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> 95% of the stuff he released was not needed It is my personal opinion (and the intent of the FOIA and laws regarding classification) that everything should b

> 95% of the stuff he released was not needed It is my personal opinion (and the intent of the FOIA and laws regarding classification) that everything should be released unless it is damaging, which almost nothing Manning released could have been. The fact that the US government hasn't been able to point to a single death resulting from Manning's leaks implies to me that everything he released should have been public to begin with. You say that "95% of the stuff he released was not needed". I would argue that 95% of it needed to be released.

jaegerpicker 13y ago
>>which almost nothing Manning released could have been Again how do we know that? How do we as not involved in the Intelligence game at that level know? I'm not about letting anyone off on war crimes. They need brought up on charges and now. However little details can easily lead to lots of other bits of information. Manning didn't think about that, he just opened the firehose. There is no clear answers but endangering others for no real reason has to have consequences. >>The fact that the US government hasn't been able to point to a single death resulting from Manning's leaks implies to me that everything he released should have been public to begin with. Again how do you know that? Just because they haven't doesn't mean they can't. To point to deaths mean they but the others in the chain of intelligence at risk.