Bradley Manning - 35yrs in the slammer :(

Schlong&Stable · 22 Aug 2013 at 13:34

Combat squirrel said:
I don't understand why people are saying he deserved what he got when it reveals the US government is the biggest threat and traitor to the human race.

Which leaks in particular revealed this?

Combat squirrel · 22 Aug 2013 at 13:48

Thompson_NCL said:
Which leaks in particular revealed this?

The summation of all the information along with other leaked info, the usa is trying to control the planet under the cloak of democracy, everything they do is for themselves and to hell with every other human on the Earth that stands in the way.

Quite dramatic sure, but its essentially true.

InertProtocol · 22 Aug 2013 at 13:50

Please refer to him as Chelsea now. Thanks.

MeEsH BaKkA · 22 Aug 2013 at 13:51

Tombo said:
Sensationalist garbage that is completely false, he was cleared of aiding the enemy so I guess that destroys your treason and helping the enemy line.

thep02 said:
He exposed the enemy that's why they locked him up.

Did the stuff he leaked have the potential to be used against others in conflict? It is a fact he did not sensor any of the stuff he handed over.

How did he know for certain at the time the vast amounts information he handed over could have been used against others?

As I said had he selected the information to leak to just show war crimes and cover up then fair enough, but he didn't.

FoxEye · 22 Aug 2013 at 13:53

G-MAN2004 said:
Apparently he's looking to start hormone therapy in order to become a woman. Is this some sort of clever plan to avoid military prison and be placed in a woman's prison instead?

Clever? No

G-MAN2004 · 22 Aug 2013 at 13:55

FoxEye said:
Clever? No

Well I don't know about you, but I'd rather spend my time with the women.

Mr Jones · 22 Aug 2013 at 13:55

InertProtocol said:
Please refer to him as Chelsea now. Thanks.

Chelsea Womanning?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23798253

FoxEye · 22 Aug 2013 at 14:13

I wonder what his poor parents think? First their son gets jailed for 35 years for leaked classified information, then it turns out he's not even their son, he's their daughter

Nightmare!

HAz · 22 Aug 2013 at 14:37

G-MAN2004 said:
Apparently he's looking to start hormone therapy in order to become a woman. Is this some sort of clever plan to avoid military prison and be placed in a woman's prison instead?

Well hes gonna be some big meat heads bitch in prison anyway so me might as well go all the way for maximum pleasure, I'm sure ole Tombo is a tad jealous of the things they will get upto

robgmun · 22 Aug 2013 at 14:39

Johno please? · 22 Aug 2013 at 14:46

Combat squirrel said:
I don't understand why people are saying he deserved what he got when it reveals the US government is the biggest threat and traitor to the human race.

YEA AND DEM JEWS DOIN 9/11 MAN, BUSH IS A TEEEORRIST AND OSAMA BIN LADEN IS WORKIN IN BEST BUY.

Kamerad · 22 Aug 2013 at 14:50

HAz said:
Well hes gonna be some big meat heads bitch in prison anyway so me might as well go all the way for maximum pleasure, I'm sure ole Tombo is a tad jealous of the things they will get upto

He's in a military prison so most of the nutjobs will have been weeded out during selection/training.

Von Smallhausen · 22 Aug 2013 at 14:54

Ghosteh said:
He got sentenced for releasing classified government secret documents. I've signed a very similar bit of paper that he would have saying I'd receive prison sentence if I did the same.

This. I'm signatory to and bound by the OSA and there are severe consequences in breaking that irrespective of whether I agree with it or not.

Nexus · 22 Aug 2013 at 15:21

Very strange to announce he wants to be a woman, I would think all the stuff he wants to do to achieve that is nigh on impossible in prison.

DiCe! · 22 Aug 2013 at 15:26

MeEsH BaKkA said:
Did the stuff he leaked have the potential to be used against others in conflict? It is a fact he did not sensor any of the stuff he handed over.

How did he know for certain at the time the vast amounts information he handed over could have been used against others?

As I said had he selected the information to leak to just show war crimes and cover up then fair enough, but he didn't.

That is the issue I have with him. Leak it to expose the really bad stuff sure, but all governments are dirty, they all have blood on their hands. He went too far just grabbed everything he could and released it without a second thought. Stupid, reckless and downright ignorant.

Narj · 22 Aug 2013 at 15:32

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23798253

Welp, that was unexpected. I daresay that'll go down extremely well with Bubba and friends.

LOAM · 22 Aug 2013 at 15:35

Nexus said:
Very strange to announce he wants to be a woman, I would think all the stuff he wants to do to achieve that is nigh on impossible in prison.

I would have thought it was quite easy to live as a woman in a max security male only prison.......

Glaucus · 22 Aug 2013 at 15:35

Narj said:
Welp, that was unexpected. P.

Was it, did you miss all the stuff at trial where part of the defence was him struggling with gender identiy.

Narj · 22 Aug 2013 at 15:45

Glaucus said:
Was it, did you miss all the stuff at trial where part of the defence was him struggling with gender identiy.

I've not been following the whole thing too closely in all honesty and this is the first I've heard of it. Sorry! O_o

So will he get transferred to a women's jail or will he be doomed to suffer massive anal devastation for the duration of his incarceration? :eek:

McGray · 22 Aug 2013 at 15:47

This thread is just awful.