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The Guardian wouldn't have had any documents to bungle the release of if Manning hadn't released them in the first place.
by res0nat0r 13y ago
The Guardian wouldn't have had any documents to bungle the release of if Manning hadn't released them in the first place.
- alwaysinshade 13y agoNot untrue, but analogous to saying someone wouldn't have died from a gunshot if the ammunition hadn't been sold. It misses the bit where someone pulled the trigger.
- knz42 13y agoStrawman argument. By the same argument "Manning would not hav had anything to release if the DOD had implemented compartimentalization of access to state documents." (which most modern armies were already doing before, and which the DOD now has)
- res0nat0r 13y agoUnderstandable, but the parent is trying to shift the blame of anyone dying to The Guardian and I would argue that blame lies on Manning by releasing hundreds of thousands of documents wholesale vs. a whistleblower like Ellsberg in where he only published data directly related to a specific crime.