André, thank you for the opensocietyfoundations.org article link.
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:31 AM, André Rebentisch <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 21, 2013, at 5:32 PM, Shelley <[email protected]> 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 > > -- > Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, > change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected]. -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
