On 02/12/2010, at 3:23 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > Jon wrote: > >> Anyone with clearance to that level is >> personally responsible and signed an oath. >> 23-year-old, Bradley Manning, a US army >> intelligence analyst, e-mailed former hacker, >> Adrian Lamo, bragging that he leaked the >> diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, along with a >> highly classified video of U.S. forces killing >> unarmed civilians in Baghdad. He is currently >> being held and charged with transferring >> classified national defense information to an >> unauthorized source. He faces court martial >> and up to 52 years in prison. >> Jon Mann > > They teach you in the military that there are such things as illegal > orders. I would argue that there should also be illegal secrecy. > Keeping a war crime a secret would qualify.
Precisely. If that argument is not successfully made in his defence, then the USA is further down the road to hell than I have feared. Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
