life in prison. He's only 25! Holy shit that's a long time. He intentionally and indiscriminately released thousands of classified documents in direct violation of his duties. What specific instances of corruption did he uncover that justify what he did? Look, he was clearly unhappy. From what I've read it sounds like he was lonely, confused, and unstable. But he was given significant responsibilities and he violated that trust in a _very_ serious and criminal way. If he was unhappy there are many, many other things he could have done than release those files. What I see is this thread is just a bunch of platitudes. Yeah! he stuck it to the man! But what did he actually achieve? All I see is a fucked up young man making a _huge_ mistake.