On Aug 21, 2013, at 5:32 PM, Shelley <shel...@misanthropia.info> wrote:
> Outrageous.
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/21/bradley-manning-sentence-birgitta-jonsdottir
>
> Bradley Manning's sentence: 35 years for exposing us to the truth
From a security perspective the issue is that a soldier of his low rank could
do that and apparently it is uncommon in the nation that superiors take
political responsibility for critical failures, here of security architecture.
What he did was clearly above his pay grade. The whole disproportionate
treatment serves deterrence purposes. Puts it in a bad light.
See also the piece of Sandra Coliver for OSI, she compares penal sanctions for
corresponding crimes in other occidental nations:
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/sentencing-private-manning
Best, A
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